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NEWS IN BRIEF UN role in Iraq not under discussion: Rice WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The "coalition of the willing" that backs the US-led war against Iraq will play a central role, while the UN's job is not currently under discussion, the White House said Friday. "Long war" could drag US economy growth down to 1 percent: forecast WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 A protracted war in Iraq would cut deep into US economic growth, with a particularly harsh impact on the manufacturing sector, an economic forecasting group said Friday. Britain quizzes two Iraqis over soldiers' deaths: ministry LONDON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Two Iraqi men were being questioned Friday in connection with the deaths of two British soldiers near Basra in southern Iraq, the British defence ministry said. |
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Powell fights effort to bar war opponents from Iraq work WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday he opposes congressional efforts to bar France, Germany, Russia and Syria from US-funded Iraqi reconstruction projects because they opposed the war in Iraq. Baghdad residents told to keep electric generators on after blackout BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Baghdad residents with electric generators were ordered Friday to keep them on at night, as power slowly returned to parts of the capital which a day earlier went completely black amid heavy US bombing. French urges restoration of international unity after Iraq splits ROME (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin on Friday called for the restoration of harmony in the international community, which has been split by differences over the Iraq war, and insisted on a major post-war Iraq role for the United Nations. Republican Guard "significantly degraded" around Baghdad: US WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Iraq's four remaining Republican Guard divisions have been "significantly degraded" in fighting around Baghdad in which two others were effectively eliminated, a senior US military official said Friday. US says evidence scant that Saddam in control WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Despite televised scenes of crowds cheering President Saddam Hussein in the streets of Baghdad, the US Defense Department said Friday there is little evidence he has effective control over the Iraqi military. Saddam calls on Baghdad residents to resist US forces BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 President Saddam Hussein called on Baghdad residents in a televised address Friday evening to "forcefully hit" US forces closing in on the capital, shortly before he was shown being cheered on a street in the first such footage since the start of the war. |
Powell briefs Annan on ideas for UN role in post-war Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday he had briefed UN chief Kofi Annan on possible ideas for a United Nations role in post-war Iraq but declined to discuss specifics of the conversation. Finding Saddam not key to victory: US WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The White House said Friday that victory in Iraq does not hinge on finding Saddam Hussein and rejected the possibility that US forces may not locate the banned weapons central to the US case for war. Al-Jazeera TV shows women that Iraq says carried out suicide attack DOHA (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 The Arab satellite television Al-Jazeera broadcast the testimonies late Friday of the two women who Iraq's official news agency said carried out a suicide car attack against US troops. Thousands of Canadians rally in support of US TORONTO (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Thousands of Canadians braved freezing weather Friday to rally in support of the US-led war against Iraq, which the Canadian government has refused to back. US says Iraqi troops hiding weapons in schools, hospitals, mosques WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 Iraqi forces are hiding arms and missiles in schools and hospitals, a US Defense Department spokeswoman said Friday. Saddam orders compensation paid to families of Iraqi casualties BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 President Saddam Hussein has ordered the payment of compensation to the families of Iraqi casualties in the US-led war, Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Friday. |
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