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nytimes.com - 10/28/2009
3 U.N. Workers Killed in Kabul; Grim Milestone for G.I. Deaths
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Attackers stormed a guest house in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing five people, including three United Nations staff members, according to a United Nations spokesman and an Afghan rescue official. The Afghan authorities said five gunmen were killed, according to ...
Affordable? U.N. Puts a Questioning Eye on New York's Housing
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/26/2009
Affordable? U.N. Puts a Questioning Eye on New York's Housing
— cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com — The United Nations sends an investigator to determine if the struggle to find affordable housing in New... York constitutes a human-rights violation. (more) Affordable? U.N. Puts a Questioning Eye on New York's ...

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Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 12 dead
news.yahoo.com - 10/28/2009
Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 12 dead
— news.yahoo.com — KABUL Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and police uniforms stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff... in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people including six U.N. staff. It was the biggest in a series of attacks ... (more) Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 12 dead

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12 Killed in Taliban Attack on U.N. in Kabul
foxnews.com - 10/28/2009
12 Killed in Taliban Attack on U.N. in Kabul
— foxnews.com — Wednesday, October 28, 2009 KABUL— Gunmen wearing homicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff... in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people — including six U.N. staff — officials said. The U.S. Embassy said one of ... (more) 12 Killed in Taliban Attack on U.N. in Kabul

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USS Neverdock — Remember, Biden predicted this. "A bombing at a women's market in Peshawar has killed at least 57 people; 21 American soldiers (and three DEA agents) were killed in a 48-hour period, 14 in a helicopter crash and eight by IED bombings, bringing to 53 the number of Americans killed in Afghanistan this month (the highest death-toll for a single month since U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan eight years ago); a team of Taliban gunmen has raided the a Kabul guest house used by UN, killing at least 12 people including six UN staffers (one, an American); and Karzai's brother, allegedly a major player in international opium trafficking, has been on the CIA's payroll for eight ...

Nation-building in Af-Pak -- By: Andy McCarthy
The Corner on National Review Online — ... at a women's market in Peshawar has killed at least 57 people; 21 American soldiers (and three DEA agents) were killed in a 48-hour period, 14 in a helicopter crash and eight by IED bombings, bringing to 53 the number of Americans killed in Afghanistan this month (the highest death-toll for a single month since U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan eight years ago); a team of Taliban gunmen has ...

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