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Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest

KABUL (AP) — The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.



The detention of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — second in the Taliban only to one-eyed Mullah Mohammed Omar — has raised new questions about whether the U.S. is willing to back peace discussions with leaders who harbored the terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks.



Karzai "was very angry" when he heard that the Pakistanis had picked up Baradar with an assist from U.S. intelligence, the adviser said. Besides the ongoing talks, he said Baradar had "given a green light" to participating in a three-day peace jirga that Karzai is hosting next month.



The adviser, who had knowledge of the peace talks, spoke on condition of anonymity because of their sensitivity.

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Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico

March 16, 2010

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children's birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate.

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Irish Catholic leader won't quit for abuse coverup

March 16, 2010

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland's senior Roman Catholic, Cardinal Sean Brady, said Monday he would not resign despite admitting he helped the church collect evidence against a child-molesting priest — and...

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German diocese suspends convicted sex abuser

March 16, 2010

BERLIN (AP) — A German archdiocese that Pope Benedict XVI oversaw from 1977 to 1982 said Monday that a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing children has been suspended for violating a...

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US wants Israel to cancel Jerusalem building plan

March 16, 2010

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Obama administration is demanding that Israel call off a contentious building project in east Jerusalem and make a public gesture toward the Palestinians to help defuse one of...

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US military hands over prison to Iraqi government

March 16, 2010

TAJI, Iraq (AP) — The U.S.

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