Rooney went close to doubling United's lead but his header from Rafael's cross was tipped over the bar from Al Habsi.

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Despite denying a merger, al-Joulani said that he is raising the bar higher by pledging allegiance to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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But privately, four officials admitted that the two attacks - at a bar and a bus stop - were almost certainly the work of al-Shabab - a discordant umbrella group at the best of times - or of individuals inspired by the Islamist militants, and now looking to punish Kenya for its military incursion into areas they control in southern Somalia.

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This perception is being skillfully exploited by the island's governor, Pedro Rossello (who also happens to be a co-chairman of Al Gore's fund-raising efforts there), to elicit a commitment from Mr. Clinton to bar the resumption of live-fire training on Vieques and, within at most five years, to end all Navy activity on that island.

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