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Walter Cronkite, who once remarked that Dan Rather, his successor as anchor of the CBS Evening News, should have been fired after he walked off the set in 1987 when his newscast was delayed by a tennis broadcast, has enlarged upon his previous criticism of Rather's discredited report on George W. Bush's National Guard service. Asked in an interview in the upcoming edition of Details whether he had ever come close to making a mistake like Rather's, Cronkite responded: "Fortunately, I don't know about the close times, and I'm sure there must have been some. But I never had a...

The United States was labelled a rogue superpower yesterday by a group of artists and intellectuals opposed to military action against Iraq. "Not just a rogue nation, but a rogue superpower," author Linda McQuaig said at a press conference yesterday. A letter, signed by about 100 people -- including Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Bruce Cockburn and Senator Doug Roche -- states they are opposed to a military attack on Iraq. "The Americans are demanding we legalize aggression," said Osgoode Hall law professor Michael Mandel, also one of the signatories. The group hopes the letter will spur the prime minister to...