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"We now know enough to say that a total ban is no longer needed from a security point of view,i said Kip Hawley, head of the Transportation Secu- rity Administration, at a news conference at Reagan National Airport. He said that most liquids and gels that air trav- elers purchase in secure areas of airports will now be allowed on planes. He called the new procedures a "common sense" approach that would maintain a high level of security at airports but ease conditions for passengers. That means that after passengers go through air- port security checkpoints, they can purchase liquids at airport stores and take them onto their planes. The new procedures go into effect on Tuesday, Hawley said. Tougher airport screening procedures were put in place in August after British police broke up a terror- ist plot to assemble and detonate bombs using liquid explosives on airliners crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Britain to the U.S. At the time, the Homeland Security Department briefly raised the threat level to "red," the highest level, for flights bound to the United States from Britain. All other flights were at "orange" and will remain at orange, the second-highest level, for now. New procedures also were announced for toiletries and products like lip gloss and hand lotion that pas- sengers bring so the airport. Previously, those liquids have been confiscated at security checkpoints. Now, these products will be limited to 3-ounce sizes and must fit in a clear, 1-quart size plastic bag. The bags will be screened and returned if they are cleared. NEWS IN BRIEF CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy Pope: Faiths must reject violence Seeking to end anger in the Islamic world over his remarks on holy war, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim envoys yesterday their two faiths must overcome his- toric enmities and together reject violence, saying the future of humanity is at stake. The pope also urged "reciprocity" in religious freedom, calling for preserving the rights of Christians throughout the Islamic world. "The circumstances which have given rise to our gathering are well known," Benedict said, referring to his remarks on Islam in a Sept. 12 speech at Regens- burg University in Germany, which set off protests around the Muslim world. He did not dwell on the contested remarks, in which he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor as saying: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." Benedict has already expressed regret for offending Muslims and said his remarks did not reflect his personal views, but he has not offered a complete apol- ogy as some have sought. WASHINGTON Retired officers criticize Rumsfeld at hearing Retired military officers yesterday bluntly accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the war in Iraq, saying U.S. troops were sent to fight without the best equipment and that critical facts were hidden from the public. "I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the war in Iraq," retired Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste told a forum conducted by Senate Democrats. A second military leader, retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, assessed Rumsfeld as "incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically." UNITED NATIONS han's foreign minister: Nuclear talks 'on track' Iran's foreign minister said yesterday that talks between top Iranian and Europe- an negotiators on his country's disputed nuclear program are "on track" and could pave the way for a negotiated solution to the standoff. But Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told The Associated Press in an inter- view that Iran still believes there should be no conditions on the resumption ofnegotia- tions, implicitly rejecting demands that Tehran first suspend uranium enrichment. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran's top nuclear nego- tiator Ali Larijani have held two rounds of preliminary talks to discuss Iranian questions about a package of incentives put forward by six key nations if Tehran agrees to suspend its enrichment program and return to full-scale negotiations. 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