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NEWS IN BRIEF Chinese organizers cancel planned anti-war demonstration in Beijing BEIJING (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Organizers Sunday canceled a demonstration against the war in Iraq they had planned to stage in Beijing later in the day. Pre-emptive strike on NKorea won't be unconsitutional: Japan defense chief TOKYO (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 If North Korea were about to launch a missile at Japan, it would not be unconstitutional to make a pre-emptive attack on the launch site, Japan's defense chief said Sunday. Amnesty to deliver petition urging international law be respected LONDON (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Leading representatives of international human rights group Amnesty International were Sunday to deliver a petition to British Prime Minister Tony Blair calling on forces involved in the Iraq war to abide by international law. |
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Two US journalists believed held by Iraqis NEW YORK (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Two US journalists with Long Island-based Newsday newspaper are missing in Baghdad and believed detained by Iraqi authorities, Newsday editor Anthony Marro said late Saturday. War and disease wreaking havoc on Asia's tourism sector SINGAPORE (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Fallout from the US-led war in Iraq and health fears wrought by a killer outbreak of atypical pneumonia are having a devastating impact on Asia's money-spinning travel industry, analysts said. In Thailand's 'Little Arabia', Iraqis worry over war a world away BANGKOK (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 The first few days were the hardest, said Hassan Jabar, an Iraqi national in Thailand waiting out the US-led war a world away from his family and home. More bombardments rock Baghdad into the night BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Baghdad came under fresh bombardment early Sunday, causing huge explosions in and around the Iraqi capital, a correspondent for the Qatar-based satellite network Al-Jazeera reported. Middle East war casts dark shadow over key Australian exports SYDNEY (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Australian vehicle manufacturers and trade authorities are watching with increasing anxiety the unfolding conflict in Iraq amid fears it could disrupt one of the country's most valuable exports -- cars. US may face Soviet type Afghan misadventure in Iraq: Pakistani analysts ISLAMABAD (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 US-led coalition troops may get bogged down in Iraq and face a bloody guerrilla war, similar to the Soviet Union's 10-year misadventure in Afghanistan, Pakistani military experts say. |
Hundreds take to the streets in Indonesian capital to protest Iraq war JAKARTA (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Close to 1,000 people gathered at a main roundabout in the Indonesian capital early on Sunday for a planned joint prayer and mass rally in support of Iraq. Foreigners in Beijing rally against Iraq war BEIJING (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 More than 100 foreigners in Beijing gathered at a park in the embassy area Sunday ahead of a procession towards the United States mission to protest against the Iraqi war, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Internet sites rage at US, but Osama bin Laden silent DUBAI (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Osama bin Laden, usually eager to rally Muslims by highlighting US "atrocities" around the world, has not been heard from 10 days into the US-led war on Iraq, leading to new speculation on his fate. Bin Laden's silence comes amid a flurry of militant rhetoric on Islamist websites in defense of Iraq and in praise of a suicide attack Saturday outside the central city of Najaf that killed four US soldiers. Saving a Marine's killer in Iraq SOUTHERN IRAQ (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Marines glared at the doctor and his medics as they carried bleeding Iraqi soldiers inside a shack while oil wells burned and shots rang out across the flat brown desert. On Iraq TV, it's all Saddam all the time DUBAI (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 Iraqi satellite television offers viewers a pretty simple choice. You can watch Saddam Hussein being cheered, worshipped, kissed, adulated, adored, hailed, praised, honored and glorified. UN re-launches oil-for-food in Iraq but humanitarian effort still blocked LONDON (AFP) Mar 30, 2003 The United Nations has relaunched the oil-for-food program in Iraq and a British naval ship has finally brought the first relief supplies but the humanitarian aid program is still riddled by huge question marks. |
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