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- A furious row has broken out over claims in a new book by BBC broadcaster James Naughtie that US Secretary of State Colin Powell described neo-conservatives in the Bush administration as 'fucking crazies' during the build-up to war in Iraq.
Powell's extraordinary outburst is alleged to have taken place during a telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw. Read here for more
- A visibly emotional U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas, who two years ago described a potential invasion of Iraq as being in the "interest of America and all freedom-loving people everywhere," Friday told a Northern Kentucky audience that his vote to authorize that war was the one he most regretted during his three terms in Congress.
"I supported my commander-in-chief as president because there were supposed to be weapons of mass destruction," the Richwood Democrat, who is not seeking re-election, told about 80 politicians and businessmen at Covington's Metropolitan Club."But I have to tell you from all the stuff that we've gotten I really feel like I was misled," Lucas said, responding to a question during the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce's monthly Government Forum. Read here for more
- US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday he was surprised to learn that South Korea once had clandestine programs to enrich uranium and extract plutonium but said he doubted Seoul now had any secret nuclear capability.The South Korean government revealed the secret nuclear research on key ingredients for nuclear weapons in a series of embarrassing public admissions over the past week. Read here for more
- Militants pounded central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the Green Zone and destroying a U.S. vehicle along a major street. At least 24 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in citywide violence -- many of them when a U.S. helicopter fired at a burning vehicle surrounded by crowds.Read here for more
- Afghanistan: Eight people are reported to have been killed and 15 wounded when Afghan police and soldiers fired on protesters who set fire to U.N. offices in the western city of Herat.The demonstrators were angry over the dismissal of local warlord Ismail Khan as the provincial governor. Some were armed with sticks and stones, which they hurled at the U.N. buildings.Read here for more
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