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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (206 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (143 articles) nytimes.com (136 articles) baltimoresun.com (103 articles) boston.com (88 articles) foxnews.com (77 articles) timesonline.co.uk (62 articles) cbc.ca (58 articles) suntimes.com (52 articles) ft.com (52 articles) latimes.com (41 articles) haaretz.com (37 articles) abcnews.go.com (37 articles) dallasnews.com (26 articles) nypost.com (16 articles) cbsnews.com (14 articles) msnbc.msn.com (11 articles) entertainment. timesonline.co.uk (10 articles) cnn.com (9 articles) technology. timesonline.co.uk (8 articles) sfgate.com (6 articles) latimesblogs. latimes.com (6 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (3 articles) topics.latimes.com (1 article) nature.com (1 article) weblogs. baltimoresun.com (1 article)	Militants breached US Afghan base Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English Seven insurgents were killed in a military operation near where militants this week breached a U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said Tuesday. (article 8) In the eastern operation Monday, troops killed seven insurgents and nabbed an "Arab terrorist" in the area of Wanat village in Nuristan province where nine American soldiers died in a militant attack over the weekend, the Defense Ministry said. (article 8) Moving in darkness before dawn Sunday, about 200 fighters surrounded the newly built base in a remote area near the Pakistan border without being spotted by the troops inside, said Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh (article 7) This weekend's deadly attack on an American combat outpost in remote eastern Afghanistan that killed nine U.S. servicemen was a highly organized assault by as many as 200 Taliban fighters that coalition military officials believe was staged from neighboring Pakistan. (article 6) A senior Defense Department official told ABC News today that attacks on outposts in eastern Afghanistan are a tactic often used by Taliban militants, but that this attack was noteworthy for its significant discipline, training and size of the attacking force. (article 6) The militants used rocket propelled grenades and homemade mortars to bombard the base, close to Pakistan's border, from several sides. (article 4) Other summaries about this story: Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (2 articles) [compare] Summary from United States, from articles in English (6 articles) [compare] Other stories about Pakistan, Afghanistan and Afghan: Pakistan 'behind Afghan attacks' (6 articles) Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords Pakistan, Afghanistan, Afghan, militants, Karzai Source articles ericans Die in Afghan Attack (nytimes.com, 07/14/2008, 1192 words) Taliban Breached NATO Base in Deadly Clash (nytimes.com, 07/15/2008, 669 words) US suffers heavy Afghan losses (BBC News, 07/13/2008, 310 words) Militants breached US Afghan base (BBC News, 07/14/2008, 526 words) Afghanistan attack kills 9 U.S. soldiers - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 169 words) ABC News: Even 500 Lbs Bombs Couldn't Stop Taliban (ABCNews, 07/14/2008, 329 words) Deadly raid on U.S. base highlights rising threat - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 570 words) ABC News: 19 Insurgents Killed in Afghanistan (ABCNews, 07/15/2008, 304 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu