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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Karzai again suggests U.S.-Taliban cooperation after deadliest day for
American forces this year
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*Top news:* In a speech [1] to tribal leaders and elders on Tuesday, Afghan
President Hamid Karzai repeated his assertion that the Taliban is working in
cooperation with foreign militaries to maintain an international presence in
the country.

"You announce that you show your power to America by killing an 8-year-old
Muslim child and civilians," he said. "I don't think so. You are serving for
them."

Karzai, who had made similar remarks last weekend before meeting with
visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, also blasted secret talks
between Taliban leaders and Western governments.

The U.S. addressed Karzai's statements last weekend with U.S. Ambassador
James Cunningham saying "the thought that we would collude with the Taliban
flies in the face of everything we have done here."

The latest round of tension between Karzai and the U.S. government comes as
American forces in the country suffered their deadliest day so far this year.
On Tuesday, officials confirmed that five American soldiers have been killed
in a helicopter crash [2] in Southern Afghanistan on Monday. The crash
followed the killing [3] of two American troops along with three policemen
and two Afghan Army officers by a gunman in an Afghan Army uniform at a base
in the Eastern Wardak province earlier that day.

*Pope vote:* The College of Cardinals have not yet come to an agreement [4]
on the second day of balloting for a new pope.

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Africa

* Sudan and South Sudan reached an agreement to
resume oil production
.
* The Nigerian government pardoned [5] a key ally of President Goodluck
Jonathan who had been convicted of corruption.
* At least six people were killed in clashes between
police and a Catholic sect
in Burundi.

Americas

* Falkland Islands voters nearly
unanimously approved
maintaining their ties with Britain.
* A U.S. general acknowledged that the country has the capability to launch
offensive cyberattacks
.
* The Mexican government
launched a proposal
to break up the country's telecoms monopolies.

Asia

* Five people were killed in a
militant attack
on a military compound in Kashmir.
* Officials say a soldier was
stoned to death
in Northwest Pakistan.
* The
latest statement
from North Korea attacked South Korean President Park Geun-hye's "venomous
swish" of skirt.

Europe

* The Netherlands has raised its
terrorism alert level
.
* A member of the EU's delegation to Syria [6] was killed in a rocket
attack.
* The eurozone's
industrial production
fell by .4 percent in January.

Middle East

* A new report by Save The Children documents the
killing and torture of children
in the Syrian conflict.
* A Tunisian man has died after
setting fire to himself
in central Tunis.
* The PKK has released eight Turkish hostages. [7]


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[1] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735304578356321013801396.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/world/asia/coalition-troops-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan.html
[3] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-afghanistan-wardak-idUSBRE92A0DK20130311
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/on-day-2-of-papal-conclave-alliances-should-take-shape/2013/03/13/5d88b616-8bba-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_story.html
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