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NEWS IN BRIEF Missile threat frightening but survivable, pilots say ABOARD USS KITTY HAWK (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Surface-to-air missiles are a frightening thing to face but even a direct hit can be survived, US Navy pilots say. Syria does not feel under US military threat: foreign ministry DAMASCUS (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Syria does not feel under threat of US military action although it is at odds with Washington over the war in Iraq and the Arab-Israeli peace process, a senior foreign ministry official said Thursday. Civilian casualties in Iraq war will be low: Jack Straw NEW DELHI (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, in an interview broadcast Thursday, told India's national television station that civilian casualties in the Iraq war were likely to be lower than feared. |
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EU would not help rebuild Iraq without UN backing: Greece BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The European Union would only give its full backing to the post-war reconstruction of Iraq if the process was authorized by a UN resolution, the EU presidency said on Thursday after talks with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. Moroccan anti-war group wants US, British ambassadors expelled RABAT (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 A Moroccan coalition of associations supporting Iraq urged the government Thursday to expel the ambassadors of the United States and Britain and to clearly state its position on the war. French and Italian foreign ministers to discuss Iraq Friday ROME (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The Italian and French foreign ministers will discuss the Iraq war and European defence policy in Rome on Friday, diplomatic sources have told AFP. Baby "Decisive" battles premature birth in Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Baby girl "Decisive" was born prematurely Thursday, and named after Iraq's codename glorifying the war against the US-British invasion of her country. Saddam's bunker under allied bombing DUBAI (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 US forces claiming to be 15 kilometers (nine miles) from downtown Baghdad Thursday have targeted the bunker of President Saddam Hussein, which its designer says can withstand anything short of a hit by a Hiroshima-size bomb. Belarus police break up rally supporting US-led war in Iraq MINSK (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Special police in Belarus detained activists from the country's main youth movement for holding a rally in support of the US-led war in Iraq on Thursday. |
Romanian airline reports 11-percent fall in passenger traffic BUCHAREST (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Romanian airline Tarom has seen passenger numbers drop by 11 percent since the beginning of the year, mainly due to the Iraq crisis, Transport Minister Miron Mitrea said Thursday. Army must be reformed after Iraqi arms scam: Bosnian Serb leader BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The Bosnian Serb army badly needs reform and should be brought under the control of civilian authorities, President Dragan Cavic said Thursday amid a scandal over arms sales to Iraq. Cluster bombs too effective for military to do without: expert LONDON (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 British campaigners on Thursday slammed the use in Iraq of cluster bombs, which they said kill or maim scores of civilians, but military experts said the weapons were so effective it was unlikely that armed forces would give them up. Iraqi regime losing control of forces, population: US AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 The Iraqi leadership appears unable to control its forces and its population throughout most of the country, a senior US commander said here Wednesday. Iran pays tribute to dead BBC cameraman TEHRAN (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 Iran paid tribute Thursday to Iranian freelance cameraman Kaveh Golestan, who was killed in a landmine blast while working in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq for the BBC. Russian Muslim leader proposes calling holy war against US MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 03, 2003 A top Russian Muslim cleric proposed Thursday declaring a jihad, or holy war, against the United States because of the war on Iraq, but was slapped down by the head of the main Russian branch of Islam. |
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