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NigeriaSun.com Thursday 28th August 2008 Issue 1589
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"All efforts of the Afghan government to avoid civilian casualties have not yielded any positive results and our innocent countrymen are still killed in anti-terrorism operations."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai was condemning the killing of 76 civilians, mostly children, by a US airstrike in western Afghanistan.

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Movies
  • Kirsten Dunst hooks up with Andrew Vanwyngarden
  • Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes don his and hers dresses
  • Anne Hathaway moves on after split
  • Clooney, Pitt host fundraising dinner in Venice for Darfur, Myanmar relief

    Technology
  • Computer virus in space - NASA astronauts get hit
  • Microsoft unveils Internet Explorer 8, its response to Firefox
  • Air Canada to provide in-flight internet service
  • Ganesha idol making starts in Bangalore

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    PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – Kidnappers have seized an Israeli businessman in oil-rich southern Nigeria, officials said Wednesday. The attackers kidnapped the foreigner late Tuesday in the...

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    Regional
  • Somali gunmen release head of UN refugee agency
  • 20 killed as bus plunges into river in Uganda
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  • UN Helps Uprooted Foreigners Return Home
  • Mugabe to form new government

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