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Ahmadinejad denies report of curbing oil sales

DUBAI (AP) — Iran’s president has denied telling a newspaper that his government might curtail oil sales if Iran is referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear programme. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “never had an interview, either oral or written, with the Khaleej Times,” the president’s …

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Zarqawi sending militants back home — minister

AMMAN — Foreign Al Qaeda militants waging a campaign of suicide car bombings in Iraq plan to send some fighters home in preparation for similar operations in their own countries, the Iraqi interior minister said on Sunday. Interior Minister Bayan Jabor said documents found with Abu Azzam, said to be …

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‘Iraq guilt’ mars morale, recruitment at British army — top general

LONDON (AFP) — Army morale and recruitment are suffering because troops are seen as “guilty by association” with Prime Minister Tony’s Blair’s decision to invade Iraq, Britain’s top soldier claimed in comments published here Sunday. General Sir Michael Walker, chief of the defence of staff, also said, in an interview …

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