LONDON – Scotland, unaccustomed to the hot spotlight of international diplomacy, fought to justify its release of the Lockerbie bomber yesterday, after a U.S. official angrily accused the country of rewarding terrorism.
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HALIFAX – Hurricane Bill brought rain and heavy winds to Nova Scotia in eastern Canada yesterday, which could flood and damage coastal areas and possibly impact offshore oil and gas facilities.
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ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani Taliban announced a successor to slain commander Baitullah Mehsud, but intelligence officials said yesterday it was probably a smokescreen meant to hold together a movement left leaderless for almost three weeks.
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TEHRAN – Influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has urged Iranians to follow Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s guidelines, five weeks after he challenged the authority of the country’s most powerful figure.
