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Powell and South Korean defense minister discuss US troops on the move WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 South Korea's Defense Minister Cho Young-Kil met US Secretary of State Colin Powell and was due to see Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Friday, for talks on the North Korea nuclear crisis and a realignment of US forces in South Korea. Blair supporters slug it out with the BBC over Iraq arms dossier LONDON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 The furore over the way Prime Minister Tony Blair led Britain into war in Iraq has turned into a very public wrestling match between the prime minister's office and the BBC, with each side calling the other's credibility into question. 20 US soldiers killed by hostile fire since May 1: Pentagon WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 Twenty US soldiers have lost their lives to hostile fire in Iraq since President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations there on May 1, the Pentagon said Friday. |
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US intends to return injured Syrian border guards: Pentagon WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 Five Syrian border guards who clashed with US forces in the course of a raid on a convoy last week will be returned to their country as soon as it can be worked out with Damascus, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. US soldier shot in Baghdad: Pentagon official BAGHDAD (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 A US soldier was shot in the face while buying digital video compact discs in Baghdad on Friday, according to witnesses and Pentagon officials who did not give details on his condition. Musharraf wants Predators, not giving up on F-16 jets: report WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf hopes the United States will sell unmanned Predator surveillance drones to his armed forces, which he says are needed to track down al-Qaeda terror suspects, a report said Friday. Angola names new armed forces chief LUANDA (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 Angola has named General Agostinho Fernandes Nelumba head of the armed forces, replacing General Armando da Cruz who has vacated the post for health reasons, a government decree said Friday. India and China planning joint naval exercises NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 India and China are planning to hold joint naval exercises later this year, further strengthening their relations following high-level political visits, vice chief of the Indian naval staff John Desilva said Friday. Australian Navy aids Spanish fisherman in Indian Ocean PERTH, Australia (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 A seriously ill Spanish fisherman was receiving treatment from the Australian Navy off the Western Australian coast Friday, the Australian Defence Department said. |
British gunrunner hoping for release from Indian jail CALCUTTA, India (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 A British pilot serving a life sentence in India for gunrunning said Friday he was keeping his fingers crossed that he will be released as his case has been taken up at the "highest levels". N.Korea says US troop realignment is a war move SEOUL (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 North Korea said on Friday the proposed realignment of US forces in South Korea was a prelude to Washington's plan to launch nuclear war against the communist country. British army suspends weapons searches after Iraq killings: report LONDON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 The British army has ordered searches for weapons to be suspended in the area of southern Iraq where six British military police were killed this week, the Independent newspaper reported Friday. State Department experts question CIA claim Iraqi trailers are weapons labs WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 27, 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. Delegation of US lawmakers to travel next week to Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 27, 2003 A delegation of US senators, including senior members of senate panels currently probing alleged distortions in US pre-war intelligence on Iraq, will travel there next week for a firsthand look at security conditions and other concerns, lawmakers announced Thursday. BBC accuses British government of "unprecedented pressure" in Iraq row LONDON (AFP) Jun 26, 2003 The BBC Thursday accused the British government of putting it under "unprecedented pressure" in a row sparked by the public broadcaster's claims that Downing Street embellished intelligence to beef up the case for war on Iraq. |
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