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NEWS IN BRIEF Powell may meet EU foreign ministers on Thursday BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell could hold discussions on Iraq with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday, a diplomatic source in the Belgian capital told AFP. North Korea may seek nuclear weapons because of Iraq war: Russia MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 The US-led war against Irag is likely to push North Korea to develop nuclear weapons, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. Japan retracts confirmation on missile test-firing by North Korea TOKYO (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Japan retracted an announcement by its defence agency that it had confirmed a new test firing by North Korea of an anti-ship missile into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday. |
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Mofaz warns Syria of Israeli might as regional tensions flare JERUSALEM (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz on Tuesday threw down a warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad about the might of the Jewish state as tensions between the two neighbours rose. Irish opposition party to ask for more humanitarian aid for Iraq DUBLIN (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Ireland's main opposition party Fine Gael plans to ask the country's parliament to fund more humanitarian aid in Iraq, a spokesman said Tuesday. British troops in southern Iraq swap helmets for berets AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 British forces in southern Iraq are swapping their helmets for berets as markets and schools reopen, but the battle for the key regional centre of Basra still lies ahead, officers said Tuesday. Turkey not aware of new US demands over Iraq: Turkish FM ANKARA (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Turkey does not know of any new demands by key ally the United States to help out in the war against Iraq, Turkey's foreign minister Abdullah Gul said Tuesday ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell. India sets up special panel to assess economic impact of Iraq war NEW DELHI (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 India has set up a panel to assess the impact of the US-led war on Iraq on exports, remittances, oil prices and tourism, a report said Tuesday. US presses operations south of Baghdad KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 US forces Tuesday pressed their military operations south of Baghdad ahead of an expected major push on the Iraqi capital to put an end to the regime of President Saddam Hussein. |
Intense bombing of Baghdad and Saddam palace, civilian death toll climbs BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 President Saddam Hussein's biggest palace took another hit Tuesday, as the battering of Baghdad intensifies and civilian death tolls rises ever higher with US-led forces pummeling the defiant Iraqi regime. US troops kill seven women and children at checkpoint: US military AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Coalition efforts to win the affection of the Iraqi people suffered a harsh setback when US troops, according to a US spokesman, opened fire on a civilian vehicle at a military checkpoint in Iraq, killing seven women and children. Start to Iraq war impressive, but US overstretched: McCaffrey WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Offsetting criticism of Pentagon decisions in the first 12 days of the Iraq war, 1991 Gulf War veteran General Barry MCaffrey, writing in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday, said the Iraq war needs to be fought "hard" to win. Clashing views of military modernization reflected in Iraq force controversy WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 Charges that the Pentagon's civilian leaders fielded too small a ground force in Iraq are the latest chapter in an acrimonious struggle within the US armed services over how wars should be fought in an age of precision air power, according to analysts. Iraq war tests White House's press strategy WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 War in Iraq has proved a tough challenge for the White House's usually tightly scripted press operation, which is struggling to maintain its much-vaunted image of a president above the daily fray. British soldier killed in southern Iraq LONDON (AFP) Apr 01, 2003 A British bomb disposal soldier has died while on duty in southern Iraq, taking to 26 the British death toll since the start of the war on Iraq 13 days ago, the defence ministry announced on Tuesday. |
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