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NEWS IN BRIEF US forces relish prize of 15-day desert march to Baghdad SADDAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Shrugging off continuing bursts of Iraqi mortar and gunfire at a far corner of Baghdad's main airport, US troops on Friday relished their prize. "Underground facilities" found at Baghdad airport: US AS SALIYAH, Qatar (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US ground troops have found underground facilities at Baghdad airport where there could be Iraqi forces waiting to wage battle, US Central Command said here on Friday. 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. |
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UN must play role in Iraq from now on: French FM PARIS (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The United Nations must play a central role in Iraq from now on, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said Friday. Indian MiG-23 fighter jet crashes into houses, five killed NEW DELHI (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 An Indian Airforce fighter caught fire and crashed into houses in the northern state of Punjab, killing at least five civilians on the ground, officials said. UN would fail in running post-war Iraq: Iraqi activist says in Kosovo PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 A UN-run Iraq would be doomed to failure, an Iraqi human rights activist charged Friday during a visit to UN-administered Kosovo. International tourism threatened by long war in Iraq: world body ROME (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The war in Iraq is suffocating the world's tourism industry, the head of the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) warned in an interview with AFP Friday. British Navy and Marine team to climb Everest for golden jubilee KATHMANDU (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 A ten-member team from the British Royal Navy and Royal Marines is to climb Mount Everest to mark the 50th anniversary of the first climb by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, officials said Friday. India pledges 20 million dollars to UN's SOS kitty for Iraq NEW DELHI (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 India on Friday pledged 20 million dollars in cash and food to the United Nations for its worldwide appeal for 2.2 billion dollars for the reconstruction of war-wrecked Iraq. Bangladesh police use teargas on anti-war protestors DHAKA (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Police in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Friday used teargas and batons to control thousands of anti-war protestors after they tried to damage US-linked shops, offices and vehicles, witnesses said. |
Battle for Baghdad will not be like Stalingrad: Poland's top soldier WARSAW (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The battle for Baghdad will not be comparable to the bloodbath at the 1942-1943 battle for Russia's Stalingrad as Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has claimed, Poland's top soldier General Czeslaw Piatas said on Friday. Concern over humanitarian situation in Iraq: French FM PARIS (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 France, Germany and Russia are concerned about the "urgent humanitarian situation" in Iraq, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said Friday. Iraq war generates free publicity for Russian weapons MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The war in Iraq, which has seen stiff Iraqi resistance against US and British troops, has opened up market opportunities for Russian weapons used by Baghdad's forces, military experts say here. Priority must be ending hostilities in Iraq: Russian FM PARIS (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Friday that the priority in Iraq was "ending hostilities." Tens of thousands of Indian Muslims protest Iraq war NEW DELHI (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Tens of thousands of Indian Muslims Friday held special prayer meetings and protests against the US-led war in Iraq. Widow of British Marine killed in Iraq gives birth to girl: reports LONDON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The widow of a British Royal Marine who died in a helicopter crash on the second day of the Iraqi war has given birth to a daughter, newspapers here reported Friday. |
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