"I couldn't be happier about 'The X Factor' already being renewed for another season, " said Cowell in a statement.

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In another statement read out in court, her son Eliot said he believed his mother was forced into trafficking after a disagreement over rent money she paid on his behalf.

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President Bush does not recall being told of the destruction of CIA videotapes that showed the interrogation of al-Qaida leader Abu Zubaydah and another suspect, the White House said in a statement on Friday.

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