A tense hearing, with no sign of consensus on the war

Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007

NEWS

New bin Laden video shows 9/11 hijacker
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Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged sympathizers to join the "caravan"
of
martyrs as he praised one of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers in a new
video that emerged Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the attacks on the
World Trade Center and Pentagon.

A tense hearing, with no sign of consensus on the war
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After months of partisan stalemate, Congress and the rest of the nation
finally heard the U.S. military commander in Iraq and the top U.S.
diplomat there weigh in Monday on the increasingly fierce debate over
whether to stay the course or begin a concerted withdrawal of American
troops.

Pakistani lawyers appeal Sharif deportation
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Lawyers for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif filed a petition in the
Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging his deportation to Saudi Arabia,
setting up another confrontation between the judiciary and Pakistan's
military ruler as he battles to hold onto power.