The Business Times, 21 February 2007

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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Thailand's ITV seeks injunction on payments
      493 2 It wants extension, and separation of 100b baht back fees and fine Bloomberg [BANGKOK] ITV Pel, a Thai television network controlled by Singapore's Temasek Holdings, has sought a court injunction on about 100 billion baht (554.3 billion) in fines, fees and interest it has
      Bloomberg  -  493 words
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      Lock icon GE Healthcare to set up HQ here
      549 2  - GE Healthcare to set u p HQ here It cites double-digit expansion in Asia ex-China, Japan By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Encouraged by prospects in the region, GE Healthcare is expanding its operations in Singapore and creating its headquarters here to oversee what it calls the Asia Growth Market. "Asia Growth
      YEN MENG JIIN  -  549 words
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      Lock icon East-West links boost family businesses: professor
      689 3  -  Swiss prof says S'pore can leverage on past connections and reputation By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Family businesses in Singapore should make use of the country's historical past and EastWest connections to gain a competitive edge, says a family-business expert from Swiss business school IMD.
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      Lock icon Korean contractors set to cash in on S'pore construction boom
      480 3  -  3 major firms bag $1b worth of deals in past 9 months after decade-long slump By HAN MIN CHUNG [SINGAPORE] Korean contractors in Singapore are starting their crane engines again. This year could be the biggest year for Korean contractors
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      111 3 MARKETS Tuesday Change KLCOMP dosed NIKKEI 225 17.C9.12 -0.97 HANG SENG dosed SET INDEX 690.67 +5.29 JAKARTA COMP 1,806.482 +7.189 MANILA COMP 3,375.31 +46.28 SEOULCOMP 1,452.96 +4.15 SHENZHEN B dosed MUMBAIIND 14,253.38 -149.52 11.00EDT Change DOW 12,731.52 -36.05 NASDAQ 2,491.79 -4.52 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONGKONG
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Super connector on a roll
      1085 4  -  Popiah king Sam Goi's wide contacts add value to small companies, CONRAD RAJ reports CONRAD RAJ Having ceded day-to-day control of his flagship, Tee Yih Jia Food, to his children and other professionals, popiah king Sam Goi, who is also the company's executive chairman, now
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      Lock icon A good chance to get PacNet Connect-ed
      623 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By ROLAND LIM WHY is regional telecommunications and Internet service provider Pacific Internet (PacNet) such a hot property? Again it is a potential takeover target eyed by Connect Holdings barely a year after Mediaßing failed to do the job. PacNet
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      Lock icon Zagro set to make foray into Europe market
      440 4  -  It gets registration for animal health product in the Netherlands, Spain By CHEN HUIFEN ANIMAL and crop-care products supplier Zagro Asia has obtained registration for a livestock health product in the Netherlands and Spain, paving the way for the company to move
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Japan says consumption still weak
      250 5 Report suggests govt will keep calling on BoJ to maintain key rate AP [TOKYO] Japan's economy is recovering from stagnation but household spending is weak, the government said in its monthly economic report, indicating the central bank might be urged to keep a key interest
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      Lock icon Cutbacks by Saudi Arabia raise oil fears
      675 5 NYT [ATLANTA] Drivers who remember those US$3-a-gal-lon days of the past two years, be warned. Oil prices are up and the world's biggest producer has been cutting back a recipe for those prices to keep on climbing. But whether they are still arching
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      Lock icon China trade barriers costly for EU firms
      324 5 Operators denied opportunities worth 20b euros, says EC study Reuters [BRUSSELS] European Union (EU) firms are denied business opportunities in China worth at least 20 billion euros (5540.3 billion) a year because of non-tariff trade barriers, a study published by the European Commission
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      Lock icon Hedge funds good for market: EU official
      140 5 He supports moves by the G-7 to push for greater scrutiny of the sector AFP [LONDON] Hedge funds and private equity are "good for the market", and governments should resist imposing new reporting requirements on them. EU internal markets commissioner Charlie McCreevy said
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      Lock icon S&P: Govt borrowing to drop this year
      9 5 Reuters (London)
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon SK Telecom eyes stake in Bakrie
      491 6 Bakrie shares surge to record as Korean telecom giant confirms interest Bloomberg [SEOUL] SK Telecom Co South Korea's largest mo-bile-phone operator may buy a stake in Indonesia's PT Bakrie Telecom to expand in Asia's third-most populous nation. Bakrie's shares surged to a record yesterday.
