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• JAPAN/AFGHANISTAN VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- International donors have pledged more than 50-million dollars in reconstruction funds to Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a meeting in Tokyo. Mr. Karzai told delegates that much has been achieved to help stabilize the nation since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, but that regional militias and terrorism remain major worries.
• CJTF-HOA small craft det keeps Army's Spearhead free from danger USMC News 22 Feb 2003 -- "Since the U.S.S. Cole was attacked, the enemy knows a small boat attack is an effective form of terrorism. It's our job to make sure that doesn't happen," said Sgt. Erick J. Hodge, the noncommissioned-officer-in-charge of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa small craft detachment.

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• PHILIPPINES/U-S VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- Philippine political leaders are bracing for strong opposition to a reported plan allowing American soldiers to engage in combat against Muslim rebels in the South. The Philippine government is expected legal challenges and street protests.

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• COLOMBIA HOSTAGES VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- Colombian rebels say they are holding hostage three Americans whose plane they say they shot down earlier this month. The rebels want Colombia's military to withdraw from rebel held areas in return for the Americans' safety.

• N IRELAND/CEASEFIRE VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- There is cautious optimism in Northern Ireland, after the largest Protestant paramilitary group there, the Ulster Defense Association, announced a new 12-month cease-fire.

• SRILANKA/ANNIVERSARY VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- Sri Lanka is observing the first anniversary of a cease-fire signed with Tamil Tiger rebels. Its been the longest period of peace since Tamil Tigers launched their struggle two decades ago for an independent homeland for the country's minority Tamil community.

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• FRANCE /G-7 MEETING VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- Group of Seven Ministers from industrialized nations plus Russia agreed Saturday to work on boosting their domestic economies amid a gloomy world financial outlook. The ministers also addressed the effects of the Iraqi crisis during their meeting in the French capital.
• PAKISTAN/ATTACK VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- Unidentified gunmen have shot dead at least nine worshipers and wounded several others in a mosque in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.
• INDIA/HINDU TEMPLE VOA 22 Feb 2003 -- Thousands of Hindu nationalists have gathered in the Indian capital to put pressure on the government to allow them to build a temple at a disputed holy site. A radical Hindu group, the World Hindu Council, has convened the three-day meeting.