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• Ex-AIG boss says terms of loan are too tough
NEW YORK - Former American International Group Inc. chief executive, Maurice Greenberg, says the federal government's $85 billion loan to the huge insurance company will drive it out of business unless its terms are changed. "The role of government ...
• UK weighs database for all phone calls, e-mails
Opposition politicians and civil-liberties groups immediately condemned the idea, and the country's terrorism-law ombudsman said the government must not be allowed to set up a vast "data warehouse." Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Britain's police ...
• Pakistani agents re-arrest American
Risueno said his sister was first told about her son's arrest by a U.S. government official. "She was contacted by someone from the U.S. consulate in Pakistan," he said. Risueno said his sister declined to speak with the media Wednesday, having been ...
• Dubai 'sex-on-beach' trial verdict near
A judge is expected to issue a verdict in the case Thursday — a decision that risks alienating tourists or upsetting Emiratis angry at the government's willingness to relax moral standards in the name of economic growth. "These are testing times for ...
• Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship
Somalia, with no effective government since 1991, is not able to guard its long coastline. Show of force The Faina has drawn particular concern because of its military cargo. U.S. warships have surrounded it since the beginning of the incident to ...