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NEWS IN BRIEF Air blitz of Republican Guards one of the best ever, says RAAF chief SYDNEY (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Australia's air force chief Friday attributed the advance of coalition forces to the edge of Baghdad to the destruction of Iraq's Republican Guard divisions in one of the most successful air campaigns ever. Australia using new mine-sweeping system in Iraq SYDNEY (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Australia's navy has pressed a state-of-the-art mine clearing system into service near the Iraqi port of Umm Qsar even before testing was completed on the technology, officials said Friday. Heavy fighting in and around Baghdad airport BAGHDAD AIRPORT (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US troops exchanged heavy gunfire and artillery fire with Iraqi troops in and around Baghdad's Saddam International Airport on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported. |
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Rightist British papers pour more venom on French leader LONDON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Right-wing newspapers in Britain Friday accused French President Jacques Chirac of hypocrisy for his apology to Queen Elizabeth II over the desecration of a British war cemetery in France last week. More intense coalition bombing of Baghdad outskirts BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The southern outskirts of Baghdad, a city that awoke to a power cut and no water, came under more intense bombardment by coalition warplanes Friday morning, an AFP correspondent reported. Senate approves 80 billion dollars for Iraq war, airlines WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The US Senate late Thursday unaminously passed a supplemental budget amendment authorizing 78.7 billion dollars in funding to cover the costs of war in Iraq and the start of reconstruction. Japan's foreign minister plans to visit Britain, France, Germany TOKYO (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Friday she planned to visit Britain, France and Germany from next week to discuss with her counterparts how to reconstruct Iraq after the war. US troops control "probably 80 percent" of Baghdad airport: officer BAGHDAD AIRPORT (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US forces control "probably 80 percent" of Baghdad's Saddam International Airport following a deadly raid on the facility, a US Army intelligence officer said Friday. Wrong time for Russia to discuss US treaty ratification: speaker MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The Russian parliament should delay ratification of a key nuclear disarmament treaty with the United States while the war in Iraq continues, the chairman of the State Duma lower house Gennady Seleznyov said. |
US troops suffered "no casualties" in raid on Baghdad airport: officer BAGHDAD AIRPORT (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US forces suffered "no casualties" in a raid on Baghdad's Saddam International Airport in which they claim to have captured about a third of the facility, a man identified as their commander told CNN Friday morning. Pacific region awash with firearms: report SUVA (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Civilians arms stockpiles in the Pacific region are 50 percent higher than the world average, according to a new report which has prompted calls for supply countries to control the flow of weapons to the region. San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge under heavy wartime security SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 San Francisco's famed Golden Gate Bridge, the western United States' most recognizable landmark, was under a maximum security blanket Thursday as US and British forces closed in on Baghdad. Flying near scene of Black Hawk down, pilots fear further strikes OVER KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The sun is turning its first shade of orange as it drops into the dusty horizon over Karbala lake. A small factory isolated in the desert appears shut down and a small truck sits idle on a dusty track. Families of Kuwaitis missing in Iraq fear Saddam's reprisal KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Instead of feeling hopeful that the war on Iraq will bring them home alive, families of more than 600 people who disappeared during Iraq's 1990-91 occupation of Kuwait are now more fearful than ever before. Canadian parliament debates motion backing war in Iraq OTTAWA (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Canada's parliament on Thursday debated a controversial motion introduced by the opposition to declare the country's support for the US-led war in Iraq. |
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