Report: Yemen Killing Based on Bush Rules
Wed Nov 6, 2:47 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The missile strike on a car in Yemen that killed six suspected al Qaeda members was carried out under broad authority that President Bush (news - web sites) gave the CIA (news - web sites) over the past year to fight terrorism, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing senior government officials.
The president was not asked to authorize the specific strike, the officials told the Times, but Bush had been advised the CIA was pursuing a suspected al Qaeda leader who was killed in the blast, Qaed Senyan al-Harthi, the paper said.
Harthi is a suspect in the bombing of the U.S. destroyer Cole in Aden two years ago that killed 17 U.S. sailors...
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China Halts the Yangtze for Three Gorges Dam
Wed Nov 6, 2:12 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - China finished blocking the Yangtze River at the Three Gorges Dam Wednesday, paving the way for the world's biggest hydroelectricity and flood control project to come on stream next year, state media said.
The controversial $25 billion dam, which is forcing the relocation of 1.2 million peasants living along the river's banks before ancient villages and relics are submerged, came two days before a crucial Communist Party Congress opens in Beijing...
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