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Israeli army closes file on Corrie death, no disciplinary action JERUSALEM (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The Israeli army said Thursday it has closed its investigation into the death of US peace activist Rachel Corrie, concluding it was an accident and taking no disciplinary action against the soldiers involved. State Department experts question CIA claim Iraqi trailers are weapons labs WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 US State Department experts disputed CIA conclusions that tractor-trailers found in Iraq were mobile biological weapons labs, while the White House stuck by the claim Thursday. Bush calls on Liberia's embattled Taylor to quit as fighting claims 300 lives MONROVIA (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 US President George W. Bush Thursday called on Liberian President Charles Taylor to quit and end one of Africa's worst conflicts as Taylor's troops battled rebels in Monrovia in intense fighting in which hundreds have died. |
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Bush dismisses challenge to Iraq weapons evidence WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The White House said Thursday it stood by the CIA's assertion that tractor trailers discovered in Iraq were evidence of programs to develop the unconventional weapons used to justify the war. Turkish leaders vow to push ahead with reforms ANKARA (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Turkey's civilian and military leaders said Thursday Ankara was determined to push ahead with democratization reforms aimed at integrating the mainly Muslim nation into the European Union. Pakistani lawyers oppose troop deployment to Iraq LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 A top Pakistani lawyer Thursday said sending troops to Iraq would be a "national tragedy" after President Pervez Musharraf reportedly said he agreed with the move in principle. NATO's Robertson urges Kosovo to fight crime and extremism PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 NATO's Secretary General George Robertson called on Kosovo's people Thursday to stand up to "thugs and thieves" that have been threatening the UN-administered Serbian province. Britain says "misunderstanding" may have triggered Iraq bloodshed LONDON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The killing of six British troops in Iraq earlier this week may have been triggered by a misunderstanding over an end to weapons searches, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said Thursday. State Department disputes CIA claim that Iraqi trailers were weapons labs WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The US State Department's intelligence arm has disputed the CIA's assertion that tractor trailers discovered in Iraq were mobile biological weapons laboratories, the New York Times reported Thursday. |
Macedonia calls on EU to extend its peacekeeping mission until December SKOPJE (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Macedonia's government has asked the European Union to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping mission here until December 15, an official statement said Thursday. US Senate leader says weapons of mass destruction not main cause of Iraq war WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The Republican leader in the Senate said Thursday that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was not the main justification for the US-led invasion of Iraq. First Afghan to attend top US military college BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Major Mohammad Farid Ahamdi will become the first officer from the nascent Afghan National Army (ANA) to attend the top US military college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a US military spokesman said Thursday. Britain selects EADS, Lockheed Martin for air defence upgrade LONDON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The British defence ministry said Thursday it had selected the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company and US rival Lockheed Martin to upgrade Britain's ground-based air defence system. BBC refuses to say sorry for Iraq reporting LONDON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The BBC dug in its heels and refused Thursday to bow to demands by British Prime Minister Tony Blair's "sultan of spin" to apologize for its reporting on the Iraq war and weapons of mass destruction. Liberian govt troops push back rebels from port: defence minister ABIDJAN (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 Liberian government troops Thursday pushed back invading rebels from Monrovia port to the market area of the capital, and would chase them out of the city by the end of the day, Defence Minister Daniel Chea told AFP. |
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