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US military ambulances cover red cross after targeted by Iraqi troops
CENTRAL IRAQ (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Shock Trauma Platoons (STP) attached to the US Marine Corps have covered their trade mark red cross on ambulances after being targeted by Iraqi forces, a military spokesman said Saturday.

Iraq's propaganda ministry hit in waves of air attacks on Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Waves of air attacks hit Baghdad on Saturday, the 10th day of the US-led war to depose Saddam Hussein, with at least one missile crashing into the information ministry and foreign press centre after dozens died in a strike on a market.

Iran denies US charges of interference in Iraq war
TEHRAN (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Iran on Saturday strongly denied charges by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that it was interfering with the US-led war effort in neighbouring Iraq.

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US casualty toll: 29 dead
 WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
The Pentagon raised its Iraq casualty toll early Saturday, after the remains of a Marine earlier listed as missing were recovered.

Fresh wave of attacks on Baghdad, Kuwaiti capital hit for first time
BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
A fresh wave of air strikes battered Baghdad on Saturday on the 10th day of the US-led war to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, as peace activists geared up for another weekend of anti-war protests.

Filipinos fly kites to protest war on Iraq
MANILA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Filipinos showed their opposition to the US-led attack on Iraq in a novel way on Saturday by flying kites with slogans condemning the offensive.

South Koreans march in Seoul to oppose war in Iraq
SEOUL (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Hundreds of South Koreans opposed to the US-led war against Iraq and South Korea's dispatch of troops there marched through city streets and scuffled with riot police here Saturday, witnesses said.

Turks protest US experts after missile lands in Turkey
ANKARA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Villagers in southeastern Turkey on Saturday threw eggs and stones at a team of US experts as they arrived in the region to collect a US missile accidentally misfired on Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported.

New airstrikes, anti-aircraft fire in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Loud explosions were heard around Baghdad late Saturday morning as aircraft roared overhead and anti-aircraft defenses swung into action, AFP reporters in the Iraqi capital said.

US steps up pressure on Republican Guard
SOUTHWEST IRAQ (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
US forces stepped up the pressure on Iraqi troops defending the approaches to Baghdad, sending the vaunted 101st Airborne Division and their Apache attack helicopters into action for the first time.

British forces treat Iraqi civilians wounded while fleeing Basra
BASRA, Iraq (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
British forces were Saturday treating civilian casualties who were wounded as they fled the besieged southern city of Basra in their thousands.

Britain denies its soldiers missing in Basra
LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
A British military spokesman said Saturday that no British troops had gone missing overnight in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, in a reaction to media reports that up to five had been captured.

Saddam posters sell well in Bangladesh
DHAKA (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Posters of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein are becoming increasingly popular in Bangladesh where anti-war demonstrations are held almost every day.

Iraqi civilians fill water containers as aid effort presses on
UMM QASR, Iraq (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Around 100 Iraqis in this captured southern port town gathered by British and American troops around a water tanker Saturday as a major coalition humanitarian aid effort got underway.

More anti-war protests ahead as public fears long Iraq conflict
PARIS (AFP) Mar 29, 2003
Campaigners across the world were gearing up on Saturday for another weekend of protests against the war in Iraq, as public fears mounted that US-British forces could become embroiled in a bloody and prolonged conflict that would have dangerous consequences for global security.

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