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As polls indicated popular support for the war falling, leaders including the US president, Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Nato's secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, began browbeating Karzai to prove his worth.

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, United States, NATO, Taliban, Afghanistan, Washington, Opium, and European Union

...troops to the war effort under certain conditions. Brown has offered unwavering support to President Barack Obama as the U.S. leader considers a troop increase of as much as 40,000 soldiers. "I have taken the responsibility of asking others...

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Afghanistan: Brown joins Obama with corruption warning to Hamid Karzai Gordon Brown has joined Barack Obama in issuing a warning to Hamid Karzai about corruption in his Afghan government Published: 10:08AM GMT 03 Nov 2009 During a meeting...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, Ban Ki-moon, and UN

...as well as with provincial and district officials and tribal elders. Afghanistan: Barack Obama gets ready to make toughest call of presidency Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with US president Barack Obama in Washington for the first time

In this article: Afghanistan, Taliban, US, Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, James Jones, Al-qaida, Pakistan, and British Army

...support. As polls showed popular support for the war plunging, leaders including US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen began browbeating Karzai to prove his worth.

In this article: Hamid Karzai, NATO, Afghanistan, United States, Robert Gates, Gordon Brown, Herat, and Kabul

...agreement at a meeting in Mexico next year. Obama raised such issues during a meeting with Rasmussen on the sidelines of the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is among...

In this article: Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Copenhagen, Gordon Brown, UN, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, Carbon, Jane Lubchenco, and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

...would send 40,000 more troops. In London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he expects President Obama "to announce in a few days what his numbers for Afghanistan will be." But White House officials disagreed,...

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...trained to help soldiers in distress, to turn on his comrades. Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a message of support and condolence to Mr Obama over the Fort Hood shootings. In the message, Mr Brown said: "My thoughts are with the families...

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