| May 17, 2005 |
| By: Ahmad Masood - Reuters |
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 Cantoni from Lombardy, who works for the CARE International aid agency, was kidnapped at about 8:30 p.m (1600 GMT) on Monday evening after the vehicle she was travelling in was intercepted and blocked by another car. Four gunmen grabbed her from her car, bundled her into a white Toyota car and drove away, security officials said. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
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| A criminal gang has claimed responsibility for the kidnap of an Italian aid worker in the Afghan capital Kabul and demanded the release from prison of its leaders, police said. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: BBC |
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| US magazine Newsweek has said it erred in reporting that a copy of the Koran had been flushed down a toilet at Guantanamo Bay by US interrogators. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: John Simpson - BBC world affairs editor |
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| We live in a world where the means of communication are so sophisticated and swift that they can stir up violent emotions almost instantly in some of the least advanced countries in the world. As a result policies are destroyed, buildings are torched, and people killed even before the initial report can be verified. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
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| For years the international community has been pumping billions of dollars worth of aid into Afghanistan, free of government regulation, leading to widespread accusations of corruption and dirty practises. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: AP |
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| FORT BLISS, Texas - Three more U.S. soldiers have been accused of assaulting prisoners in 2002 at an Afghan detention facility where two inmates died, army officials said Monday. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: Pajhwok Afghan News |
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| URUZGAN, May 17 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Military officials in southern Afghanistan claimed on Tuesday they had arrested 15 Taliban fighters in the central Uruzgan province. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: Pajhwok Afghan News |
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| KABUL, May 17, (Pajhwok Afghan News) -- A man arrested in connection with the bombing of Kabul Air Force University last year, has confessed to masterminding the bombing that killed an Afghan intelligence officer and the bomber, police officials said Tuesday. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: Pajhwok Afghan News |
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| MAIMANA, May 17, (Pajhwok Afghan News) -- Provincial government officials in northern Fariyab are attempting to calm down a dispute between two feuding warlords in Shirin Tagab district. |
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| May 17, 2005 |
| By: Pajhwok Afghan News |
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| KABUL, May 17, (Pajhwok Afghan News) -- Laboratories to test the quality of imported food will be set up at all strategic ports and cities in Afghanistan, with €1Million donated by the German government, officials said Tuesday. |
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