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U.S. to keep helping Pakistan fight extremists: Rice

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will continue to help the Pakistani government fight extremism, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday after Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation. (link)

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