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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:39 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Telegraph


Brown and Obama in Karzai corruption warning

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 at No 10 with UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, Mr Brown said: 'These are important days for Afghanistan when the president is inaugurated. 'We...

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Karzai claims victory as Afghan runoff cancelled - [11/02/2009 - Globe and Mail]
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Obama and Hamid Karzai, together again - [11/02/2009 - USA Today]
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...Mr Brown said: "These are important days for Afghanistan when the president is inaugurated. 'We will want him to make clear that he is going to take immediate action on corruption.' Mr Karzai's victory was declared yesterday after Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission decided to call off this weekend's second-round presidential ballot, which was triggered by his failure to obtain 50% of votes in an election in August which was marred by widespread fraud."
Brown and Obama in Karzai corruption warning [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]
...withdraw. "I emphasised that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter" Mr Obama said in describing...
Brown and Obama in Karzai corruption warning [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]
...Mr Karzai that "the proof is not going to be in words. It's going to be in deeds." Afghan politicians...
Brown and Obama in Karzai corruption warning [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]

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