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Workers unload the body of Shim Sung-min from an aircraft at an international airport in Incheon
02 Aug 2007
Source: Reuters
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Workers unload the body of Shim Sung-min, 29, who was kidnapped and killed by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, from an aircraft at the international airport in Incheon, west of Seoul, August 2, 2007. Shim's body arrived home on Thursday, while lawmakers left for the United States to persuade Washington to help end the standoff.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives his speech in front of a monitor during a peace "jirga" in Kabul August 9, 2007. Afghan and Pakistani political and tribal leaders met in Kabul on Thursday to agree on ways to combat Taliban and al Qaeda attacks, but its authority was dented from the outset after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf pulled out.


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