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Baghdad - A suicide bomber detonated half a tonne of explosives outside the US seat of power in Iraq yesterday, killing at least 20 people in the deadliest attack since the capture of Saddam Hussein. The explosion in the heart of the Iraqi capital came a day before a key meeting in New York between the UN, Iraq's governing council and US and British officials on the political future of the country. The bomb exploded at what the Americans call the Assassin's Gate, the main entrance to the "Green Zone", formerly Saddam's Republican Palace complex and now the top-security civilian and military headquarters of the US-led administration. The US confirmed at least 20 deaths. More than three-fifths of Americans oppose President George W Bush's proposal to return to the moon and eventually put a human on Mars, according to a poll released on Sunday. His plan to spend billions of dollars to manned mission to the moon and eventually to Mars drew opposition from 61 per cent of the 1,003 adults surveyed on January 14-15. Great Falls, Montana - The discovery of a case of mad cow disease in the United States last month hasn't had the serious economic impact many expected, say some ranchers in Montana.
