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<title><![CDATA[A picture of misery: how corruption and failure destroyed the hope of democracy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Times Online: Times Online: On the streets of Kabul any mention of Mr Karzai &#8211; who will stand for reelection on August 20 after the poll was put back from May &#8211; is now likely to produce a scowl. The President is blamed for a quartet of woes that blight the lives of ordinary people in one of the world&#8217;s poorest countries: insecurity, chronic unemployment, crippling food prices and endemic corruption. While two years ago public criticism in Kabul was more broadly aimed, and often included the perceived failure of the international community to deliver money and change, it now appears to be focused sharply on Mr Karzai.]]></description>
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