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(CBS News) At a donors conference in Tokyo over the weekend, $16 billion of aid was pledged to Afghanistan. But the U.S. is putting conditions on that assistance. Taliban claims Afghanistan bombing, which left 6 U.S. troops dead Dollars and diplomacy are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s new focus for the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, as military engagement comes to an end. In Tokyo, Clinton said that Afghanistan’s security has to be measured by jobs and economic opportunity. On both fronts, Afghanistan is far from success. There were more than 200 coalition force deaths in 2012 and violence is increasing. Afghanistan is only capable of generating a fraction of its financial needs – its main export is still opium. That’s why much of the Tokyo conference was spent discussing how to attract private investors and cut back on corruption. Aid dollars helped educate more than eight million children and build roads and 포항출장샵 bridges; those are the success stories. Afghan president Hamid Karzai leaves Tokyo with a total of $16 billion in aid pledges to be paid through 2015. The U.S. is still Afghanistan’s top financial supporter. But Clinton says new dollars will have strings attached. She also wants private investors to put money to work in a country that still ranks as the fourth most corrupt, per Transparency International. “That must include fighting corruption, improving governance, strengthening the...

(CBS) Pinning down Portgual. The Man is tough. The band has been called psychedelic, which isn’t really accurate. The band uses its share of eerie atmospherics (especially on its 2008 release, “Censored Colors”), but none of them recall the summer of love or acid. There’s also the moniker “chamber pop,” which may refer to P.TM’s fine use of strings, but the point is this: It’s more fun to listen to a really good band than it is to figure the band out. (Scroll down to listen to “Got It All (This Can’t Be Living Now)”) P.TM has its poppy moments but its sound is based in rock. Then there are the layers of keyboards, vocals and guitars that seem designed to fill the listener’s head with as many individual, overlapping sounds as possible. The arrangements are deft and never weighed down despite a liberal use of instruments and 온라인카지노 voices; John Gourley’s high tenor is a hallmark of the group. On “Got It All (This Can’t Be Living Now),” different sounds the band has used in each of its recordings seem to coalesce in one song: soaring background vocals, layers of guitars, strings, manufactured beats combined with live drums and a bass that’s sometimes meaty and sometimes nimble. “In the Mountain in the Cloud,” Portugal. The Man’s sixth album in six years, comes out next week. You can catch...

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(CBS/AP) Updated 4:24 p.m. EDT CALGARY, Alberta – Prince William and Kate have concluded their nine-day tour of Canada and are off to the City of Angels in California. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent the final hours of their visit soaking in western traditions (and wearing cowboy hats) at the Calgary Stampede parade. They also took in an environmental display at the zoo, 홍천출장마사지 met homeless youth and attended an Alberta government reception. Pictures: William and Kate say goodbye to CanadaPictures: Newlyweds at the rodeoPictures: Kate’s royal looks They’ll have to pack away their cowboy boots and hats in Los Angeles, for a weekend of events including charitable work, a Santa Barbara polo match and a BAFTA black-tie gala. A Canadian military plane will fly William and Kate to Los Angeles, wait for them for a few days and then fly them back to Britain. The pair, sporting white cowboy hats, waved from their car at crowds of well-wishers lined 10 deep along the parade route under sunny skies. They later joined hands and pushed a red button to launch the parade, one of the world’s largest. The couple was decked out in western wear, with buttoned-down shirts and jeans. The prince opted for the same green checkered shirt that he wore Thursday in Calgary for a bull riding demonstration, and Kate wore a printed white long-sleeved...