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Al Qaeda planned to hit 10 sites: panel
WASHINGTON, June 17: Al Qaeda had originally planned to crash hijacked planes into 10 targets in the United States and carry out simultaneous attacks in southeast Asia, the panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks said on Wednesday. ... 
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Bush adamant on Saddam's link with Osama
WASHINGTON, June 17: US President George W. Bush on Thursday insisted Saddam Hussein had a relationship with Al Qaeda but said his administration never asserted that the former Iraqi president had a role in the September 11, 2001, attacks. ...
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UN unable to return to Iraq: Annan
UNITED NATIONS, June 17: There is still too much violence in Iraq for UN senior staff to reestablish a permanent presence to help with the political process and reconstruction, Secretary- General Kofi Annan said on Thursday. ...
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US responded clumsily to 9/11 attack: commission
WASHINGTON, June 17: US aviation and military officials responded clumsily to the Sept 2001 attacks and a White House order to shoot down hijacked planes did not reach Air Force jets until after the last airliner had crashed ...
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Israel begins work on moat in Gaza
AL QUDS, June 17: Israel set in motion a plan on Thursday to dig a moat along the Gaza-Egypt border, inviting contractor bids for the project meant to prevent arms reaching Palestinian militants through tunnels. ...
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Prison tactics: a long-time dilemma for Israel
NABLUS: The accounts of physical abuse of Iraqis by American guards at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad sounded achingly familiar to Anan Labadeh. ...
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Bush urged to apologize for invasion
WASHINGTON, June 17: The New York Times on Thursday called on President George Bush to apologize to the American people for going to war on Iraq after an official probe into the Sept 11 attacks found no evidence linking Iraq and Al Qaeda. ...
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Rumsfeld 'bypassed', says probe body
WASHINGTON, June 17: The White House bypassed Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in confusion during the Sept 2001 attack and directly ordered fighter jets to shoot down hijacked airliners used in the strikes ...
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Efforts on to rescue abducted US citizen
RIYADH, June 17: As a Friday deadline loomed, the operation to rescue the kidnapped American citizen, Paul Johnson, has been stepped up in Riyadh. ...
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Decomposed bodies of 3 Pakistanis found in UAE
DUBAI, June 17: The decomposed bodies of Pakistanis found in the mountains of Ras Al Khaimah pecked at by birds and some other animals have shocked the Pakistani community and diplomats in the UAE who are pleading with the government of Pakistan ...
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Woman's death: Gujarat govt's version disputed
AHMEDABAD, June 17: Police and India's ruling party cast doubt on Thursday on an official account that a 19-year-old Muslim woman gunned down this week was planning to assassinate the hardline Hindu leader of the western state of Gujarat. ...
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Failure to win top OIC job disappoints BD
DHAKA, June 17: Dhaka has expressed its utter disappointment at its debacle in the just-held election to the post of the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). ...
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