Across Asia: Mideast

US, UK to review policy

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton planned extensive talks yesterday with British counterpart and top ally David Miliband on Afghanistan, Iran, the Middle East and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The talks come after Miliband told PBS television on Tuesday that it was in Britain's "national security interest" to keep troops in Afghanistan as most anti-British terrorist plots had links with the region.

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