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Powell set for talks with Blair

US Secretary of State Colin Powell was arriving in London today for talks with Tony Blair after a major US strike at caves where Osama bin Laden was reportedly sighted.

Tue, 11 Dec, 2001 - 06:02

US Secretary of State Colin Powell was arriving in London today for talks with Tony Blair after a major US strike at caves where Osama bin Laden was reportedly sighted.

US forces dropped a 15,000lbs ‘‘Daisy-cutter’’ bomb at the Tora Bora cave complex last night after the reported sighting.

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