On the last day of the war, Manan says, a Katyusha scored a direct hit on his house.

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Many of the residents, like 52-year-old Morris Manan, left town and took refuge with relatives in the center of the country.

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The current chief justice, Bagir Manan, successfully lobbied parliament for the power to appoint non-career judges, who are considered more open-minded and less corrupt.

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Captain Abdul Manan, the young Afghan army commander in Nahr-e-Saraj, shrugs when I ask him what he thinks will happen when the UK troops go.

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Or look at guitar-strumming Manan Dhuldhoya, 21.

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The UAV space represents the wave of the future for combat systems, said Manan K. Shah, a managing partner at Focus Investment Banking, adding that many defense companies such as Boeing (NYSE:BA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and Lockheed Martin could look for acquisitions in the sector.

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