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US plane comes under missile fire at Baghdad airport BAGHDAD (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 A US C-130 military transport plane came under fire from a surface-to-air missile as it landed at Baghdad's airport Wednesday morning, a military spokesperson said. British schoolgirl reunited with parents, US marine arrested in Germany LONDON (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 British 12-year-old schoolgirl Shevaun Pennington was Wednesday safely returned to her parents five days after running away to Paris with a former US marine she met over the Internet. Former Ivory Coast belligerents hold landmark meeting in rebel capital BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 Ivory Coast's political parties and former insurgents Wednesday began a landmark meeting in the rebel capital of Bouake to review the implementation of a French-brokered peace deal that ended a ruinous civil war. |
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White House insists Iraq threat was "compelling" WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 The White House on Wednesday counterattacked critics who alleged that it inflated the threat posed by Iraq, calling its case for war "very compelling and solid." German police confirm former US marine's arrest WIESBADEN, Germany (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 German police confirmed Wednesday that the former US marine who vanished five days ago with a 12-year-old British schoolgirl is in their custody, a federal crime office (BKA) spokesman said. Robertson says NATO in Afghanistan for the long haul BRUSSELS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 NATO chief George Robertson said Wednesday that the alliance intends to stay in Afghanistan for as long as it takes to restore peace and security. Australian PM Howard says Iraqi weapons will be found TOKYO (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 Australian Prime Minister John Howard reiterated during a visit to Japan Wednesday his support for the US-led war on Iraq, despite allegations the campaign was based on dubious intelligence claims. Blair defends Britain's claims over Iraq and Niger uranium LONDON (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended Wednesday British claims that Saddam Hussein had tried to get uranium from the African state of Niger in the late 1990s. Robertson says no plans for major NATO role in Iraq BRUSSELS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 NATO chief George Robertson said Wednesday the alliance has no plans for a greater role in postwar Iraq, where mounting US casualties at the hands of Iraqi guerrillas has prompted calls for the deployment of a NATO force. |
US occupation in Iraq must end: Kerry WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 US Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry called for an end to the US occupation of Iraq Wednesday and criticized the administration's use of now discredited intelligence as a basis for launching the war. US marine who ran off with British schoolgirl arrested in Germany: police LONDON (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 The former US marine who disappeared five days ago with a 12-year-old British schoolgirl he met on the Internet has been arrested in Germany, British police said Wednesday. No talks with Chechen rebels: Russian defense minister MOSCOW (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 The Russian government will not hold peace talks with the leadership that commands some 1,300 separatist rebels fighting a bloody war in breakaway Chechnya, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday. French, British police meet in Paris; no new info on missing girl, ex-Marine PARIS (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 British police met with their French counterparts on Wednesday in Paris to discuss the case of a 12-year-old British girl who ran off with a former US marine, but they have no new leads, police sources said. More than 300 intelligence officers killed in Chechen war: official MOSCOW (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 More than 300 Russian military intelligence officers have died in Chechnya since war broke out with separatist rebels in October 1999, the department's chief said in an interview published Wednesday. Singaporean air force trainees injured in Australian chopper crash BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) Jul 16, 2003 Two Singaporean Air Force trainees were injured when their helicopter crashed during training exercises in the Australian state of Queensland, officals said Wednesday. |
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