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      Lock icon PPB to tap into Wilmar's 3 new Indon plants
      370 6 [PETALING JAYA] PPB Oil Palms Bhd is poised this year to tap into Singaporebased Wilmar group's three new palm-based biodiesel plants in Indonesia, which have a combined annual production capacity of 1.15 million tonnes, Malaysian tabloid The Starßiz reported. The paper
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      Lock icon Pertamina may not build new refineries on high costs
      449 6 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia may not proceed with plans to build several new refineries, including one with China's Sinopec Corp, after construction costs doubled, the head of state oil firm Pertamina said on Monday. The move is the latest indication that an
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      Lock icon Indon state firms may see '07 profit up 17%
      90 6 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia expects its state firms' net profit to rise 17 per cent to 63.84 trillion rupiah (Sslo.B billion) in 2007, partly due to plans to increase cost efficiency, the state enterprises ministry (BUMN) said on Monday. The ministry controls
      Reuters  -  90 words
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      Lock icon Jakarta floods may erode growth
      435 6 Economic losses estimated to be 5.2t rupiah Bloomberg AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's economic growth rate this year, estimated to accelerate 6.3 per cent, may be eroded because of losses from week-long floods earlier this month in the capital that killed 79 people. "Floods will affect the
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      Lock icon Timah assures customers tin exports after govt deadline
      565 6 Reuters [JAKARTA] The world's biggest integrated tin miner, PT Timah Tbk, assured its customers yesterday it was complying with a new export rule and would ship out the metal from Indonesia after a government-set deadline. Jakarta has issued tough regulations limiting refined
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Richard Li wins seat on panel to elect next HK chief
      606 7  -  He champions the democracy cause, an unusual move in business circles By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong RICHARD Li's high-profile brush with Beijing over an attempt to sell his stake in PCCW to foreign interests has not deterred him
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      Lock icon China Netcom to sell stake in JV
      215 7 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China Network Communications Group Corp, the smaller of the country's two fixed-line operators, said on Friday that it plans to sell off its stake in a broadband joint venture with Hong Kong's PCCW. China Network, also known as China Netcom, wants
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      Lock icon SMOKIN' GOOD TIME
      57 7 [BEIJING] A young boy plays with used fireworks in a village north of here, on the third day of the Chinese New Year yesterday. Under pressure from the public, Beijing and some other Chinese cities eased a decade-old ban on fireworks last year, letting people take part
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      Lock icon Virgin seeks new partners for Macau casino project
      311 7 It is talking to other potential investors [SYDNEY] Richard Branson's Virgin Group is looking for other partners to develop and run a casino in Macau after the collapse of talks with Australian betting firm Tabcorp Holdings, says a report in the South
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      Lock icon Beijing pushes rural banking
      866 7 Reuters [ZHUOZHOU] ZHANG Yulong and his brothers thought they would be rolling in cash if they had been able to borrow from a bank to finance a string of business ideas. Instead, the farmers-turned-entrepreneurs leaned on family and friends to build a business that used to
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      Lock icon Bustling Shenzhen embodies Deng's mixed legacy
      289 7 AFP [SHENZHEN] With its skyscrapers and busy factories, this southern China boomtown is a shining example of the economic success sweeping the country, but Zhang Fei embodies the other side of the coin. The 26-year-old from far-off Shanxi province works 13 hours a day
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Reliance plans 300b-rupee trade zone near Mumbai
      490 8 The 14,000-ha city is expected to house 1m people and create 2m jobs Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India's Reliance Group, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, will invest 300 billion rupees (5510.4 billion) on building a trade zone on the outskirts of the commercial hub of
      Bloomberg  -  490 words
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      Lock icon Bharti to spend US$2.5b on retail network
      383 8 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's Bharti group aims to spend up to US$2.5 billion by 2015 building hypermarkets and supermarkets as rivals vie for a slice of a fast-growing retail market. Bharti will also meet executives of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's biggest retailer.
