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LAWYERS for the world’s leading cigarette makers have admitted that the companies sold dangerous and addictive products, but said they never conspired to hide those hazards.

The US air assault on an Afghan village that residents say killed 44 civilians was part of a larger operation targeting Taliban fighters, Pentagon officials said.

US warplanes bombed an air defence site in southern Iraq after coming under attack by a surface-to-air missile, US officials said today.

Taliban forces battled advancing opposition fighters outside the key city of Mazar-e-Sharif today, fighting to keep control of the northern base.