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MexicoStar.com Thursday 28th August 2008 Issue 1590
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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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Sports
  • India clinch One-Day series against Sri Lanka 3-1
  • Footie style-punishments for Oz club cricket sledgers from this season
  • ICC President pays tribute to Bradman
  • Kallis To Skipper Proteas

    South America
  • Former London mayor is Venezuela
  • Obama - candidate of change offers continuity to India
  • One of the most rapid rises in US political history
  • Air Canada to provide in-flight internet service

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