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Afghan war-boom economy goes bust as foreign troop pullout nears, election dispute rages
2014-08-27 07:43:12| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Rows of dusty trucks and used cars sit unsold in Afghanistan's capital, where real estate agents bemoan a lack of sales and international businessmen no longer frequent top hotels.
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economy
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VIDEO: Afghan economy hit by political crisis
2014-08-25 09:46:49| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Afghanistan's finance minister says the country's political crisis is having a serious impact on an already fragile economy.
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Family of murdered Marine 'betrayed' after Afghan killer gets 7-year sentence
2014-07-26 03:23:20| Apparel - Topix.net
The family of a Marine killed during an insider attack in Afghanistan say they were outraged to discover this week that the attacker's trial took place recently in an Afghan court without their knowledge.
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US struggles to resolve Afghan election crisis
2014-07-12 17:35:47| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
John Seigenthaler, the journalist who edited The Tennessean newspaper, helped shape USA Today and worked for civil rights during the Kennedy administration, died Friday at his Nashville home at age 86, his son said.
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crisis
resolve
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More than 50 dead in Afghan flooding
2014-06-07 08:49:44| Telecom - Topix.net
Celebrated activist and civil rights lawyer Karen DeCrow, who led the National Organization for Women in the 1970s, died Friday at her home near Syracuse.