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Posted: 11/12/2010 17:16
US envoy Richard Holbrooke in 'critical condition'

Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been taken critically ill, the US state department says.
Mr Holbrooke, 69, was admitted to hospital on Friday and has undergone surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.
His family have joined him at his hospital bedside in Washington DC.
Mr Holbrooke is best known for brokering the Dayton peace accords in 1995, which ended the Bosnian war.
President Barack Obama named Mr Holbrooke as his special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan in January 2009.
Since then, he has clashed regularly with Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
BBC

Richard Holbrooke, the US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been taken critically ill, the US state department says.
Mr Holbrooke, 69, was admitted to hospital on Friday and has undergone surgery to repair a tear in his aorta.
His family have joined him at his hospital bedside in Washington DC.
Mr Holbrooke is best known for brokering the Dayton peace accords in 1995, which ended the Bosnian war.
President Barack Obama named Mr Holbrooke as his special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan in January 2009.
Since then, he has clashed regularly with Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
BBC