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REUTERS REPORTER HEARS GUNFIRE AT US EMBASSY COMPOUND IN SUDANView the full eventby anthony.derosa 9/14/2012 2:35:25 PM
Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row
DOHA - A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban's new Qatar office delayed preliminary discussions between the United States and the Islamist insurgents.
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