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India not to send troops to Iraq, ready to offer civilian aid NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 The Indian government announced Monday it will not send troops to Iraq to join a stabilisation force, ending months of dithering on the politically explosive issue. Niger uranium claim came from third country: Britain LONDON (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Britain cannot tell the United States how it knew that Iraq tried to get uranium from Niger because the information originated from a third country, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday, without identifying the country. Cambodian politicians urge World Bank to speak out on demobilisation PHNOM PENH (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Cambodian politicians have urged the World Bank to release information regarding its funding of the demobilisation of 30,000 soldiers, officials said Monday. |
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BAE Systems cannot build aircraft carriers to budget: report LONDON (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Defence company BAE Systems has warned the British government that it cannot build two new aircraft carriers to budget based on the current designs, the Financial Times reported on Monday. Tensions flare in Baghdad as Saddam's soldiers demand promised back-pay BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Soldiers of toppled president Saddam Hussein's armed forces faced off in tense protests Monday with US troops as they demanded payment of their first salaries in four months. France calls for resumption of UN arms inspections in Iraq PARIS (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 France's defence minister on Monday called for the resumption of United Nations weapons inspections in Iraq, saying it was the only way to remove continuing doubts about the existence or not of weapons of mass destruction in the country. N.Korean group slams Japanese lawmaker's provocative remarks TOKYO (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 A group of pro-Pyongyang ethnic Korean residents in Japan on Monday denounced provocative remarks by a Japanese ruling-party lawmaker, saying they showed militarism is rooted deeply in Japan's political circles. India decides not to send troops to Iraq NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 The Indian government on Monday decided not to send troops to Iraq to join a stabilisation force in the war-wrecked nation, ending months of dithering on the politically-explosive issue, officials said. Singapore, US navies conduct joint nine-day exercise SINGAPORE (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Singapore and the United States began a nine-day annual military exercise on Monday involving more than 1,500 personnel, the two countries said in a joint statement. |
Two-thirds of British feel Blair misled them over Iraq war: poll LONDON (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Two thirds of British voters feel Prime Minister Tony Blair misled them over the case for launching a war in Iraq, according to a poll in the Daily Mirror newspaper Monday. Top officials of Taiwan's military research body jailed for corruption TAIPEI (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Four top officials from an arms research unit have been jailed for corruption, a Taiwanese court martial said Monday. Indian security cabinet to meet to decide on sending troops to Iraq NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 India's security cabinet was to meet here Monday to discuss sending troops to Iraq as part of a US-led stabilisation force, amid media speculation that New Delhi will stall for time by seeking more "clarifications" on the issue. 26 injured by explosions at military arsenal in Russia's far east VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Twenty-six people were injured when a series of explosions which ripped through the naval arsenal near Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok, medical officials said Monday. Australian frigate leaves for six months' duty in the Gulf SYDNEY (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Guided missile frigate HMAS Newcastle left Sydney on Monday for a six-month tour of duty policing the Persian Gulf and supporting the reconstruction of Iraq, navy officials said. Two-thirds of British feel Blair nisled them over Iraq war LONDON (AFP) Jul 14, 2003 Two thirds of British voters feel Prime Minister Tony Blair misled them over the case for launching a war in Iraq, according to a poll in the Daily Mirror newspaper Monday. |
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