Protests in Britain and Afghanistan

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Demonstrators chant during an anti-war rally in London, October 24, 2009. Hundreds of people took to London's streets on Saturday demanding that British troops be brought home from Afghanistan but an opinion poll showed fewer Britons were calling for an immediate return.

REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN MILITARY CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Demonstrators march during an anti-war rally in London, October 24, 2009. Hundreds of people took to London's streets on Saturday demanding that British troops be brought home from Afghanistan but an opinion poll showed fewer Britons were calling for an immediate return.

REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN MILITARY CONFLICT)

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Protestors attend a demonstration held by Stop the War coallition calling for troops to leave Afghanistan in central London. Protesters marched through London to demand a British military withdrawal from Afghanistan -- among them a serving soldier facing court martial for refusing a second tour of duty there.

(AFP/Ben Stansall)

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Demonstrators march during an anti-war rally in London October 24, 2009. Hundreds of people took to London's streets on Saturday demanding that British troops be brought home from Afghanistan but an opinion poll showed fewer Britons were calling for an immediate return.

REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT)

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An effigy of the President Barack Obama and a U.S. flag is placed in front of a tractor before protesters burn them during a demonstration in Logar province, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. Hundreds of Afghans shouted anti-US slogans to protest a rumor that U.S. forces had bombed a mosque and burned a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in nearby Wardak province last week.

(AP Photo)

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Afghan students beat an burned effigy of the President Barack Obama during a demonstration in Logar province, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. Hundreds of Afghans shouted anti-US slogans to protest a rumor that U.S. forces had bombed a mosque and burned a copy of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in nearby Wardak province last week.

(AP Photo)