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Colin Powell Casts Doubt on Iraqi Troop Increase

WASHINGTON – The White House is going out of its way not to dispute a grim assessment on Iraq from President Bush’s first-term secretary of state. Press Secretary Tony Snow called Colin Powell’s comments “thoughtful” and “practical.” Interviewed on CBS over the weekend, Powell said America is “losing” in Iraq. …

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Cameroon Fourth African Country to Report Bird Flu

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon became the fourth African country to be struck by the deadly bird flu virus, as the government announced its first confirmed avian case on Sunday. The H5N1 strain was detected in a duck on a farm outside the northern town of Maroua, near the border with …

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Christian Convert in Afghanistan Could be Unfit to Stand Trial

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan man facing a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor said Wednesday. Abdul Rahman, 41, has been charged with rejecting Islam, a crime under this country’s Islamic laws. His trial started last week …

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