      Reuters  -  383 words
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      Lock icon Lakshmi Mittal to buy stake in refinery
      113 8 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal will invest about 32 billion rupees (551.05 billion) for a 49 per cent stake in a refinery being built by India's Hindustan Petroleum Corp, oil minister Murli Deora said. "He wants to get into the oil business
      Bloomberg  -  113 words
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      Lock icon Ranbaxy may issue US shares for Merck bid: CNBC
      132 8 Reuters [MUMBAI] Indian drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd may raise up to US$l.B billion in a US share sale to fund the possible acquisition of Merck's generic business, India's CNBC-TV 18 channel reported yesterday. A company spokesman declined comment. In October
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      Lock icon Tata not moving into food retailing yet
      248 8 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Tata group is not considering an immediate move into food and grocery retailing, and would prefer to partner Australia's Woolworths Ltd for any foray in the future, a company official said. "We are not looking at moving into food and
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      Lock icon Tata planning to launch realty fund
      113 8 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Tata group is planning to launch a realty ftind to invest up to 45 billion rupees (551.48 billion) in the country's booming property sector, the Times of India newspaper reported on Monday. A group spokesman said it was drawing plans for
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      Lock icon Essar seeks partnership of equals
      413 8 Or it'll invoke right of first refusal to buy Hutchison stake at same price as Vodafone [MUMßAl/NEW DELHI] The unease in the Vodafone-Essar relationship became more pronounced yesterday, with the Indian company saying it will offer to purchase Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd's (HTIL's) 67 per
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  • FOCUS: THE STREET UNDER SIEGE
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      Lock icon IPOs are fleeing from New York
      2281 9  -  The US is facing increasing competition in the financial world as markets in Europe and Asia grow, reports DEEPAK GOPINATH DEEPAK GOPINATH Bloomberg [NEW YORK] IT WAS the moment they'd all been waiting for. Way up in a New York skyscraper, inside the Times
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon EMI confirms takeover approach from Warner Music
      516 10 Uncertainties over approval by EU authorities puts merger in doubt AP Bloomberg [LONDON] The long courtship between EMI Group and Warner Music Group is on again. EMI confirmed yesterday that it had received an approach from Warner about a possible bid. "There is,
      AP; Bloomberg  -  516 words
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      Lock icon Nissan Diesel accepts Volvo's 135b yen takeover offer
      367 10 AFP AP [TOKYO] Japanese truck maker Nissan Diesel yesterday accepted a billion-dollar buyout from its largest shareholder Volvo Trucks, the latest merger in the industry as companies prepare for more stringent emissions rules. Volvo, which owns a 19 per cent stake in
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      Lock icon A BANNER YEAR
      51 10 [DHARMSALA. India] A Tibetan woman ties prayer flags during a prayer session on the third day of the Tibetan New Year here yesterday. Prayer flags are believed to spread prayers on the wind, with different coloured flags representing the five elements; air, water, sky. earth and fire
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      Lock icon Microsoft's rivals rooting for it against AT&T
      562 10 Issue is if US law extends to software made abroad Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US software makers and website operators will find themselves in an unusual position this week: rooting for Microsoft Corp. Companies that normally focus on thwarting the world's largest software company
      Bloomberg  -  562 words
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      Lock icon South Korean petrochem firms fined
      209 10 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean authorities yesterday fined 10 petrochemical companies including SK Corp and LG Chem Ltd, a combined 105.1 billion won (Ssl74 million) for colluding on prices and production for over a decade. It is the third-largest antitrust fine. The companies were punished for
      Bloomberg  -  209 words
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      Lock icon Democracy group disapproves of Somkid appointment
      157 10 AP [BANGKOK] The pro-de-mocracy group that spearheaded protests' against toppled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra criticised yesterday the inclusion of a top Thaksin aide in the military-installed government. The People's Alliance for Democracy said former finance minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who was appointed an economic adviser
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      Lock icon Incoming Daiwa SMBC chief seeks to checkmate rivals
      461 10 Reuters [TOKYO] When Shin Yoshidome discovered that his provincial university didn't have a Japanese chess club, the future Daiwa Securities SMBC president and die-hard shogi player started one himself. Three and a half decades later, Mr Yoshidome wants to instil that enterprising
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon BOURSE TIES
      64 11 [LONDON] Tel Aviv Stock Exchange CEO Esther Levanon (fifth from right) and London Stock Exchange (LSE) chief executive Clara Furse (third from right) starting 'The Source', a specially commissioned moving sculpture by artists Grey world, as they open theLSE's markets in London yesterday. The two exchanges signed a
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      Lock icon Bank of America to introduce new ad campaign
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      Lock icon Suitors line up for possible Chrysler spinoff
