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NEWS IN BRIEF Radical Australian students ignore police ban on Sydney march SYDNEY (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Police used capscium spray on anti-war demonstrators Wednesday as radical students rallied in central Sydney despite an offical ban on their activities following rioting at a similar protest last week. Singapore Airlines makes sharp flight cuts to Asian cities SINGAPORE (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Singapore Airlines (SIA) said Wednesday it plans to cut flights to Hong Kong by 37 percent and suspend all services to Kaohsiung in Taiwan and Hiroshima in Japan as demand falls due to the Iraq war and a deadly virus outbreak. Hundreds gather at funeral for Australian journalist slain in Iraq ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Several hundred people gathered in Adelaide Wednesday to pay their last respects to Paul Moran, a veteran journalist and cameraman killed by a suicide bomber while covering the war in Iraq. |
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Israel state of alert to last "at least two more weeks": FM JERUSALEM (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The state of alert in Israel prompted by fears of Iraqi Scud missile attacks, will last at least two more weeks, according to Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom, the daily newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported on Wedensday. Fresh bombing meets Saddam's calls for holy war as civilian deaths soar BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Fresh bombing on Wednesday followed Saddam Hussein's call to Muslims around the globe to wage holy war after dozens more Iraqi civilians were reported killed in the US-British aerial blitz. Iraq using sacred sites to protect its military, Australia says SYDNEY (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Australian military chiefs accused Iraq Wednesday of using sacred historical and religious sites to shield its army and military vehicles from attack. US airmen rescued after F-14 crashes in Iraq AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Two US airmen were rescued Wednesday after their F-14 crashed in Iraq following mechanical failure, Central Command said in a statement. Cobra Gold war games to go on in Thailand BANGKOK (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The largest US troop exercise in the Asia-Pacific will go ahead in Thailand in May as planned, officials said Wednesday, despite charges that staging the drill would amount to Thai backing for the US-led war in Iraq. 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. 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. 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. |
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