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Questions Linger on Moussaoui's Role in 9/11
Zacarias Moussaoui may be the first defendant convicted in U.S. courts in connection with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but his guilty plea yesterday did little to answer the biggest remaining riddle in the case: Was Moussaoui supposed to be one of the hijackers that day?
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FBI to Fire Dissident Agent
The FBI has moved to fire a veteran agent who alleged that the bureau had mishandled domestic investigations of the Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, the Palestinian group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
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Fake Hospital Inspectors Probed
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are looking into incidents in which people masquerading as unannounced inspectors were found poking around three hospitals in Boston, Detroit and Los Angeles.
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Rice Encourages Belarus Opposition
VILNIUS, Lithuania, April 21 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave a boost Thursday to stalled efforts to oust the government of Belarus, holding a high-profile meeting with key opposition figures from the former Soviet republic. Russian and Belarusan officials criticized her actions and statements as interference.
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Ex-Official Faults Hazmat Rail Safety
The former deputy administrator of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said yesterday that the government lacked adequate plans to secure rail shipments of hazardous cargo in Washington and across the country during his tenure.
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Rice Cites Yukos In Moscow Talks
VILNIUS, Lithuania, April 20 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she "pretty pointedly" told Russian officials that the outcome of the criminal case against former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky would affect prospects for business investment in Russia.
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Report Criticizes OMB Oversight of IT Projects
The Office of Management and Budget has not done enough to oversee $22 billion worth of critical federal information technology projects that it previously flagged as deficient, according to a government report set for release today.
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Commander Seeks Alternate Uses for ICBMs
The commander of the Air Force Space Command denied yesterday that his 500 nuclear-armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles are mere "Cold War icons" and said he is preparing alternative uses for the ICBMs, including arming them with conventional warheads to attack surface or deeply buried targets.
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Muslims Detained at Border Sue U.S. Homeland Security
American Muslims detained at the border as they returned from a religious conference in Toronto sued the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday alleging they were targets of ethnic and religious profiling.
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Passenger Lists Sought for Flights Over U.S.
The U.S. government plans to force foreign airlines to turn over passenger lists or check the names against government watch lists in an effort to prevent terrorists from entering U.S. airspace.
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