      500 11 Attention has focused on the firm's negotiations with GM Corp NYT [FRANKFURT] Not since Juergen E Schrempp an- nounced that he was stepping down 18 months ago has there been this much interest in DaimlerChrysler stock. Whether there might be as much interest
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      Lock icon US satellite radio firms XM and Sirius to merge
      275 11 The Washington Post [WASHINGTON] KM and Sinus, the two satellite radio companies that have spent millions of dollars trying to woo pay-for-ser-vice customers, announced, on Monday plans to merge in hopes of stemming losses and offering an even larger smorgasbord of
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      Lock icon LSE tax benefits extended to other exchanges
      354 11 Liberalisation of financial regulation in the EU by Nov Bloomberg Reuters [LONDON] Britain yesterday announced plans to extend tax benefits currently enjoyed by members of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to members of other trading exchanges, including European bourses. The Treasury said the
      Bloomberg; Reuters  -  354 words
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  • FOCUS: WAR AND PEACE
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      Lock icon Relax, it's not the end
      1506 12  -  Forget the bloody chaos in Iraq, N-threats from Iran and North Korea, and resurgent nationalism elsewhere in the world. There is light at the end of the tunnel, with the surging global economy raising living standards and closing the gap between the rich and the
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      Lock icon Wrong war, wrong time
      815 12  -  By MILT BEARDEN AS THE drumbeat for war with Iran grows more insistent, the search for a casus belli compelling enough to calm a newly assertive Congress and convince an increasingly questioning American public intensifies. Themes of justification for such a war fluctuate between fears of
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon JetBlue unveils plans to rebuild image
      455 13 Budget carrier to introduce customer bill of rights after snowstorm chaos AP NYT [NEW YORK] After a drastic reboot of its flight schedule, Jetßlue Airways made its first moves towards rebuilding its tarnished reputation, saying it would introduce a customer bill of rights and
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      Lock icon Offer price final, says Qantas bidder
      248 13 Reuters Bloomberg [SYDNEY] A consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd reiterated yesterday its US$B.7 billion offer for Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd was final, seeking to play down media reports some shareholders wanted a higher price. "This means that the offer price cannot (as a
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      Lock icon Gulf tanker rates may fall on vessel glut Opec cut
      12 13 Bloomberg (London)
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      Lock icon Germany and France seek to heal Airbus rift
      303 13 Merkel-Chirac summit meeting to discuss Airbus revamp plan Reuters [PARIS] French and German leaders will try to heal a rift over the location of job cuts and investments at plane maker Airbus amid reports that German board members of parent EADS blocked
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      Lock icon Cabinet nod for reopening of old airport
      94 13 AP [BANGKOK] Thailand's Cabinet cleared a final hurdle yesterday towards reopening "Bangkok's old international airport when it approved the Transport Ministry's plan to allow charter and some domestic flights to operate from there. The Cabinet had already given approval in principle to reopening
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Time to act on global warming
      522 14 EDITORIAL A SERIES of reports on global climate change recently have triggered an unprecedented clamour for action and have produced a substantial shift in political and corporate positions on the phenomenon. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report recently said that
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      Lock icon N Korea deal shows what diplomacy can achieve
      757 14  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING FOUR months after Pyongyang detonated a nuclear device and was sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council, the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme finally reached agreement on the first stage of implementing a plan to
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      Lock icon Corporate chiefs may come to rue fat paydays
      862 14  -  More people are asking why CEOs are getting a thousand times more than factory workers By ALBERT R HUNT Bloomberg There is hand-wringing in America over growing income inequality and excessive executive compensation. The complaints aren't emanating from left-wing populists or ivory-tower
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      Lock icon The Year of the Pig brings healthy returns
      582 15  -  There is reason to believe that in financial terms, the 12 months ahead will be stout By ARISTE CHIABOTTI PIGS may not be renowned for their beauty or grace but they are resourceful and intelligent animals gifted with strength, resilience, initiative and
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      Lock icon Why US can't see things coming
      898 15  -  By MICHAEL MAY LAT Proponents and foes of the "surge" in Iraq made firm, confident predictions about what certainly would happen if their preferred course of action were not followed. "If the US walks away now, extremist elements will take over Iraq," said one
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      Lock icon Exploding the myth of Iranian bombs
      804 15  -  By ANDREW COCKBURN PRESIDENT Bush has now definitively stated that bombs known as explosively formed penetrators EFPs, which have proved especially deadly for US troops in Iraq are made in Iran and exported to Iraq. But in November, US troops raiding a Baghdad machine
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