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News Watch 2003

Below follows a selection of the latest news items from the sections above.

Dec 19: "In debate on anti-terrorism, the courts assert themselves", David Johnstone, New York Times

Dec 17: "Saddam down, bin Laden next?", Simon Fraser, BBC News

Dec 17: "Protests disrupt Afghan council", BBC News

Dec 17: "A young afghan dares to mention the unmentionable", Amy Waldman & Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Dec 16: "Rockets rattle Kabul convention", BBC News

Dec 14: "UN agencies threaten to quit war-torn Afghanistan", James Astill, The Observer

Dec 13: "Menaces et tractations gênent l'ouverture de la Loya Jirga", Francoise Chipaux, Le Monde

Dec 12: "US expands Afghan peacekeeping", BBC News

Dec 12: "US soldiers kill 4 men in a raid to arrest Afghan comander", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Dec 11: "Hekmatyar boasts of evading US", BBC News

Dec 11: "Taliban spies keep strong grip on the south", James Astill, The Guardian

Dec 10: "The new tragedy for Afghanistan", Conor Foley & Mark Lattimer, The Guardian

Dec 10: "Six Afghan Children Killed in US Attack", AP, China Daily

Dec 10: "Rumsfeld backs targeting rebels", BBC News

Dec 9: "US Troops in Major Afghan Mission", BBC News

Dec 8: "Afghan Villagers Torn by Grief After US Raid Kills 9 Children", Carlotta Gall, New York Times

Dec 4: "A brewing constitutional crisis", Pamela Constable, Washington Post

Nov 28: "US support of Musharraf undermines war on terror", Ahmed Rashid, International Herald Tribune