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NEWS IN BRIEF Baghdad presidential compound hit again by coalition bombs BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Saddam Hussein's presidential compound in central Baghdad came under intensive attack early Wednesday from coalition bombs, an AFP correspondent reported. Powell on mission to discuss Iraq with wary ally Turkey ANKARA (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to meet on Wednesday with top officials in Ankara in a bid to mend strained relations, which have suffered ever since the Muslim nation refused to allow American troops onto its soil for an attack against Iraq. South Korea president urges backing for troop dispatch to Iraq SEOUL (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 President Roh Moo-Hyun on Wednesday urged South Koreans to back the dispatch of troops to Iraq, saying support for the United States might not be moral but was essential to resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis peacefully. |
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Pilots rescued after US fighter jet crashes in Iraq ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 A US Navy F-14A Tomcat fighter jet crashed in Iraq late Tuesday, the navy said. US military counts 46 dead, seven prisoners of war WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The United States has suffered 46 deaths so far in the nearly two week old war in Iraq, including 38 troops killed in combat, a Defense Department spokesman said Tuesday. Singapore Airlines makes sharp flight cuts to Asian cities SINGAPORE (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Wednesday it planned to cut weekly flight frequencies to Hong Kong by 37 percent and suspend all services to Kaohsiung and Hiroshima, citing drop in demand due to the Iraq war and a deadly respiratory disease. Danish photographer, missing for a week in Iraq, freed by authorities COPENHAGEN (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 A Danish freelance photographer who disappeared one week ago in Baghdad has been freed by Iraqi authorities after being accused of spying for the CIA, he told the daily Jyllands-Posten in its Wednesday edition. US-led ground offensive on Baghdad "within 48 hours": British press LONDON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 US-led forces are poised for an "imminent" attack on Baghdad which according to senior military sources at US Central Command in Qatar is likely to begin "within 48 hours," the British press said Wednesday. NKorea exported Scud missiles to Pakistan in March: Japanese report TOKYO (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 North Korea exported some 10 Scud missiles to Pakistan last month possibly in return for Islamabad's nuclear technology, a Japanese newspaper reported Wednesday, quoting an unnamed US security official. |
South Korea president urges parliament to approve troop dispatch to Iraq SEOUL (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 President Roh Moo-Hyun on Wednesday urged South Koreans to back his pledge to send troops to Iraq, saying support for the United States now was essential to resolving the North Korean nulear crisis. In Britain, anti-war protesters keep vigil over Iraq-bound B-52s RAF FAIRFORD, England (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 No sooner is another B-52 roaring off the runway than Andria, in a scruffy oversized Day-Glo yellow jacket, is up on the muddy knoll, screaming her own peculiar war cry: "Die! Die! Die! Wooh-wooh-wooh-wooh-wooh!" Suicide attacks in Iraq revive bitter memories in restive Kashmir SRINAGAR, India (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Suicide attacks against US-led troops in Iraq have revived bitter memories of similar strikes in restive Kashmir, where Indian troops are battling Muslim militants. US bombs push "hearts and minds" to Saddam: Australian witness SYDNEY (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The intensive US bombing of Baghdad has so embittered residents that even families who were once indifferent to the government now wholly support Saddam Hussein's regime, an Australian witness of the attacks said Wednesday. US ground forces engage Republican Guard in major battle: defense official WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 US ground forces engaged Iraq's elite Republican Guard in a major battle near the town of Karbala south of Baghdad for the first time in the 12-day old war, a US defense official said here Tuesday. Iraqi regime killing more innocents than allied friendly fire WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq is killing more innocent civilians than allied collateral damage and friendly fire incidents, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday. |
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