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US soldiers turn into jacks of all trades three months on in Iraq BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The marketplace hums with activity, families buy sweets, and young men mill around music shops as a column of US soldiers in M1 tanks and gunship Humvees rumble down the street under the moonlight of a sticky summer night. Sudan air defense chief, seven foreigners among dead:official KHARTOUM (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The head of Sudan's air defense forces as well as at least seven foreigners -- including three Indians, a Chinese and a Briton -- were among the 115 people killed in Tuesday's airline crash, a senior official said. Blair decided before parliament vote that Iraq war unavoidable LONDON (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he decided war against Iraq was unavoidable "a few days" before the British parliament on March 18 gave the green light for military action on Baghdad. |
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DCN, Thales eyeing German submarine maker HDW: sources FRANKFURT (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The French state-owned shipbuilding group Direction des constructions navales (DCN) and French defence company Thales have both expressed an interest in buying German group HDW, the world's leading maker of conventional submarines, a source close to the talks told AFP Tuesday. We did right thing in attacking Saddam, says British PM LONDON (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Britain "did the right thing" in going to war against Iraq, Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Tuesday, a day after a parliamentary report criticised the way in which he took the country into the conflict. Taiwan to mass produce first locally-designed armoured vehicle TAIPEI (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The Taiwanese army confirmed Tuesday that it would begin mass producing the first locally-designed light armoured vehicle in 2007. British PM faces new grilling over Iraq war LONDON (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Prime Minister Tony Blair faced some tough questioning on Tuesday from deputies on whether the war on Iraq was justified, a day after a parliamentary report rapped the manner in which he took Britain into the conflict. Philippines to accept lifting of arrest warrants on Muslim rebel chiefs MANILA (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 President Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday the Philippine government would agree to lift arrest warrants against Muslim separatist rebels to jump-start stalled peace talks. DCN bids 800 mln euros for German submarine maker HDW: report FRANKFURT (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The French state-owned shipbuilding group Direction des constructions navales (DCN), has offered to buy German submarine maker HDW from its current owners, the investment fund OEP, for 800 million euros (904 million dollars), the daily Die Welt reported on Tuesday. |
Japanese prosecutors indict US Marine for rape in Okinawa TOKYO (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Japanese prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted a 21-year-old US marine for allegedly beating and raping a woman on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa in May. White House admits mistake in uranium for Iraq claim: report WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 The White House has acknowledged for the first time that President George W. Bush should not have claimed in his State of the Union address that Iraq had sought to buy uranium in Africa to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. British report on Iraq intelligence reignites debate in Australia SYDNEY (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Australia's government came under renewed criticism Tuesday for its decision to join the US and Britain in invading Iraq after a British parliamentary report questioned the war's justification. Philippines prepared to revoke arrest warrants on Muslim rebel chiefs MANILA (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Philippine President Gloria Arroyo said Tuesday she was prepared to lift arrest warrants against top Muslim separatist rebels to jumpstart peace talks. British PM faces grilling in wake of Iraq report LONDON (AFP) Jul 08, 2003 Prime Minister Tony Blair faces a grilling Tuesday from the House of Commons' committee of committees after a parliamentary report rapped the manner in which he took Britain into war with Iraq. Abizaid takes over as head of US Central Command WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 07, 2003 John Abizaid, a Lebanese-American general and Middle East expert fluent in Arabic, replaced Tommy Franks Monday as head of the US Central Command, which directs forces in a vast region that includes Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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