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Relatives gather around a man injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:34:26 GMT

(Reuters) - Relatives gather around a man injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's tribal town of Bannu near the border with Afghanistan, in Peshawar August 28, 2008. A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus travelled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said. (Ali Imam/Reuters)

The casket of Sgt. Shawn Allen Eades is carried to the National ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:39:18 GMT

(AP) - The casket of Sgt. Shawn Allen Eades is carried to the National Military Cemetery at Beechwood in Ottawa on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008. Eades was killed in Afghanistan on Aug 20, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

Military pallbearers carry the casket of Sgt. Shawn Eades during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:01:50 GMT

(Reuters) - Military pallbearers carry the casket of Sgt. Shawn Eades during a military funeral ceremony at Beechwood Military Cemetery in Ottawa, August 28, 2008. Eades was killed by a improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Zharey District of Afghanistan August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Christopher Pike (CANADA)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Afghanistan's ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:56 GMT

(AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai seen during their meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Afghanistan's ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:20 GMT

(AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai shake hands during their meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe. At right in the background is Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Afghanistan's ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:52 GMT

(AP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai shake hands during their meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Lisa Schamehorn (C) wife of Sgt. Shawn Eades touches his casket ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:38:22 GMT

(Reuters) - Lisa Schamehorn (C) wife of Sgt. Shawn Eades touches his casket with their daughters Niya, 4, (L) and Breanna, 7, (R) during a military funeral at Beechwood Military Cemetery in Ottawa, August 28, 2008. Eades was killed by a improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Zharey District of Afghanistan on August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Christopher Pike (CANADA)

Military pallbearers carry the casket of Sgt. Shawn Eades during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:26:33 GMT

Breanna Eades,7, (L) and Niya Eades,4, daughters of Sgt. Shawn ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:22:07 GMT

(Reuters) - Breanna Eades,7, (L) and Niya Eades,4, daughters of Sgt. Shawn Eades follow their father's casket after a military funeral ceremony at Beechwood Military Cemetery in Ottawa, August 28, 2008. Eades was killed by a improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Zharey District of Afghanistan on August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Christopher Pike (CANADA)

Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai holds ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:38:42 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai holds up his medal during a procession for his homecoming in Kabul from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 28, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai is ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:58:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai is carried by the crowd during a procession for his homecoming in Kabul from the Beijing 2008 Olympic games August 28, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

An Afghan policeman keeps watch as a man attaches a poster of ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:35 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan policeman keeps watch as a man attaches a poster of Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai to a billboard for a procession for his homecoming in Kabul from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 28, 2008. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters)

Military pallbearers carry the casket of Sgt. Shawn Eades during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:39 GMT

(Reuters) - Military pallbearers carry the casket of Sgt. Shawn Eades during a military funeral ceremony at Beechwood Military Cemetery in Ottawa, Thursday August 28, 2008. Eades was killed by a improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Zharey District of Afghanistan on August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Christopher Pike (CANADA)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:25:37 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) shakes hands with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Dushanbe August 28, 2008. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool (TAJIKISTAN)

(L-R) Presidents Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, Islam Karimov ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:09:26 GMT

(Reuters) - (L-R) Presidents Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Hu Jintao of China, Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan pose for a picture before the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe August 27, 2008. (RIA Novosti/Pool/Reuters)

A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:06:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch as he sits on the top of a vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. Afghan and international troops have killed more than 100 Taliban militants in several clashes in the troubled southern province of Helmand over the past three days, the US-led coalition said Thursday.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)

Afghan villagers carry the body of a Japanese aid worker Kazuya ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Afghan villagers carry the body of a Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito in the village of Bodyalai in Nangarhar Province on August 27, 2008. Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan, a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country.(AFP/File/Khan Wali Kamran)

Masayuki Ito (L), father of slain Japanese NGO member Kazuya ...

