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WITNESS-Big new Airbus
NEW DELHI, May 20 (Reuters) - Does size matter? It's a question that haunted me as I walk towards the world's largest passenger plane with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Full Article
Reuters toughens rules after altered photo affair
Reuters <RTR.L> named a new chief photographer for the Middle East on Thursday and said it had tightened its editing procedures after the publication last year of two photographs that had been digitally altered. Full Article
Reuters toughens rules after altered photo affair
LONDON (Reuters) - Reuters named a new chief photographer for the Middle East on Thursday and said it had tightened its editing procedures after the publication last year of two photographs that had been digitally altered. Full Article
An Afghan bomber's tale sheds light on motives
KABUL (Reuters) - Mumtaz Ahmad spent more than three years at a madrasa in Pakistan learning the Koran, then pursued his pious desire to become a Qari' -- one who recites the Muslim holy book -- at a similar Islamic religious school in Kabul. Full Article
Iraq wants U.S.-led forces to stay next year
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate governing the presence of U.S.-led forces in Iraq for another year, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Monday. Full Article
U.S. military probes sniper threat in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military has begun looking more closely at shooting attacks on troops in Iraq to establish whether they are carried out by snipers, according to a spokesman. Full Article
Iraqi PM sees peace in 6 months - if U.S. cooperates
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister said on Thursday he could get violence under control in six months, half the time U.S. generals say they need, provided Washington gave him more weaponry and more say over his own forces. Full Article
Iraqi death squad leader escapes raid
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's most notorious death squad leader escaped a major U.S.-led raid on a Shi'ite Muslim militia stronghold in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday. Full Article
U.S. blames Iran, Syria for Iraq violence
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - America's civilian and military leaders in Iraq linked Iran and Syria with al Qaeda on Tuesday as forces trying to tear the country apart and prevent the United States from establishing a stable democracy. Full Article
