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02/22/12--15:00: Karzai urges calm in Afghanistan Koran burning row (chan 1840865)

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on Afghans "not to resort to violence" over the burning of copies of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul. "Afghan security forces should not use violence... and protect civilian lives and property," Mr Karzai added in a statement. Seven people have died and dozens left injured in protests over the burning. US officials apologised on Tuesday after Korans were "inadvertently" put in an incinerator at Bagram airbase.


02/22/12--15:00: UN accuses Syria of crimes against humanity - live updates (chan 1840865)

- Protests in Homs in tribute to Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik - Ban Ki-moon calls for sending of relief envoy to Syria - Renewed bombardment on eve of Friends of Syria talks 11.15am: The Syrian government has suggested that journalist killed in Homs had themselves to blame for entering the city without permission. In a statement the Syrian foreign ministry offered "condolences to the media institutions and the families of the journalists who died".


02/22/12--15:00: Taliban: Kill NATO troops over Quran burning (chan 1840865)

President Barack Obama apologized to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the burning of Qurans by NATO troops, calling the act an inadvertent error, Karzai's office and National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said Thursday.


02/22/12--15:00: Taliban urge Afghans to kill "invaders" amid new protests (chan 1840865)

By Mirwais Harooni KABUL | Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:00am EST KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban urged Afghans on Thursday to target foreign military bases and kill Westerners in retaliation for burnings of copies of the Koran at NATO's main base in the country as a third day of violent protests began. Thousands of demonstrators gathered across the country, some chanting "Death to America!," Reuters witnesses and officials said.


02/22/12--15:00: Net migration to Britain remains at record levels (chan 1840865)

Government's hopes of reducing migration suffer blow with figures showing it remained at 250,000 in the year to June 2011 The government's hopes of reducing net migration to Britain to below 100,000 have suffered a fresh blow with the latest figures showing that it remained at the record level of 250,000 in the year to June 2011.


02/22/12--15:00: Crisis in paradise in Maldives' new democracy (chan 1840865)

By C. Bryson Hull MALE | Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:22am EST MALE (Reuters) - It was an ordinary blue felt pen, and not a bullet, that killed Mohamed Nasheed's term as the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. After rising to acclaim as a champion of democracy and action against climate change, Nasheed is now back on the streets where he led a nearly two-decade campaign to bring full democracy to an archipelago ruled more like a sultanate.


02/22/12--15:00: U.S. judge orders Moroccan held for Capitol plot (chan 1840865)

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia | Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:11pm EST ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered a Moroccan man to be held on charges that he planned a suicide bombing attack against Congress, believing he was working with al Qaeda militants when in fact his contacts were undercover agents. Amine El Khalifi, 29 and an illegal immigrant, was arrested last week and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against U.S.


02/22/12--15:00: World security at stake in Somalia chaos, UK says (chan 1840865)

By William Maclean LONDON | Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:04am EST LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that a failure to end Somalia's chaos will endanger international security, and the time is right for the outside world to help the failed state get back on its feet.


02/22/12--15:00: What can political donors learn from history? (chan 1840865)

A billionaire Las Vegas casino magnate has said he might donate $100m ( £64m) to support Republican Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. He joins history's long list of great - and ignominious - political money men. Sheldon Adelson, who is worth an estimated $25bn, is almost single-handedly responsible for keeping Mr Gingrich's bid for the Republican nomination afloat, analysts say.


02/22/12--15:00: 'Nodig een Pools peloton uit, hijs de Poolse vlag' (chan 1840865)

vk opinieDe banden tussen ons land en Polen zijn al duizend jaar oud. Wordt het geen tijd dat al degenen die sympathie hebben voor Polen en zijn bewoners een krachtig neen laten horen tegen het oproepen tot Polenhaat door Wilders en de zijnen? Dat betoogt voormalig staatssecretaris Michel van Hulten. Ik studeerde in 1958-1960 in Warschau, de Poolse hoofdstad.