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NEWS IN BRIEF Fourteen British wounded fly back home LONDON (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Fourteen British soldiers wounded in Iraq returned home overnight with four of them going straight into hospital for further treatment, a British armed forces spokesman said Monday. US chopper pilot wounded in assault on Iraqi positions north of Najaf SOUTHWEST IRAQ (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 A pilot of a US Apache helicopter was wounded Monday when small-arms fire hit his aircraft during a land and air assault on Iraqi positions north of the central city of Najaf, US officers here said. China Southern suspends flights to Gulf region over Iraq war BEIJING (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 China Southern Airlines, one of the country's top three carriers, will suspend flights to the United Arab Emirates because of the war in Iraq, a company official said Monday. |
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Iraq suicide bombing "worrying trend": New Zealand PM WELLINGTON (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 A suicide bombing in Iraq which killed four US soldiers represented a worrying trend which will create difficulties for coalition forces, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Monday. Australia will not withdraw troops before war ends: foreign minister SYDNEY (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Australia will not withdraw its troops from the war in Iraq until the conflict is over, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Monday. Iraqi propaganda citadel struck as coalition cuts communications BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The blitz to bring down the Baghdad regime continued Monday with the information ministry blasted by a missile as the British-US coalition worked to cut off channels of communication. Political war over Iraq already lost, Australian expert warns SYDNEY (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The United States and its allies have probably already lost the political war over Iraq, one of Australia's most respected defence experts said Monday. US forces in first serious contact with Republican Guard: officer NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 US forces have begun their first serious battle with Iraq's elite Republican Guard around the city of Karbala south of Baghdad, with 200 Iraqis killed, wounded or captured, US officers said Monday. British forces capture five senior Iraqi officers but no general AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 British commandos captured five senior Iraqi officers in an a clash with Iraqi paramilitaries near Basra on Sunday but none of them was a general as had been initially reported, a British military spokeswoman said here Monday. |
New coalition air strike on Iraqi positions on northern frontline KALAK, Iraq (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Iraqi positions near the front line between Kurdish rebels and government forces came under coalition air strike for a third straight night, an AFP correspondent reported early Monday. War and mystery pneumonia to cost Thai tourism 700 million dollars BANGKOK (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Thailand is expected to lose 30 billion bahtmillion dollars) in tourism revenue in 2003 due to the war in Iraq and the spread of a deadly virus, an economic thinktank said here Monday. Australian aviation experts warn industry faces unprecedented crisis SYDNEY (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The airline industry is nearing a "worst-case scenario" as the war in Iraq and a deadly virus take their toll on passenger bookings, Australian aviation experts warned Monday. US captures suspected al-Qaeda-affiliated camp in Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 US forces and their Kurdish allies have captured a suspected terrorist camp in northeastern Iraq that US officials insist was used as a safe haven by members of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda terror network, the top US military official said Sunday. Marines find US-made arms in raid on Iraqi HQ CENTRAL IRAQ (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 US marines have found a cache of arms made in the United States and Yemen during a raid on offices of the ruling Baath Party in central Iraq, military sources said Monday. US, Iraqi forces trade artillery fire as Americans target Sharat CENTRAL IRAQ (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 US marines and Iraqi forces traded artillery fire overnight as Americans launched bombing strikes on the central Iraqi town of Sharat, a military spokesman said Monday. |
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