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Ways to budge Karzai

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A land in turmoil

An assessment of environmental degradation must preclude rebuilding of Afghanistan

April 2014 is world’s most democratic month

Citizens of about 50 countries will be voting this year to choose their leaders or governments

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Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report

At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …

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How effective is the global polio eradication drive?

An optimistic note, about wiping out polio from the six afflicted countries, was to be sounded at a conference organised by the World Health …

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Brief

Russo-German gas pipeline threatens Baltic Sea

Afghan opium harvest reaches record levels

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Winter deaths in Afghanistan cross 800

Afghanistan seeks aid in the name of poppy

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In short

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan

Soon, an early warning system for cyclones and floods

Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for Africa and Asia was put in place soon after the 2004 tsunami hit the Indian …

Afghanistan under pressure to enact anti-narcotics plan

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