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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (63041)	12/24/2002 1:10:19 PM
From: mistermj	Respond to of 281500

O.T.Well Karen,at least you think I'm good for something;-)Merry Christmas to you and yours.

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (63041)	12/24/2002 10:46:21 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Things seem to be looking up, gradually, in Afghanistan: Afghans Mark Year of Slowly Growing Stability By CARLOTTA GALL KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 24 — It was a year ago that Hamid Karzai took over the business of governing Afghanistan, a ruin of a country he and his government inherited after the collapse of the Taliban and have tried to guide through its first year relatively free of war in two decades. A united Afghanistan with a functioning multiethnic army remains a desire, not a reality. Yet despite violent incidents — a narrow escape from assassination, the killing of two of his ministers and continued clashes among rival warlords in the provinces — Mr. Karzai is looking stronger now that under his stewardship the country has found a degree of stability. cont. at nytimes.com