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Afghanistan has nearly $US1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, far more than previously thought and enough to turn a country devastated by decades of war into one of the most important mining centres in the world, according to senior US officials.$

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Every occupying army leaves its mark on the country t it has “liberated” and the detritus of war can endure for generations. The United States is in the process of winding down its strength in Iraq from 88,000 troops to 50,000 by September 1 and the American military is engaged in one of the biggest removal operations ever recorded.

China’s Communist Party leaders rarely start their speeches by addressing their audience as “ladies and gentlemen”. The requisite courtesy is a ringing “comrades and friends”.