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| Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:00:00 EST Ex-State official blasts 'Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal' |
| His is a name that appeared only rarely in the news media. But for more than three years, Lawrence Wilkerson was Colin Powell's chief of staff–and a key behind-the-scenes policy player at the State Department during most of President Bush's first term. As it turns out, he was also a high-level participant in the rampant infighting over foreign policy that often pitted State against Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Department and the office of Vice President Cheney. |
| Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:00:00 EST Does your website rate? |
| Want a quick glance at how your small-business website ranks in the world of Web searches? Well, there's an interesting new tool (thanks to a pointer from Lee Odden of TopRank Online Marketing and the Search Engine Smarts blog developed by a search engine optimization, or SEO, company called We Build Pages. |
| Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:00:00 EST Rise in Afghan violence: U.S. calls it disparate |
| Violence has been rising once more in recent months in Afghanistan. The previous six months have been the bloodiest yet for American forces in the country. But a key U.S. general believes that the rising violence is not a sign of a resurgent Taliban or al Qaeda. Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, the supreme NATO commander, says much of the violence is attributable to disparate political frustration with the new government, criminal operations, and rising drug trafficking. |
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| The dreaded moment |
| Rory Carroll, the Guardian's Baghdad correspondent was abducted for 36 hours before being freed on Thursday. This is his story. |
| Poll shows big Cameron lead |
| Tory leadership candidate 15 points ahead of Gordon Brown among floating voters in a Guardian/ICM poll. |
| Interview: Garth Pearce meets Bill Murray |
| Bill Murray is famous for his deadpan acting and impenetrable cool. But, as Garth Pearce finds out, behind the mask is a man of emotion. |
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| Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:59:54 EDT Wilma's gusts hit 150mph |
| Powerful Hurricane Wilma lashed Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Friday, destroying tiki huts that line Cancun's white sandy beaches. "It feels like the entire house is shaking; it's pretty intense," said Kimberly Howell, from Cancun. "I'm hearing a lot of glass breaking." Forecasters say the storm could linger over Mexico for at least a day -- in turn affecting the strength of the storm when it heads north toward Cuba and Florida. |
| Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:05:27 EDT Bush: Hariri report 'deeply disturbing' |
| President Bush on Friday urged the United Nations to address the findings of its new report implicating Syrian and Lebanese officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Bush called the report "deeply disturbing." Hariri, a leading anti-Syrian figure in Lebanon, was killed by a bomb containing at least 2,200 pounds of military explosives. |
| Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:34:28 EDT Mom pleads not guilty to drowning children in bay |
| The mother accused of throwing her three young children into the cold waters of San Francisco Bay is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face charges of murder and assault, the district attorney's office said. |
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