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Navy commissions carrier USS Ronald Reagan NORFOLK, Virginia (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The navy commissioned the USS Ronald Reagan on Saturday, placing into service the 13th aircraft carrier in the US fleet. US army begins collecting banned arms in Iraqi Kurdistan ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The US army has taken in a quantity of weapons handed over by four political groups in Iraqi Kurdistan in compliance with a decision to ban heavy arms, Arbil police chief Jamil Khedr Ismael told AFP Saturday. Sudan opposition call on Beshir to expand peace process KHARTOUM (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 Sudan's northern opposition parties called on President Omar al-Beshir on Saturday to carry forward the peace process with the southern rebels, and expand it to include their factions as well. |
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Move by DR Congo rebel group sparks fears of putsch KINSHASA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 A unilateral move by the main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo creating three military zones in the area it controls has sparked fears of a possible putsch by the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), sources in the capital said Saturday. Tenet: The tenacious CIA spy master WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 CIA chief George Tenet, who took the blame for President George W. Bush's discredited pre-war claim that Iraq had tried to buy nuclear material from Africa, is a Clinton administration holdover who has grown close to Bush. DR Congo follow-up committee stops work after rebels set up military zones KINSHASA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 A committee monitoring the peace process in Democratic Republic of Congo suspended its work Saturday, accusing the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) of unilaterally creating three military zones in the country, a spokesman said. NATO should intervene in Iraq: Clinton LONDON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 NATO and European states should step forward to take part in rebuilding Iraq to internationalise the reconstruction process, former US president Bill Clinton urged at the "progressive governance" conference near London. US-French military ties "excellent": French chief of staff PARIS (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 General Henri Bentegeat, the chief of staff of the French armed forces, this weekend described French-US military ties as excellent, denying they had come under strain because of the US-led war against Iraq. Bush backs CIA chief despite Iraq intelligence fault ABUJA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 George W. Bush on Saturday publicly backed CIA director George Tenet, who took the blame for a false claim on Iraq's alleged nuclear program included in the US president's State of the Union address in January. |
Fighter jet crash in Pakistan kills pilot MULTAN, Pakistan (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 A Pakistan Air Force Mirage fighter aircraft crashed Saturday, killing the pilot, an airforce spokesman said. Bush has "confidence" in CIA chief despite Iraq intelligence fault ABUJA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 George W. Bush said Saturday he had "confidence" in CIA director George Tenet, who took the blame for a false claim on Iraq's alleged nuclear program included in the US president's State of the Union address. UN calls for reforms at Afghan defense ministry ahead of disarmament KABUL (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The UN's special envoy to Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, Saturday called on the country's defense ministry to put in place reforms to restore ethnic and political balance within the ministry, ahead of undertaking a huge programme to disarm regional armies. CIA chief Tenet takes blame for Bush accusation on Iraqi nuclear weapons WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 President George W. Bush's administration was hoping Saturday that a CIA mea culpa would enable it to stamp out a smoldering scandal over questionable claims about Iraq's nuclear shopping in Africa. Britain to award BAE Systems multi-billion Hawk jet contract: paper LONDON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The British government will next week announce it is awarding a multi-billion-pound contract for 30 Hawk trainer jets to British aeronautics and defence company BAE Systems, the Guardian newspaper said on Saturday. Pentagon had no detailed plans for postwar Iraq: report WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 Pentagon planners failed to develop detailed plans for postwar Iraq because they were convinced Iraqis would welcome US troops and that a hand-picked exile leader would replace Saddam Hussein and impose order, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported Saturday. |
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