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Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2010 - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday said he expected no major changes to war strategy in Afghanistan when the government carries out a review in December.
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 17, 2020 - China on Thursday railed against a high-level visit to Taiwan by a US envoy, saying it will encourage separatist forces on the island.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 - The US envoy who negotiated with the Taliban will testify behind closed doors to Congress on Thursday, 12 days after President Donald Trump abruptly ended talks with the Afghan militants.
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New York (AFP) Sept 21, 2010 - The top US climate negotiator warned Tuesday against expectations of any binding deals on cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the next UN conference on the issue in Mexico later this year.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2013 - A US envoy on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Washington would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after next year, saying that both countries wanted to preserve a smaller force.
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Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - US climate envoy John Kerry said Tuesday that he hoped Washington and Beijing could come together in the fight against global warming, at a landmark summit in Kenya aimed at promoting Africa's potential as a green powerhouse.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 - US environmental regulators are investigating whether the Arkema chemical plant in Texas followed safety rules ahead of explosions last month caused by flooding from Hurricane Harvey, according to media reports.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2008 - In any other year, a Sunday morning six weeks before a US election would be a feast of low blows and flying elbows, with presidential campaign operatives trading punches on television talk shows.
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 24, 2014 - US drones Wednesday fired missiles at a compound and vehicle and killed at least eight militants in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
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Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 30, 2013 - A US drone strike targeting a militant compound Monday killed three militants in a troubled Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2009 - US drug regulators approved a swine flu vaccine on Tuesday, keeping officials on track to begin a mass vaccination campaign by next month, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 11, 2011 - A US drone strike killed at least four militants Sunday in a restive Pakistani tribal area, security officials said.
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 6, 2010 - A US drone on Monday fired two missiles at a vehicle carrying militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area, near the Afghan border, killing five rebels, officials said.
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 15, 2017 - A US drone killed three suspected militants in an attack on a compound in Pakistan's tribal region Friday, officials said, in the first strike since President Donald Trump vowed to crack down on the country.
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Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 1, 2012 - A US drone strike targeting a militant compound on Saturday killed at least four rebels in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said.
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana (AFP) Sept 3, 2008 - Residents of storm-battered Louisiana should wait to return home until authorities give them the all-clear, a top disaster relief aide to US President George W. Bush warned Wednesday.
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