afghan foreign minister abdullah abdullah on saturday thanked russia for its help in overthrowing the taliban regime in a telephone conversation with his russian counterpart igor ivanov , the foreign ministry said here .

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field commanders from burundi 's largest rebel group said thursday they will stop fighting as they were ordered to do by the group 's leader after the insurgents and the government reached an agreement at peace talks aimed at ending the decade-long civil war .

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the former soviet republic of georgia began a war of attrition against its renegade region of adjara on tuesday as economic sanctions designed to bring the black sea province and its leadership to heel began to hit home .

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as far as stock hits go , this ranks up there as one of the worst .

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merck stock price takes a beating