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Pacific island of Tonga joins anti-chemical weapons club THE HAGUE (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The Pacific island kingdom of Tonga will join the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) this month, the Hague-based group said Tuesday. Arms weekly claims scoop with pictures of new US bomber LONDON (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The specialist military review Jane's Defence Weekly on Tuesday published what it said were exclusive images of a radar-evading bomber being developed by the United States. Pentagon-backed faction hits out at new US plans for Iraq BAGHDAD (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The Pentagon-backed Iraqi National Congress lashed out Tuesday at the radically altered plans for an interim administration put forward by the US-led occupation authority. |
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Transatlantic strains over NATO-EU Bosnia handover MADRID (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The United States denied Tuesday any dispute with Europe over a handover of peacekeepers in Bosnia from NATO to the European Union, after a US official said it was "premature" to discuss the transfer. Pro-US Iraq group denies phony intelligence on Saddam weapons BAGHDAD (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The Pentagon-backed Iraqi National Congresson Tuesday denied giving the US government phony information on Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction, a pretext for the US-led war on Iraq. US needs more than 100,000 troops in Iraq, says fired official WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The United States will need to commit at least 100,000 troops to Iraq for at least a year, the former Army Secretary Thomas White said in an interview released Tuesday. NATO eyes expanding horizons after Iraq crisis MADRID (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 NATO foreign ministers pledged to put the Iraq crisis firmly behind them Tuesday and trumpeted the Alliance's increasing expansion beyond its traditional European field of activities, including into the Middle East. Ukraine bans citizens from serving in Russian army KIEV (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Ukrainian citizens are forbidden from serving in foreign armies, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, ruling out a Russian proposal to recruit Ukrainian soldiers for its dilapidated force. NATO ministers mull Mideast deployment MADRID (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 NATO foreign ministers discussed Tuesday the possibility of sending troops to the Middle East as part of an eventual peace settlement there, NATO chief George Robertson said. |
Middle East peace is "call of all religions": Bush SHARM El-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 US President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that the quest for Middle East peace was the "call of all religions" and pledged to expend the energy necessary to move it forward. US will not reopen military bases, realign troops in Southeast Asia: Fargo KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The United States will not reopen military bases in Southeast Asia or redeploy its troops in the region but will instead bolster joint training exercises to support the war against terror, a top US military official said Tuesday. Blair flies home into Iraq weapons storm LONDON (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew home Tuesday from the G8 summit into a storm of political controversy centering on claims that his office embellished a report on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction to justify the US-led war. Indonesian police step up pressure on exiled rebel leaders, sympathisers JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 Indonesian police stepped up pressure on exiled leaders and suspected supporters of Aceh separatist rebels Tuesday and rejected requests not to use British-made warplanes in its military offensive in the province. Hungary overwhelmingly approves NATO expansion BUDAPEST (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The Hungarian parliament has unanimously approved the eastwards expansion of NATO that will see the alliance take in seven new members. Indonesian navy nabs four Thai fishing boats JAKARTA (AFP) Jun 03, 2003 The Indonesian navy said Tuesday it had nabbed four Thai fishing boats for illegal fishing in Indonesian waters near Java island. |
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