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News Watch May 2005

May 31: Al-Qaeda terror threat 'growing', BBC

May 25: Two insurgents killed in Afghan fighting, AP, The Beaufort Gazette

May 24: Afghans say freeing Italian hostage will take time, Yosuf Azimy, Reuters

May 23: Afghan President Says Rioting Went Beyond Newsweek Article, Townshall News Wire

May 22: The forgotten conflict, Stephen Carter & Brian Brady, The Scotsman

May 22: Secret UK troops plan for Afghan crisis, Brian Brady, The Scotsman

May 18: Quran article fallout calms, Stephen Graham, AP, The Detroit News

May 18: Italian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan "well", Reuters

May 16: US paper says Koran report that sparked violence may be wrong, AFP, Lycos News

May 13: U.S. flag burns, 3 die in protests, AP, Detroit Free Press

May 12: Anti-U.S. Riot Turns Deadly in Afghanistan, Stephen Graham, AP, Washington Times

May 12: Rice: U.S. to probe Koran complaints, UPI, Washington Times

May 12: Afghan candidate killed in ambush, CNN

May 11: Riots over US Koran 'desecration', BBC

May 10: Afghan Pop Star Nasrat Parsa, 36, Killed, The Guardian

May 10: Taliban’s Omar rejects Afghan amnesty-spokesman, Tiscali News

May 10: Aid delivery in Afghanistan blocked by violence: report, AFP, Relief-Web

May 9: Afghans appeal to Taliban as 13 killed in clash, Yousuf Azimy, Reuters

May 9: UN worker, two others killed in Afghan blast, UN News Centre

May 4: Delegation carries requests of Afghans in Pakistan back to Kabul government, Babar Baloch, UNHCR

May 4: Islamic TV to start in Kabul, UPI, Washington Times

May 4: 20 militants dead in Afghan firefight, Lycos News

May 3: Afghan arms blast kills 28, AP, Houston Chronicle

May 2: Police arrest six men after Afghan woman allegedly stoned to death, AFP, Middle East Times

Mar 16: Afghanistan: The wrong voting system, Barnett R. Rubin, International Herald Tribune