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NEWS IN BRIEF 2,500 prisoners taken by marines advancing on Baghdad: US AS-SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Some 2,500 Iraqi troops are reported to have surrendered to US Marines who clashed with Iraqi Republican Guard forces as they advanced north on Baghdad from the town of Al-Kut, a US spokesman said here Friday. China, Russia say UN should play key role in post-war Iraq BEIJING (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 China and Russia have agreed that the United Nations should play a key role in post-war Iraq, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Friday at the end of a visit to Beijing. Iran-based opposition says Baghdad Shiites to stay put until Saddam toppled TEHRAN (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The main Iraqi Shiite opposition group on Friday vowed that Shiites in Baghdad would stay out of the conflict, as US troops were closing in on the Iraqi capital. |
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Kurdish forces take bridge to key town in northern Iraq NEAR KHAZER, Iraq (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Kurdish fighters crossed a bridge Friday near the strategic northern junction of Khazer after more than 24 hours of fierce fighting with Iraqi troops. No humanitarian crisis in southern Iraq: British minister LONDON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 There is "no humanitarian crisis in southern Iraq," British Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said Friday, even as expatriate UN workers were reentering the region for the first time since the war began. India's BJP party passes resolution "deploring" Iraq war INDORE, India (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 India's ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party Friday said it "deplored" the US-led strikes on Iraq and called for an immediate end to the war. Nations get behind aid agency's appeal for Iraq: WFP ROME (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The chief of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), James Morris, on Friday praised the early response of donor nations to the agency's 1.3 billion dollar food aid appeal for Iraq. Belgians want war stopped before Saddam goes: poll BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Seventy percent of Belgians want the US-led war on Iraq stopped before the demise of Saddam Hussein, according to a poll published Friday. Almost 95 percent of Greeks against Iraq war ATHENS (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Almost 95 percent of all Greeks oppose the Iraq war, a poll published on Friday showed. |
US forces on tarmac of Baghdad airport, not in buildings AS-SAYLIAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US forces are deployed on the tarmac of Baghdad airport but have not seized the airport buildings, a senior US military spokesman said here Friday. Thousands of Pakistanis stage anti-war protests after Friday prayers MULTAN, Pakistan (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Chants of "Death to Bush" and "Long live Saddam" reverberated through the central Pakistani city of Multan Friday as some 30,000 flocked to vent their anger against the US-led invasion of Iraq. Saddam speech urges Iraqi resistance as coalition nears Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Saddam Hussein called on Baghdad residents Friday to "resist the invading forces" of the encroaching US-British troops, Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf on state television Friday. US-Europe strains remain despite Powell olive branch BRUSSELS (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Real differences remain between Europe and the US over Iraq, crucially over a post-war role for the UN, despite welcome US attempts to mend fences, commentators said Friday. UNICEF convoy heads into southern Iraq with water GENEVA (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Ten trucks, each carrying 37,000 litres of water, entered southern Iraq from Kuwait on Friday, the UN Children's Fundsaid on Friday. Journalists live consequences, search truth of Iraq war KUWAIT CITY (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 You're caked in sand, body and laptop. You sleep in a ratty sleeping bag under the cold desert sky and check for scorpions in your boots before putting them on in the morning. |
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