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Obama pledges aid to Afghanistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) talks with U.S. Democratic Presidential contender Barack Obama (L) during a meeting at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on July 20, 2008. Obama met Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a trip to assess the international effort against a deadly extremist insurgency. No details were immediately released of the meeting but an official in Karzai's office confirmed to AFP that it had taken place. Obama, who has accused Karzai's administration of being in a "bunker", and two US senators accompanying him started the day with breakfast with US troops in Kabul at a US military camp in the capital. AFP PHOTO/PRESIDENTIAL PALACE/HO RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE GETTY OUT (Photo credit should read HO/AFP/Getty Images)Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed leader and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigor" if elected, an Afghan official said. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:39:34 GMT
McCain spends aggressively ahead of cap
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers question during an Associated Press interview in New York, Saturday, July 19, 2008. Faced with a spending cap, Republican presidential candidate John McCain is spending more money than he is raising during summer months and methodically reducing cash reserves. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:21:59 GMT
Beijing limits cars to clear air
BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 20: (CHINA OUT) The symbol of the Olympic rings adorn a special lane intended to carry vehicles designated to Olympic traffic on July 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. Beijing has launched 10 out of the 34 new Olympic bus routes in addition to two new sightseeing bus lines as part of its measures to provide an efficient traffic service during the forthcoming Beijing Olympic Games. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)Beijing started its most drastic pollution-control plan Sunday, restricting car use and limiting factory emissions in a last-minute push to clear smog-choked skies for the August Olympics. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:18:41 GMT
Harrington wins second British Open
Padraig Harrington of the Republic of Ireland holds the Claret Jug after winning The Open golf tournament at Royal Birkdale in Southport in north-west England, on July 20, 2008Irishman puts away Greg Norman and the rest of the field with a strong closing finish Sunday. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:40:15 GMT
Pope wraps up Australia trip
Pope Benedict XVI meets pilgrims as he arrives in Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on July 20, 2008, during the Sunday mass to mark the end of the World Youth Day 2008. Up to half a million Catholic faithful began gathering in Sydney to see Pope Benedict XVI lead a giant mass that will provide a dramatic finale to a week of World Youth Day festivities. The final mass, at which the pope will announce the host city of the 2011 World Youth Day, came a day after the pontiff issued a historic apology, saying he was "deeply sorry" about the "evil" of child sex abuse by Catholic priests AFP PHOTO / Vincenzo Pinto (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images)Pope Benedict XVI ended his farthest pilgrimage Sunday, one intended to inspire a new generation of faithful while trying to overcome a dark chapter for his church from a clerical sex abuse scandal. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:09:37 GMT
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