(AFP/JIJI Press) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:24 GMT

(AFP/JIJI Press) - Masayuki Ito (L), father of slain Japanese NGO member Kazuya Ito, speaks to reporters at his residence at Kakegawa in Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan. Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan, a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country.(AFP/JIJI Press)

Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura gives a press conference ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:24 GMT

(AFP/File) - Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura gives a press conference in July 2008. Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan, a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

Paramedic staff provide treatment to a man who was injured in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:57:50 GMT

(Reuters) - Paramedic staff provide treatment to a man who was injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's tribal town of Bannu near the border with Afghanistan, in Peshawar August 28, 2008. A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus travelled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said. REUTERS/Ali Imam (PAKISTAN)

The wreckage of a police bus is seen after a bomb blast in Pakistan's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:23:49 GMT

(Reuters) - The wreckage of a police bus is seen after a bomb blast in Pakistan's tribal town of Bannu near the border with Afghanistan August 28, 2008. A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus travelled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said. REUTERS/Adil Khan (PAKISTAN)

Afghan hospital staff and the Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:46:48 GMT

(AP) - Afghan hospital staff and the Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, second right in black suit, look at the face of the Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito at the hospital in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Japan confirmed Wednesday the body found in Afghanistan was that of the Japanese aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier. A news report said the body bore multiple bullet wounds. Ito was the member of Nakamura's aid group. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

From left: Presidents Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, Islam ...

(AFP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:22:04 GMT

(AFP) - From left: Presidents Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan, Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, Hu Jintao of China, Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan, Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. Medvedev has claimed backing from China and four Central Asian states for Russia's actions in Georgia and said their support should send a "serious signal" to the West.(AFP/Mikhail Klimentyev)

An Afghan policeman (L) tries to control the crowd gathered ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:03:20 GMT

(Reuters) - An Afghan policeman (L) tries to control the crowd gathered to welcome Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai in Kabul August 28, 2008. Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the nation's first Olympic medal winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)

REFILE - FIXING FIRST CAPTION Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:53:59 GMT

(Reuters) - REFILE - FIXING FIRST CAPTION Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai shows his medal to the crowd during a homecoming procession after returning from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 28, 2008. Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the nation's first Olympic medal Winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)

Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai takes ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:48:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai takes part in a procession for his homecoming in Kabul from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 28, 2008. Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the nation's first Olympic medal winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)

Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, center right, sits with unidentified ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:15 GMT

(AP) - Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura, center right, sits with unidentified man, near the casket of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, who was killed in Nangarhar province, in a helicopter bound for Kabul, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Japan confirmed Wednesday the body found in Afghanistan was that of the Japanese aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier. A news report said the body bore multiple bullet wounds. Ito was the member of Nakamura's aid group. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist Rohullah Nikpai reacts ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:44:05 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist Rohullah Nikpai reacts to the crowd during a procession for his homecoming from the Beijing 2008 Olympic games, in Kabul August 28, 2008. Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the nation's first Olympic medal Winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)

Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai (C) ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:33:50 GMT

(Reuters) - Afghan Olympic taekwondo bronze medallist Rohullah Nikpai (C) gestures during a procession for his homecoming in Kabul from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 28, 2008. Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the nation's first Olympic medal winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)

Afghan medic soldiers and an unidentified Japanese man, right ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:31:04 GMT

(AP) - Afghan medic soldiers and an unidentified Japanese man, right center, carry the casket of the Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, who was killed in Nangarhar province, into an ambulance after arriving at the air port in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Japan confirmed Wednesday the body found in Afghanistan was that of the Japanese aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier. A news report said the body bore multiple bullet wounds. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghans and unidentified Japanese officials carry the casket ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:28:32 GMT

(AP) - Afghans and unidentified Japanese officials carry the casket of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, who was killed in Nangarhar province, to an ambulance, unseen, after arriving at the air port in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Japan confirmed Wednesday the body found in Afghanistan was that of the Japanese aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier. A news report said the body bore multiple bullet wounds. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

Afghan villagers inspect the body of Japanese aid worker Kazuya ...

(AFP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:25:01 GMT

(AFP) - Afghan villagers inspect the body of Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito as it lies in a vehicle in the village of Bodyalai in Nangarhar Province on August 27. President Hamid Karzai condemned as "inhumane" Thursday Taliban rebels' killing of Ito in Afghanistan as the aid worker's body was transported to Kabul for repatriation.(AFP/Khan Wali Kamran)

Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:25:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan, a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura (seen here in July) said the government would submit legislation to keep ships in the Indian Ocean providing fuel to the US-led coalition.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)