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Straw vows to crush attackers, promises quick handover to Iraqis BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw made a surprise visit to troubled Iraq Wednesday, vowing anti-coalition attackers would be "dealt with" and promising a quick handover of authority to the Iraqi people. One US Marine dead, three injured in mine explosion in Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 A US Marine was killed and three injured in an explosion while they were clearing a minefield near Karbala, Iraq, the US Central Command said. US forces fight rumours of jet strike after Fallujah mosque blast FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 US forces struggled to convince residents of Fallujah on Wednesday that a blast at a mosque this week that left seven people dead was not caused by a US airstrike but a bomb-making class that went wrong. |
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US to train Kurdish fighters in Mosul to join new Iraqi army ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Forty-eight fighters from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) have gone to the northern city of Mosul to receive training by US forces that will enable them to join the new Iraqi army, a Kurdish newspaper said Wednesday. Britain faces multi-million legal battle on Kenya rape claims LONDON (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 The lawyer for some 650 women in Kenya who claim they were raped by British troops on manoeuvres in the east African country was confident Wednesday they will win a court fight for compensation. US launches effort to develop hypersonic strike capability WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 The US military has launched a program to develop a hypersonic unmanned aircraft able to strike any target around the globe in less than two hours from the United States, authorities said. Ukrainians want EU membership, shun NATO: poll KIEV (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Two Ukrainians in three hope to join the European Union but only 23 percent back their country's bid to join the NATO military alliance, according to a new poll released Wednesday. High-level Chinese airforce delegation visits Indian airbase JODHPUR, India (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 A 58-member high-level Chinese airforce delegation Wednesday visited the Jodhpur airbase in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, a defence spokesman said. Palestinians resume security control in Bethlehem: Israeli army JERUSALEM (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 The Israeli army announced Wednesday that it had completed the transfer of security control in the West Bank city of Bethlehem to Palestinian authorities. |
Half of Russian armed forces to be professional by 2008: top general MOSCOW (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Half of the Russian armed forces will be made up of professional volunteers by 2008, the country's deputy chief of staff said Wednesday. British warships to visit India's crucial naval command next week NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Two British warships will visit India's key naval command in Port Blair next week to "extend the growing professional interaction" between the two navies, the British high commission in New Delhi said Wednesday. US denies deadly mosque strike, but Fallujah residents vow revenge FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 US forces struggled Wednesday to explain that a blast which killed an imam and six theology students at a Fallujah mosque was not a coalition airstrike, as residents continued to pledge revenge. Silent majority of Israelis, Palestinians want peace: outgoing EU envoy NICOSIA (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Prospects for a lasting peace are on the rise with a silent majority of Israelis and Palestinians seeking an end to the intifada, outgoing EU Middle East envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos told AFP in an interview. Yemen deploys 3,000 soldiers on border with Saudi Arabia RIYADH (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 Yemen has deployed 3,000 soldiers along the border with Saudi Arabia in a bid to boost security and help curb infiltration and smuggling, a newspaper reported here Wednesday. Kenyans get legal aid to take Britain to court on rape claims LONDON (AFP) Jul 02, 2003 A group of Kenyan women who claim they were raped by British troops on military exercises in their east African nation have been granted legal aid to sue the Ministry of Defence (MoD), their lawyer said Wednesday. |
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