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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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- June 30, 2009
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Afghanistan: Gun battle
KANDAHAR -- President Hamid Karzai accused Afghan guards working
for U.S. coalition forces of killing a provincial police chief and
at least four other security officers during a gunbattle outside a
government office Monday.
In a harshly worded statement, Karzai demanded that coalition
forces hand over the private security guards involved. But the
governor of Kandahar later said 41 guards connected to the incident
had been disarmed and arrested by Afghan authorities.
The U.S. military said it was not involved in the shooting,
calling it an "Afghan-on-Afghan incident."
Albania: Close election
TIRANA -- Albania's governing party was in a close race with the
Socialist ...