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NEWS IN BRIEF Police arrest 75 religious anti-war demonstrators in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Some 75 members of different religious denominations were arrested here Friday during a peaceful protest against the war in Iraq, officials said. Kuwait hit in Iraqi missile attack, no casualties KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The heart of Kuwait was hit in an Iraqi missile attack early Saturday for the first time in its history, but there were no casualties, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported. Scores killed, maimed in Baghdad market bombing, new strikes reported BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Near simultaneous US-led air strikes hit the Iraqi capital and northern city of Mosul late Friday night after an evening bombing demolished a bustling Baghdad market, killing and maiming scores of civilians. |
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Nearly half of Americans believe Iraq war could last up to six months WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Some 46 percent of Americans believe that the war in Iraq could last as long as six months, while 11 percent think it could stretch to a year, according to a poll published Friday. EU will not subsidise airlines over Iraq war: minister BRUSSELS (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 European Union transport ministers oppose the idea of blanket public financial aid to airlines to offset the effects of the US-led war on Iraq, Greek Transport Minister Christos Verelis said here Friday. Kuwait hit in missile attack, no casualties KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The heart of Kuwait was hit in a missile attack early Saturday, but there were no casulaties, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported. British soldier killed, three injured by friendly fire in Iraq: agency LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A British soldier was killed and three were injured on Friday in a friendly fire incident in southern Iraq, Britain's Press Association (PA) reported, citing defence sources. Kuwait explosion caused by apparent missile attack KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A massive explosion that rocked a huge shopping mall in Kuwait early Saturday was caused by an apparent missile attack, an AFP correspondent at the scene said. US to honor Sodexho contract to feed Marines WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The US Marine Corps will honor an 881-million-dollar contract with French catering company Sodexho Alliance despite concerns from US lawmakers, a military spokesman said Friday. |
Fate of Mideast "roadmap" linked to outcome of Iraq war: analysts JERUSALEM (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Despite promises by US President George W. Bush that the Mideast "roadmap" will be published "soon", and similiar words from London, the date when the international peace proposal will be published remained a mystery Saturday and its very future appeared to be in doubt. 101st Airborne and airforce attack Iraqi forces near Karbala SOUTHWEST IRAQ (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Apache attack helicopters from the army's 101st Airborne Division and airforce planes launched a night attack on Iraqi forces near the holy Shiite city of Karbala, military officials said early Saturday. US correspondent expelled from Iraq by US forces WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A US journalist with the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor was expelled from Iraq by US forces who accused him of endangering military unit by being too specific in a report, the Pentagon and the newspaper said Friday. Massive explosion heard in Kuwait City KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A massive explosion, whose origin was unknown, was heard in the heart of Kuwait City early Saturday, residents said. Thirty dead in Baghdad market air strike BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A coalition airstrike on a Baghdad market Friday killed 30 people and wounded 47, hospital sources said, in what would be the largest single loss of civilian life in the Iraqi capital since the war began. Syria toughens stance over Iraq war, as US accuses it of hostile act BEIRUT (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Syria and the United States traded harsh words Friday, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he hoped Washington would fail to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld accused Damascus of sending military supplies to Iraq in a "hostile act." |
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