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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — A senior State Department official says there is reason to suspect that the India terror attacks were the work of a group at least partly based in Pakistan. That's the closest a U.S. official has come to laying blame for the coordinated assaults in Mumbai, although the official was careful to say Tuesday that the evidence isn't all in. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. The official did not detail the evidence, and did not single out any one terror organization as suspect. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS...

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says she doesn't like the way President Bush "repeatedly" talks about achieving victory in the Iraq war. "I was very troubled recently, particularly by Bush's speech to the Naval Academy," the former top Clinton diplomat complained. "Victory for the United States means that someone else suffers defeat. This will make them feel bad. Making other countries feel bad is not good diplomacy. President Clinton never would have done such a thing.” “When I heard the president say 2005 has been a year of strong progress toward a freer, more peaceful world, it reminded me...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived at the Wiesbaden Army Airfield on Wednesday dressed all in black. She was wearing a black skirt that hit just above the knee, and it was topped with a black coat that fell to mid-calf. The coat, with its seven gold buttons running down the front and its band collar, called to mind a Marine's dress uniform or the "save humanity" ensemble worn by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix."