Is there at the heart of this an official neurosis about telling the public too much, for fear of losing their support for the so-called "war on terror" and for the government itself?

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Within the organisation, however, the fear is that its cherished autonomy and ability to compromise the so-called ASEAN way is under threat from big-power rivalries, however reluctant China and America may be to risk naval escalation.

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Debunking the claims of other so-called witches is Suleiman Musa, a man with albinism living in fear while trying to raise awareness about his genetic condition.

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The Defense Science Board, which is funded by the Pentagon, was particularly concerned about the fear, now widely prevalent in U.S. defense circles, that so-called malware could be hidden in the circuitry of foreign-sourced semiconductors only to be activated at the last minute.

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Boogaard was responding to an ABC report on Monday that said officials fear al Qaeda may soon try to explode aircraft bound for the United States with so-called body bombs.

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