QUES: It also faces significant regulatory delays and uncertainty , and threatens serious damage to the company 's business , he added .

" It is highly conditional , faces significant regulatory delays and uncertainty , and threatens serious damage to our business . "

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QUES: " Three Weeks in October " goes on sale Monday , nearly a year after the Washington , D.C.-area sniper shootings started .

Moose 's book goes on sale Monday , nearly a year after the sniper shootings started in the Washington area .

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QUES: Mahmud was seized near Tikrit , the area from which he and Hussein hail , about 90 miles north of Baghdad , U.S. military officials said Wednesday night .

Mahmud was seized near Tikrit , the area from which he and Saddam hail , about 150 kilometres north-west of Baghdad , US military officials said .

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