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Top Washington officials insist Iraqi weapons program will be found WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Top US officials insisted Sunday that Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction program will be found, despite growing doubts in many quarters of the existence of such a program. Indian army fuming over critical US report: magazine NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 The Indian army's top brass is fuming over a secret US report which has labelled its officers as too intellectual and which says its infrastructure is crumbling, weekly magazine Outlook reported Sunday. Powell warns Arafat he must speak out against militants WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday told Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat that he will be "held to account" if he does anything to undercut the US-backed "roadmap" peace plan in the Middle East. |
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Iraq had secret WMD research labs, but no weapons: report LOS ANGELES (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Saddam Hussein had a network of small labs that conducted research on chemical and biological weapons, but did not have any such weapons, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday, quoting a former Iraqi general. World needs mechanism to find Soviet-era missiles: Russian minister ASTANA (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov on Sunday called for an international mechanism to track down Soviet-made ground-to-air missiles which have fallen into the hands of Chechen separatists but also represent a global threat. After murders, some Serb families choose to leave Kosovo town BELGRADE (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Twenty-three Serb families decided to leave their homes in central Kosovo, after the murder of three of their neighbors, Beta press agency reported Sunday. US reaffirms its support for Palestinian PM Abbas WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday reaffirmed US support for Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas. Powell defends statement to UN on Iraq weapons WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday stood by his February statement to the UN Security Council, in which he detailed US claims that Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction. US-led coalition appeals for information as it steps up WMD hunt BAGHDAD (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 The US-led coalition broadcast a fresh appeal to Iraqi scientists to come forward Sunday as a new 1,300-strong task force arrived to step up the hunt for Saddam Hussein's alleged banned arsenal amid mounting doubts. |
US forces will find Iraq's weapons of mass destruction: Rice WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Washington remains convinced that Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction program will be found, US national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Sunday, despite growing doubts that such weapons exist. Arafat must play a more constructive role in peace process: Powell WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to do more to support the Middle East peace process, which was badly jolted earlier in the day by a deadly attack by Palestinian militants. Police detain student arms dealers in central Nigeria LAGOS (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Police in Nigeria's central Plateau State have arrested nine students for allegedly producing arms for local warring ethnic groups and thieves, a report said Sunday. UN calls for 'urgent' reform of Afghan military KABUL (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 The United Nations has called for urgent implementation of reforms to make Afghanistan's nascent national army and defence ministry more representative of the country's ethnic and regional mix, a UN spokesman said Sunday. Britain, amid Iraq row, vows 'greater care' in handling spy data LONDON (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 One of Prime Minister Tony Blair's most senior aides has reassured British intelligence that the government will take "far greater care" in the way it uses their material, Downing Street said Sunday. New budget does little for the poor: Pakistani analysts KARACHI (AFP) Jun 08, 2003 Economists Sunday slammed Pakistan's new budget as failing to meet the needs of the country's tens of millions of poor, despite record development spending plans and a freeze on the defence budget. |
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