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NEWS IN BRIEF Iraqi regime vows undying defiance as US advances on battered Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The Iraqi regime headed into a third week of war Thursday voicing undying defiance as the aerial blitz against Baghdad showed no signs of abating and US forces closed in on the smoke-filled capital. Security boosted for Powell visit as demos planned BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Security was boosted Thursday around NATO's Brussels headquarters as US Secretary of State Colin Powell met his European counterparts. Eritrean president visits US warship Mount Whitney in Red Sea ASMARA (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki has visited the United States' Mount Whitney warship, currently stationed in the Red Sea, a statement by the US embassy in Asmara has said. |
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Kurdish fighters clash with Iraqi forces in north NAZNIA, Iraq (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Kurdish fighters backed by US planes clashed with Iraqi forces Thursday for control of an army command HQ in Khazer on the road to the major northern city of Mosul, an AFP journalist reported. Schroeder urges UN role in post-war Iraq, reaches out to Britain BERLIN (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Germany pleaded Thursday for the United Nations to play the lead role in rehabilitating post-war Iraq and reached out to Britain to help forge a meaningful common EU security and defence policy. British forces battle some 1,000 Iraqi militia within Basra KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 British forces battling to take control of the main southern city of Basra are still facing resistance from around 1,000 Iraqi militia, along with regular troops who have moved back into the city, a British military spokesman said Thursday. EU in "frank and sincere" talks with Powell on Iraq BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The European Union reiterated Thursday its call for a strong UN role in post-war Iraq, saying it would have frank and sincere talks with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. US warplanes bomb Saddam's yacht yet again ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Warplanes from this US Navy aircraft carrier have bombed Saddam Hussein's presidential yacht for a third time, a Navy public affairs officer said Thursday. Two US soldiers killed near Baghdad SOUTHWEST OF BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Two US soldiers were killed early Thursday in an "apparent" Iraqi rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack west of the Euphrates river near Baghdad, a US general told AFP. |
US marines push toward Baghdad NEAR AL-KUT, Iraq (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 US marines were pushing cautiously towards Baghdad from the southeast Thursday, supported by renewed air attacks on Iraqi defences in the nearby town of Al-Kut. US forces banging on Baghdad's door two weeks into war KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 US-led forces are now at the gates of Baghdad two weeks after the start of the war on Iraq, but the unexpectedly fierce resistance that dogged their advance suggests the final assault could be messy and bloody. Nepal detains nine Iraqis with fake passports KATHMANDU (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Nine Iraqi nationals with fake French and Swedish passports have been detained by Nepali immigration authorities at the international airport here, official sources said Thursday. US vehicles pouring over captured Euphrates bridge: report LONDON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 US army vehicles are crossing the Euphrates river by the thousands, heading towards Baghdad, after a "fierce fight" to seize a dual-carriageway bridge from Iraqi forces, a BBC reporter embedded with advancing US forces said Thursday. Saudi papers slam "cowboy" US destruction of Iraq RIYADH (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The US-led war on Iraq is being carried out by "cowboy Americans" whose only aim is killing, destruction and bloodshed, Saudi dailies said Thursday, bitterly condemning Washington for the civilian losses. Germany's Schroeder reaches out to Britain on EU's future BERLIN (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that he wanted Britain to play a key role in forging and implementing a broad common European defence and security union. |
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