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NEWS IN BRIEF Baghdad hit by new wave of bombing: Al-Jazeera DOHA (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Baghdad was hit by a new wave of US-British bombing at around 1:00 pm (1000 GMT) Monday, Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera reported. Kremlin warns anti-US sentiments growing in Russia MOSCOW (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The Kremlin said Monday that President Vladimir Putin had received more than 6,000 messages in support of his firm stance against the Iraqi war and warned that anti-US sentiments were growing in both Russia and abroad. Britain launches media blitz to counter Arab coverage of Iraq war SYDNEY (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The British government has launched a high-level campaign to counter negative coverage in the Arab media of the war in Iraq, a senior aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday. |
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Twenty civilians said killed when raid hit farm BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Twenty people, including 11 children, were killed when a nighttime missile attack struck a farm near Baghdad, relatives told AFP Monday. War on Iraq: Day 12 BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The following is a chronology of the US-led war on Iraq which went into day 12 on Monday. Hope remains for quick end to Iraq war: US poll WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 More than two thirds of Americans back the war on war, despite setbacks that point to a longer and bloodier war than anticipated, according to a survey released Monday. Pakistan backs French opposition to war: minister ISLAMABAD (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Pakistan on Monday threw its weight behind France's anti-war stance, saying any military action in Iraq needed United Nations backing. Powell warns Syria and Iran to stop helping terrorists WASHINGTON (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Syria and Iran to stop backing terrorists, two days after another top US official warned them to stay out of the US-led war on Iraq. Iraqi paramilitary forces fire at 101st Airbrorne Apaches near Najaf SOUTHWEST IRAQ (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The US army's elite airborne unit was involved in "medium" intensity battles with Iraqi forces near the holy Shiite city of Najaf on Monday, military officials said. |
Islamist group preparing suicide attacks on coalition: statement DUBAI (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The militant movement Ansar al-Islam, which Washington links to Al-Qaeda and has attacked repeatedly in Iraqi Kurdistan during the war, has redeployed and is preparing suicide attacks against coalition forces, a statement on an Islamist webpage said Monday. Coalition aircraft pummel paramilitaries in western desert town in Iraq AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Coalition aircraft bombed a number of Iraqi paramilitaries holed up in a desert town 380 kilometres (240 miles) west of Baghdad on the weekend, US military officials said Monday. Iraqi propaganda citadel struck, TV down as coalition cuts communications BAGHDAD (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 The blitz to bring down the Baghdad regime raged on Monday with the information ministry blasted by missile and domestic television off air for several hours as the US-British coalition targeted communication networks. Indonesian protesters burn flags and US-made clothes JAKARTA (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 Indonesian protesters on Monday burned the US, British and Australian flags as well as American-made clothes as demonstrations continued against the US-led war on Iraq. French, German foreign ministers to meet on Iraq BERLIN (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer was to meet his French counterpart Dominique de Villepin in Paris late Monday for talks on the war on Iraq, the German foreign ministry said. Greek Cypriot arrested after Molotov cocktail thrown at US embassy NICOSIA (AFP) Mar 31, 2003 A Greek Cypriot was arrested Monday after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the US embassy here in the early hours, a police spokesman told AFP. |
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