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Amsterdam - A Dutch company with subsidiaries in the United States and Canada has created what it says is a potato that's low in carbohydrates. H.Z.P.C. Holland is hoping its new tuber will be be on the Atkins, the Zone and the South Beach menus early next year. Florida is the first test site in North America for growing the import, which was developed by crossbreeding existing strains eight years ago. Company scientists say they never meant to develop a low carbohydrate potato. Instead, they were looking for a good-tasting, yellow-fleshed, smooth-skinned potato that would appeal to Europeans. Ireland - The United States and the European Union have agreed to support the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces. Leaders at the fence-mending summit in Ireland also pledged to help reduce Iraq's estimated $120 billion US foreign debt. Orlando, FLA. - The invasion of Iraq was an "enormous mistake" that is strengthening al-Qaeda and breeding a new generation of terrorists, former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke said Saturday. Clarke, an adviser to four presidents, said "We did exactly what al-Qaeda said we would do Ð invade and occupy an oil-rich Arab country that wasn't threatening us in any way," Clarke said. "The hatred that has been engendered by this invasion will last for generations."
