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...Kelly did they arrive at the committee - a sequence it judged "unhelpful and potentially misleading" - for which he apologized. Hutton resumes work again this week, first summoning bbc director general Greg Dyke and some defense officials before recalling previous witnesses for cross-examination. No one is predicting a killer blow to Blair. But an accumulation of small cuts can still hobble...
...recently with a new videotape aired by al-Jazeera on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary - signals that the campaign against al-Qaeda is far from over. But while Bin Laden's capture would certainly bring justice for the many victims of the terror he inspired - and strike a blow at the morale of his followers - his personal fate is now of secondary importance to the outcome of the conflict he launched...
Blair's friends in the Bush Administration don't seem worried that his troubles might be contagious. "We feel for them," says one senior aide, "but our situation is different." Still, every political blow Blair takes seems to increase his stature in President Bush's eyes. "Maybe Bush will put a bust of Blair in the Oval," jokes a second aide. It wouldn't be unprecedented. He keeps one of another wartime Prime Minister in that office: Winston Churchill. --By John F. Dickerson and Jeff...
...Wadao, Saman Waekaj and Arifin Bin Ali, with plotting to bomb embassies and tourist spots; in Bangkok. Police allege that the four Thais and one Singaporean are members of Jemaah Islamiah, the regional terrorist group allegedly behind the Bali bombing in October 2002. Police say the men planned to blow up the American, Australian, British, Israeli and Singaporean embassies in Bangkok, as well as tourist attractions in the Thai capital, Phuket and Pattaya...
...Montana?s tax base also has shrunk, which has forced deep cuts in education, health and welfare programs. And the biggest blow for Martz came from what ended up being an ill-advised utility deregulation approved by her predecessor, Gov. Marc Racicot, who went on to chair the Republican National Committee, then Bush?s reelection committee. Before deregulation, the state?s residents enjoyed the nation?s fifth lowest utility rates from Montana Power Company. But then the unregulated company sold off its generation and transmission equipment and plowed the $2 billion in profits into a telecom subsidiary that went bankrupt...