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NEWS IN BRIEF 50 years later US seeks cooperation from China to find Korean War missing BEIJING (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Fifty years after the end of Korean War hostilities, the United States is stepping up efforts to seek China's cooperation in locating soldiers missing in action during the bloody conflict, the US Embassy here said Saturday. Five US soldiers killed in first suicide bombing of war NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 A suicide car bombing killed five US soldiers in central Iraq on Saturday, adding a new threat to an invasion campaign already slowed by stiff Iraqi resistance and bad weather. Seven missing Italian journalists are in Baghdad: press federation ROME (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 The seven Italian journalists missing in Iraq have been transferred to Baghdad, where they are currently being interrogated by the Iraqi authorities, Italy's national press federation said Saturday. |
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Optimism about a short war fading: US press WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 President George W. Bush's administration was overly optimistic in envisioning a short war in Iraq, leading US newspapers said Saturday. Baghdad rejects new UN oil-for-food resolution BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Iraq rejects the resolution adopted by the UN Security Council to renew the "oil-for-food" programme, Information Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf said Saturday. Intense air attacks around Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Intense air attacks struck Baghdad and its southern rim Saturday afternoon as anti-aircraft defenses boomed out, an AFP reporter in the Iraqi capital said. Bombing kills 62 in Baghdad since Friday night: minister BAGDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Coalition bombing of Baghdad since Friday night has killed 62 people, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Said al-Sahhaf said. Five US troops killed in suicide bombing, Baghdad under fresh attack BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Five US troops were killed Saturday in a suicide bombing near the central Iraqi town of Najaf as fresh air strikes battered Baghdad on the 10th day of the US-led war to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Intense airstrikes south of Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Intense airstrikes struck the southern ring of Baghdad at around 1:00 pm (1000 GMT) Saturday, an AFP reporter in the Iraqi capital said. |
Chief Muslim cleric calls on Iraqis to fight Americans, British BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Iraq's chief Muslim cleric pronounced a fatwa, or religious decree, calling on the people Saturday to fight against the US and British forces that have invaded Iraq. Israel denies any linkage between Iraq war, Mideast peace blueprint JERUSALEM (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Israel denied Saturday any linkage between the war on Iraq, in which it said it is not participating, and the conflict with the Palestinians, while also offering eventual humanitarian aid to Baghdad. Iraq's ruling Baath party now main coalition target in Basra KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 British troops besieging the main southern city of Basra are to target Iraq's ruling Baath party, a British military spokesman said here Saturday. Malaysian police fire teargas, storm mall to break up anti-war protest KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Armed riot police fired teargas on anti-war protesters in the Malaysian capital Saturday before chasing demonstrators through a crowded shopping centre, witnesses and rally organisers said. Five US soldiers killed in suicide bombing north of Najaf NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Five US soldiers died Saturday morning when the driver of a taxi detonated a bomb at a roadblock north of the Iraqi city of Najaf, US Captain Andrew Valles said. Anti-war protests across Britain as soldiers' bodies flown home LONDON (AFP) Mar 29, 2003 Demonstrations against the war with Iraq were to be held across Britain on Saturday as the bodies of the first British servicemen to die in the conflict were being flown home. |
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