Former King of Afghanistan Dies at 92
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Mohammad Zahir Shah returned to Kabul from exile in 2002. He had been deposed in 1973 after a 40-year reign.
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Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah died on Monday, aged 92, presidential palace sources said.
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Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, a Bedouin tribesman who became president of the federation known as the United Arab Emirates and one of the Arab world&#39;s leading statesmen, died yesterday.
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A British soldier was killed in  Afghanistan on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.
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Tens of thousands of Afghans paid tribute  Wednesday to Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Masood,  slain by al Qaeda two days before the Sept. 11 attacks but  still a key political icon three years after his death.
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Former Indonesian dictator Suharto -- the "smiling general" who ruled his country with an iron fist for three decades -- died Sunday at a hospital in Jakarta, said his doctor. He was 86.
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The undisputed king of Bollywood's baddies, Amrish Puri, died on Wednesday at the age of 72 after a long illness, a hospital spokesman said in India's film capital.
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Prince Bernhard, one of the most charismatic members of the Dutch royal family, dies at the age of 93.
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A Taliban leader has been killed in Afghanistan, the country's government said today, as the deaths of a British soldier and a civilian translator were confirmed after an explosion in the country's south.
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Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistan's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.
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A Turkish engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan was killed by kidnappers after a police rescue operation ended in tragedy, interior ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told AFP.
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Senior figure and leader of Taliban in Helmand province dies of injuries in south-west Pakistan
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India is to mark the death of the last Afghan monarch by lowering its national flag Tuesday on state buildings and diplomatic missions worldwide, the government said.
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United Arab Emirates President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nayhan died Tuesday, official television reports. He was 86.
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ISLAMABAD, 25 August 2004 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday announced he would free the last 400 Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taleban and had been languishing in decrepit Afghan jails since late 2001.
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Â· Victims of Afghanistan attack aged 18 and 23Â·  Interpreter died after airlift to medical centre
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973-1990 and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday. He was 91.