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Majority of Britons "unhappy" with Blair: poll LONDON (AFP) Jul 22, 2003 Fifty-four percent of British voters are unhappy with the performance of Britain's embattled Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to an opinion poll published Tuesday. Former US POW Jessica Lynch prepares to go home WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 22, 2003 US Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch, the country's most famous former prisoner of war from the Iraq conflict, was decorated for her conduct Monday, on the eve of her return home to West Virginia, hospital officials said. Pentagon orders 4,500 US soldiers to prepare for possible Liberia duty WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003 With rebels forces on the verge of taking Monrovia in defiance of Washington and the United Nations, the Pentagon said Monday it has ordered 4,500 US troops to prepare for possible deployment in Liberia. |
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British officer dies of natural causes in Iraq LONDON (AFP) Jul 21, 2003 A British armed forces officer has died in southern Iraq after collapsing during a physical training session, a Ministry of Defence spokesman announced on Monday. 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. 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. 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. |
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