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Arabs mourn Fahd as great leader
Arab leaders yesterday mourned the death of Saudi King Fahd as a major loss for the Muslim world, remembering him as a great monarch who will go down in history as a tireless defender of Arab causes.
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Fahd's tilt towards US fuelled Islamist anger
King Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who died yesterday, forged strong ties with Washington to steer his conservative kingdom through two turbulent decades but a violent Islamist backlash clouded
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New king won't change Saudi direction
Monarch in all but name for 10 years already, Saudi Arabia's new reformist King Abdullah can wield full authority after succeeding his half-brother Fahd but will not wrench the conservative kingdom onto
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Iran to resume nuke acts
Iran said it would resume nuclear fuel activities yesterday after the European Union failed to respond in time to its offer of new talks.
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New King Abdullah an effective reformer
King Abdullah, who succeeded his half brother King Fahd yesterday, is a popular leader who has been the kingdom's effective ruler for 10 years and is the main force behind an unprecedented reform drive.
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British, Italian cops grill 21 suspects
Probe puts focus on bombing networks
Police in Britain and Italy questioned 21 suspects as they sought to piece together the networks behind the London bombings, probing for possible links between the two sets of attacks and for connections
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Rumsfeld Says
US pullout from Iraq won't end attacks
The withdrawal of US-led troops from Iraq and Afghanistan would do nothing to end attacks such as the London bombings, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in an article published yesterday.
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Emails suggest US terror trials rigged
Leaked emails from two former prosecutors suggested the US military commissions set up to try detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are rigged, fraudulent and thin on evidence, Australian national radio reported
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Britain may pay $1m to Brazilian's family
Britain's Metropolitan Police could pay up to one million dollars in damages to the family of the innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in a bungled anti-terror chase in London, a newspaper reported yesterday.
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'CIA knew Iraq had abandoned nuke plan in 2001'
A former employee has charged the Central Intelligence Agency was told by an informant in the spring of 2001 that Iraq had abandoned a major element of its nuclear weapons programme, The New York Times
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