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NEWS IN BRIEF Weather will not slow coalition forces in Iraq campaign: Myers WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 As coalition troops bear down on Baghdad, the top US military commander said Wednesday that the advance of hot weather would not slow the US-led military effort to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. US troops seize key Euphrates bridge as battle for Baghdad looms KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Coalition troops took a key bridge over the Euphrates river in central Iraq late Wednesday after a fierce battle with Saddam Hussein's crack Republican Guard units, clearing the last natural obstacle before the final push to Baghdad. Bush pushes lawmakers on Turkey aid WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The White House urged the US Congress Wednesday to pass a one-billion-dollar aid package to Turkey, which some lawmakers oppose because Ankara refused to let US troops cross its soil to wage war on Iraq. |
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US did not attack human shields: official statement AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Coalition forces did not attack a convoy of buses in western Iraq carrying international volunteers, or "human shields", US military authorities said here late Wednesday. US reassures Russia on Baghdad bombing, says embassies not targetted WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The United States has reassured Russia it is taking "great care" to avoid hitting civilian and diplomatic facilities as it bombs Baghdad, the State Department said Wednesday. Powell arrives to discuss post-war scenarios with Europe BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Brussels late Wednesday seeking to mend shattered diplomatic fences with Europe in talks focused on Iraq's post-war reconstruction and government. Canadian opposition attacks Chretien over Iraq, calls for apology to US OTTAWA (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien was labelled a "coward" by the leader of the opposition in Parliament, Stephen Harper, Wednesday in a heated exchange over Canada's role -- or non-role -- in the Iraq war. US forces seize dam on the Euphrates WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 US forces have seized a key dam on the Euphrates River northwest of Baghdad, averting a threat of sabotage that could lead to catastrophic flooding, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Iraqi TV off the air after new round of bombing BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Iraqi state television went off the air late Wednesday following a day of intensive bombardment around the capital Baghdad, an AFP correspondent in the city said. |
Artists protest Iraq war in beef and blood on streets of Costa Rica SAN JOSE (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Young artists against the war on Iraq Wednesday covered themselves with beef blood and entrails in front of the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry to portray an Iraqi street scene after a bombing. Two US senators slap Turkey, question billion in aid WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 US senators Wednesday slammed Turkey for its refusal to let US troops cross its soil to Iraq, and questioned whether Ankara deserved the one billion dollars in aid requested by the White House. Two Hispanic Marines given US citizenship posthumously LOS ANGELES (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Two US Marines of Hispanic origin who were killed in Iraq were posthumously awarded US citizenship, authorities announced Wednesday. French politician's outrage at vandalism of British war cemetery LONDON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, Vice-Chairman of France's National Assembly, described Wednesday the defacing of a British war cemetery in northern France as "barbaric, monstrous and despicable." Iraq war not motivated by US lust for oil: study LONDON (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The United States did not launch the war in Iraq to control Baghdad's oil supplies, an influential British research institute said on Wednesday, rejecting suggestions that oil was the prime motivation for Washington's drive to topple President Saddam Hussein. European Broadcasting Union slams media restrictions in south Iraq GENEVA (AFP) Apr 02, 2003 The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the largest professional association of national broadcasters in the world, on Wednesday protested at restrictions imposed by US forces on some media in southern Iraq. |
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