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U.N. Extends Humanitarian Program in Iraq Nine Days

UNITED NATIONS – A divided Security Council extended the U.N. humanitarian program in Iraq for just nine days on Monday, after an agreement for a six-month renewal fell apart over a U.S. demand to tighten the list of goods to ensure they can’t be used for the military. Working against …

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Kuwaitis Interrogate Man Who Confessed to Being Senior Al Qaeda Member

KUWAIT CITY – Authorities were interrogating a Kuwaiti man on Sunday who confessed to being a senior Al Qaeda member, having links to the bombing of the USS Cole two years ago, and plotting to blow up a Yemeni hotel frequented by Americans. A Kuwaiti Interior Ministry official identified the …

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Hu Climbed Ladder Quietly

BEIJING – Hu Jintao, China’s new Communist Party general secretary, is known for being smart, cautious — and able to keep his personality and views on politics a mystery to outsiders. Recommended by former supreme leader Deng Xiaoping as heir to President Jiang Zemin, Hu spent the intervening decade building …

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