Subject: Morning Brief: Karzai again suggests U.S.-Taliban cooperation after deadliest day for American forces this year
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Karzai again suggests U.S.-Taliban cooperation after deadliest day for  
American forces this year
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*Top news:* In a speech [1] to tribal leaders and elders on Tuesday,  Afghan  
President Hamid Karzai repeated his assertion that the Taliban is working in  
cooperation with foreign militaries to maintain an international presence in  
the country.

"You announce that you show your power to America by killing an 8-year-old  
Muslim child and civilians," he said. "I don't think so. You are serving for  
them."

Karzai, who had made similar remarks last weekend before meeting with  
visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, also blasted secret talks  
between Taliban leaders and Western governments.

The U.S. addressed Karzai's statements last weekend with U.S. Ambassador  
James Cunningham saying "the thought that we would collude with the Taliban  
flies in the face of everything we have done here."

The latest round of tension between Karzai and the U.S. government comes as  
American forces in the country suffered their deadliest day so far this year.  
On Tuesday, officials confirmed that five American soldiers have been killed  
in a helicopter crash [2] in Southern Afghanistan on Monday. The crash  
followed the killing [3] of two American troops along with three policemen  
and two Afghan Army officers by a gunman in an Afghan Army uniform at a base  
in the Eastern Wardak province earlier that day.

*Pope vote:* The College of Cardinals have not yet come to an agreement [4]  
on the second day of balloting for a new pope. 

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Africa

 * Sudan and South Sudan reached an agreement to
   resume oil production
   .
 * The Nigerian government pardoned [5] a key ally of President Goodluck
   Jonathan who had been convicted of corruption.
 * At least six people were killed in clashes between
   police and a Catholic sect
   in Burundi.

Americas

 * Falkland Islands voters nearly
   unanimously approved
   maintaining their ties with Britain.
 * A U.S. general acknowledged that the country has the capability to launch
   offensive cyberattacks
   .
 * The Mexican government
   launched a proposal
   to break up the country's telecoms monopolies.

Asia

 * Five people were killed in a
   militant attack
   on a military compound in Kashmir.
 * Officials say a soldier was
   stoned to death
   in Northwest Pakistan.
 * The
   latest statement
   from North Korea attacked South Korean President Park Geun-hye's "venomous
   swish" of skirt.

Europe

 * The Netherlands has raised its
   terrorism alert level
   .
 * A member of the EU's delegation to Syria [6] was killed in a rocket
   attack.
 * The eurozone's
   industrial production
   fell by .4 percent in January.

Middle East

 * A new report by Save The Children documents the
   killing and torture of children
   in the Syrian conflict.
 * A Tunisian man has died after
   setting fire to himself
   in central Tunis.
 * The PKK has released eight Turkish hostages. [7]

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[1] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735304578356321013801396.html
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/world/asia/coalition-troops-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan.html
[3] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-afghanistan-wardak-idUSBRE92A0DK20130311
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/on-day-2-of-papal-conclave-alliances-should-take-shape/2013/03/13/5d88b616-8bba-11e2-9838-d62f083ba93f_story.html
[5] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21769047
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