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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech 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 (125 articles) nytimes.com (97 articles) seattletimes. nwsource.com (88 articles) boston.com (75 articles) cbc.ca (75 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (72 articles) latimes.com (67 articles) baltimoresun.com (39 articles) abcnews.go.com (33 articles) foxnews.com (31 articles) msnbc.msn.com (27 articles) suntimes.com (26 articles) timesonline.co.uk (26 articles) haaretz.com (24 articles) nypost.com (19 articles) ft.com (16 articles) cnn.com (15 articles) sfgate.com (12 articles) technology. timesonline.co.uk (12 articles) topics.nytimes.com (10 articles) dallasnews.com (6 articles) cbsnews.com (5 articles)	ABC News: Afghan Officials: US-Led Forces Killed 9 Police Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English KABUL, Afghanistan - United States and NATO missile and mortar strikes continued to exact a heavy toll on Afghans over the weekend, killing at least 13 in two attacks that Afghan officials said were mistakes. (article 6) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan troops clashed with Taliban insurgents attacking a supply convoy, killing nine militants, officials said yesterday, while roadside bombs killed a NATO soldier in a separate convoy and four police officers. (article 3) In neighboring Kandahar Province, a blast struck a police patrol in Maywand district, killing four officers and wounding another, said Khan Mohammad (article 3) U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces killed nine Afghan police Sunday, calling in airstrikes and fighting on the ground for four hours after both sides mistook the other for militants, Afghan officials said. (article 4) Nine police officers were killed in an air strike in western Afghanistan after a gunfight with coalition forces in an apparent case of mistaken identity. (article 5) KABUL, Afghanistan - American Special Forces troops and Afghan commandos killed two influential tribal leaders and a number of their followers in western Afghanistan in a joint airborne operation on Wednesday night, military officials said Thursday. (article 2) Other summaries about this story: Summary from United States, from articles in English (6 articles) [compare] Summary from Canada, from articles in English (2 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords Afghan, killed, NATO, Afghanistan, civilians Source articles Another hazard in Iraq: shoddy electrical work on U.S. bases (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/18/2008, 170 words) Strike Kills 2 Afghan Tribal Leaders, NATO Says (nytimes.com, 07/18/2008, 764 words) Afghan violence leaves 14 dead (boston.com, 07/20/2008, 257 words) ABC News: Afghan Officials: US-Led Forces Killed 9 Police (ABCNews, 07/20/2008, 307 words) U.S.-led troops mistakenly kill Afghan police, civilians (cbc.ca, 07/20/2008, 213 words) More Civilian Deaths Reported in Afghan Strikes (nytimes.com, 07/21/2008, 643 words) Canada's defence chief acknowledges security eroding in Afghanistan (cbc.ca, 07/20/2008, 416 words) Chicago Sun-Times :: World :: (suntimes.com, 07/20/2008, 2518 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu