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World › Brown, Obama urge allies to share Afghan burden

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday urged NATO allies to share the burden of heavy combat in Afghanistan amid… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Jul 24 2009

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