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LONDON (Reuters) - Muslim groups said on Saturday Britain's policy on Iraq and Lebanon was fuelling militancy, as Pakistan said it had arrested a British al Qaeda member over an alleged plot to blow up trans-atlantic airliners. (cut) In an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, leading Muslim groups and politicians said his foreign policies on issues such as Iraq and the Israel-Hizbollah war were putting civilians at increased risk of attack in Britain and elsewhere. "The debacle of Iraq and now the failure to do more to secure an immediate end to attacks on civilians in the Middle...

CHICAGO — A man died after Chicago police used a Taser (search) stun gun to subdue him Thursday, just days after a teenager was critically injured in a similar incident that prompted a lawsuit against the city. Police said they used the stun gun when they were unable to restrain an unruly 54-year-old man who was fighting with officers at a high-rise building on the city's North Side Thursday afternoon. The man went into cardiac arrest and later died, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. Authorities did not identify the man Thursday evening. Police Cmdr. Michael Chasen said...