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Israel DM warns over Iran fusing long-range missiles with nuclear capability
JERUSALEM (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz warned Monday of the danger of Iran integrating its newly developed long-range missile technology with the nuclear capability which Israel charges it is developing.

Former US POW Jessica Lynch prepares to go home
 WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
US Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch, the country's most famous former prisioner of war, is due to be released from the hospital and travel home on Tuesday, officials from her home state said Monday.

Key players in row over death of British arms expert
LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
Here are the main players in the row over a British government dossier on Iraq, a controversy that led to the shock death of an arms expert.

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British PM feels the heat after death of Iraq weapons expert
LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
Britain's Tony Blair came under growing pressure Monday over his handling of the Iraq weapons dossier as a poll showed a sharp drop in popular support for the prime minister following the apparent suicide of an arms expert caught up in the controversy.

The BBC: annoying British governments for decades
LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
For all its carefully-won reputation around the world as a model of probity and fairness, over the decades the BBC has managed to annoy British governments of pretty much every political persuasion.

Egypt hears echoes of 1956 Suez Crisis in Blair's Iraq war
CAIRO (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces the same fate over the war in Iraq as his predecessor Anthony Eden, who resigned over the 1956 Suez Crisis, an Egyptian government daily predicted.

British judge pledges rapid probe into death of Iraq expert
LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
The British judge heading the inquiry into the death of an arms expert at the centre of a row over intelligence used to justify the war on Iraq pledged Monday to carry out the probe as a matter of urgency.

British PM feels the heat in Iraq dossier row
LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has suffered huge political damage from the apparent suicide of an arms expert caught in a row over whether Britain was justified in invading Iraq, a poll said Monday.

Blair vows to "cooperate fully" with Kelly inquiry
BEIJING (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair promised Monday to "cooperate fully" with a judicial investigation into the suicide of a former UN arms inspector at the center of allegations that Downing Street exaggerated the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

US, South Korea to launch massive war game next month
SEOUL (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
US and South Korean military authorities said Monday they would launch a massive war game aimed at deterring North Korea's threats in the region next month.

Iran denies new missile is regional threat
TEHRAN (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
Iran denied Monday that its new ballistic missile that brings Israel within range of the Islamic republic is a threat to the region.

British FM Straw tight-lipped over Iraq weapons expert's death
BRUSSELS (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
British Foreign Minister Jack Straw was tight-lipped on Monday about the crisis surrounding the death of a government arms expert caught up in a row over whether Britain was justified in taking part in the US-led invasion of Iraq.

British prime minister counts cost of Iraq dossier controversy
LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has suffered huge political damage as a result of the death of an arms expert at the centre of a row over whether the government "sexed up" evidence on Iraq, a poll said Monday.

Nearly 30 US bombs discovered on Vietnam sea bed
HANOI (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
Fishermen in Vietnam have discovered a stash of Vietnam War-era unexploded bombs lying on the seabed off the central coastal province of Quang Ngai, military officials said Monday.

Solomons intervention force vanguard sets off on peacekeeping mission
SYDNEY (AFP) Jul 21, 2003
A warship carrying the first contingent of an Australian-led taskforce aiming to restore order in the Solomon Islands set off for the troubled Pacific state Monday.

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