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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, Hamas, Myanmar, Musa Qala, The Taliban, Helmand Province, Jammu Kashmir, Gaza City, George W Bush, Horn Of Africa, Mahmoud Abbas, Mandalay, Mogadishu, Shizuo Nagano, The White House, Yangon, Afghanistan, Fatah Organization, Japan, Reporters Without Borders

  Burma lifted a curfew on Saturday and ended a ban on assembly imposed during a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests -- the latest sign that military rulers are confident they have fully crushed the largest demonstrations in two decades.

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• British engage in heavy fighting in Afghanistan

  Published: December 9, 2007, 12:31 am

  Tags: Afghanistan, British, Musa Qala

  drugs. It turns out that Musa Qala is one of the Taliban’s money and training centers: In the next 28 to 48 hours, the last major town held by the Taliban in the province is likely to fall to coalition forces once again. Its loss will be a severe blow for the publicity-conscious Taliban commanders. Musa Qala has become the hub of all

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• Taliban Forces Flee Afghan Stronghold

  Published: December 11, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Taliban, Forces, Flee, Afghan, Stronghold, Musa Qala, The Taliban, Al Qaeda, Helmand Province, Gordon Brown, Gul Agha, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Nato

  KABUL, Dec. 10 -- Hundreds of Taliban fighters fled in trucks and on motorbikes Monday as Afghan and international troops fought their way into the only important town controlled by the hard-line Islamic movement.

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