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Greece seizes 680 tonnes of explosives on ship in Mediterranean ATHENS (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 Greek special forces on Sunday seized 680 tonnes of explosives when they boarded a ship in the Mediterranean west of Greece, the Merchant Marines ministry said. US Marine killed, eight injured in Djibouti training exercise WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 One US Marine was killed and eight other service members injured Sunday in a blast that may have been caused by a bomb dropped from a B-52 in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, US Central Command said in a statement. CIA chief may testify to Congress over intelligence on Iraq weapons NEW YORK (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 CIA director George Tenet may appear this week before a Senate committee investigating whether the White House distorted intelligence information about Iraq's alleged weapons programs, Time magazine reported Sunday. |
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Probe into US intelligence likely to spill into presidential campaign WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 US lawmakers' closed-door review of US pre-war intelligence on Iraq may take "months," two senior senators said Sunday, increasing the likelihood that it will become campaign theme in next year's presidential election. Quartet urges Israel, Palestinians to save flagging peace roadmap SHUNEH, Jordan (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 The United States joined other leading world powers in voicing criticism of Israeli tactics in the Palestinian territories Sunday as they met to salvage a hard-fought peace blueprint from escalating violence in the region. Democratic presidential hopeful says Bush "misled" Americans on Iraq weapons WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 A Democratic presidential hopeful on Sunday accused US President George W. Bush of misleading the country about Iraq's possession of unconventional weapons. Israel rejects quartet criticism of its targeted killings JERUSALEM (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 Israel dismissed criticism by members of the Mideast peace quartet -- The United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia -- at a Jordan summit Sunday of its killing of Palestinian civilians in military operations against militant leaders. Mideast peace, Iraq dominate World Economic Forum SHUNEH, Jordan (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 Efforts to secure peace in the troubled Middle East and the future of war-battered Iraq dominated the second day Sunday of an extraordinary meeting here of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Israeli army gets new rules of engagement to avoid hurting civilians: radio JERUSALEM (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 The Israeli army has received new rules of engagement for its operations in the Palestinian territories to avoid hitting "innocent civilians" when firing, Israel's military radio said Sunday. |
US lawmakers' probe into intelligence on Iraq weapons could take months WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 Congress's closed-door review of US pre-war intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction program may take "months," a senior US senator said Sunday. Turkish army to shorten military service ANKARA (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 The Turkish army said on Sunday it was planning to shorten military service -- obligatory for all men of 18 and above -- because threats against the country's stability had decreased both at home and abroad. India tests homegrown short range surface-to-air missile BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 India Sunday tested its homegrown short-range surface-to-air Trishul missile from the eastern coastal state of Orissa, officials said. The politics of Mideast peace, Iraq's future mobilise WEF forum SHUNEH, Jordan (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 Middle East politics took center stage Sunday on the second day of an extraordinary meeting of the World Economic Forum here, as debate focused on the chances of Palestinian-Israeli peace and the post-war future of Iraq. F-16s to Pakistan would be no cause for worry: Indian defence minister NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 India has no reason to be worried about the United States releasing F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan, Defence Minister George Fernandes said Sunday. Australia's Iraq WMD intelligence probe asks analysts to volunteer services SYDNEY (AFP) Jun 22, 2003 Key Australian analysts will be asked to appear voluntarily before a committee probing intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, the committee's chairman said on Sunday. |
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