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Ex-Afghan King's Return Is Delayed
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Afghanistan News Network
(Reuters)
ROME -- President Bush telephoned Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi to warn of threats against the exiled Afghan king, triggering a last-minute decision to delay the monarch's return his homeland, a top Italian official said Tuesday.
Italy also had ``alarming reports'' from its military intelligence about plans to assassinate the king upon his return, Margherita Boniver, a foreign ministry undersecretary for Afghan affairs, said in an interview.
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Karzai Relies on Charisma, Cash
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The Moscow Times
NEW YORK TIMES SERVICE KABUL, Afghanistan -- For a man occupying a post that has led almost inevitably in recent years to exile or execution, Hamid Karzai exudes a surprising confidence.
Karzai, the chairman of the caretaker government installed after the Taliban's collapse, blithely tosses out the gruesome anecdotes of presidential succession: Najibullah, disemboweled and hanged from a street pole.
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Arafat Aide, Hezbollah Leader Meet
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The Washington Post
BEIRUT, Lebanon –– An aide to Yasser Arafat held talks Tuesday with the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group, which has been accused of fanning Palestinian violence and branded terrorist by the United States.
Farouk Kaddoumi, the PLO foreign minister, said Hezbollah's successful guerrilla war in southern Lebanon was a model for other Arabs seeking to end Israeli occupation.
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Unhelpful Amnesia
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The Washington Post
The war on terrorism is suddenly going terribly wrong.
Suicide bombers serving Yasser Arafat, the world's senior and most successful terrorist, have caused U.S. policy in the Middle East to buckle and become more accommodating. So more than six months into the war on terror, terror is more vindicated as a tactic than ever before.
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NBD plans to open Iran office
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Gulf News
National Bank of Dubai yesterday announced plans to establish a representative office in Iran.
The announcement confirms the official approval from the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and closely follows recent political and economic developments in Iran which have accelerated the process of opening up the market to foreign participation.
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Iran: Tehran Seems To Be Blocking Caspian Summit
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RFE/RL
Reports from Iran suggest that the country is trying to head off a Caspian summit next month by backing a meeting in the fall instead.
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Tense situation reported in several religious cities
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SMCCDI Information Committee
Tense situation has been reported from several religious cities, such as Mashad and Ghom where sporadic clashes took place at the occasion of the Shia Mourning ritual of Ashura but also during the tribute paid to the sister of Ayatollah Montazeri who passed away last week.
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