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US President Barack Obama will announce his decision on whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan “within days” after he held a final strategy session with top aides, the White House said yesterday.

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The US House of Representatives today gave strong endorsement to a 87.5 billion dollars (€75.3bn) package to sustain US military forces and rebuild the shattered nations of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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