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Afghan President Hamid Karzai
     
  Afghanistan's Karzai under pressure to deliver on promises  
  Posted : 20 Nov 2009 1209 hrs  
     
 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gets down to business on Friday after being sworn in for a second term as the world watches to see if he can deliver on his pledges to clean up his government and work to bring peace to his nation.

  

 
 
 
ASEAN chief presses for bloc's "centrality"
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must remain at the core of regional affairs despite competing visions for a new Asia-Pacific diplomatic framework, the bloc's chief said Friday.
   
   
Maoist rebels derail train in India, 2 killed
Suspected Maoist rebels derailed a passenger train in eastern India, killing two people and injuring more than 40, police said on Friday.
   
   
   
   
 

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