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President Bush celebrates the life of Bob Hope
 WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Bob Hope, who entertained US troops at war for over half a century, was eulogized by President George Bush Monday as "a good man" who made Americans laugh and lifted their spirits.

US applauds Arroyo after failed coup
 WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
The United States on Monday firmly endorsed Philippines President Gloria Arroyo, and applauded her handling of a failed military uprising over the weekend.

Second Liberian rebel group captures port of Buchanan
MONROVIA (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Rebels from the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) on Monday took control of Buchanan, Liberia's second largest port, sources said.

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Bush thanks Koizumi for help on Iraq
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
President George W. Bush thanked Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for his help in rebuilding Iraq and discussed the North Korean nuclear crisis, in a telephone call Monday, the White House said.

Koizumi, Bush discuss Iraq, NKorea and Japan's economy
TOKYO (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and US President George W. Bush discussed the reconstruction of Iraq and the North Korean nuclear crisis during a brief phone call Monday, reports said.

Inquiry into dead British arms expert to open Friday
LONDON (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
An independent judicial inquiry into the death of David Kelly, the man at the center of a furore over the way Britain went to war against Iraq, is to begin on Friday, the government announced Monday.

Global warming a weapon of mass destruction, scientist says
LONDON (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Human induced global climate change is a weapon of mass destruction at least as dangerous as nuclear, chemical or biological arms, a leading British climate scientist said Monday.

Ukraine's Kuchma approves military reform package
KIEV (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Monday approved a package of military reforms aimed at streamlining the ex-Soviet republic's underfunded and scandal-hit armed forces.

Turkish decision on Iraq troops will take several months: minister
ANKARA (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Turkey needs several months to decide whether to send troops to Iraq to help the United States restore order in the war-torn country, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Monday.

UN nuclear watchdog planning new Iran missions
VIENNA (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Monday it will next month send two new teams of specialists to Iran, suspected by the United States and its allies of developing nuclear weapons.

Diplomat Bolton says US wants broad participation on N Korea issue
BEIJING (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
Top US official John Bolton said Monday Washington supports Russia joining talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue and favors even broader participation, including by the five major nuclear powers.

UN Security Council's significance at risk if NKorea not taken up: US
BEIJING (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
US official John Bolton warned Monday the significance of the United Nations Security Council would be undermined if its members refused to take up the North Korean nuclear issue.

NZ PM dismisses Chirac praise of Pacific nuclear testing
AUCKLAND (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark sharply dismissed President Jacques Chirac's praise of the Pacific for allowing nuclear testing, saying it had been unsafe and unhealthy, it was reported Monday.

Missing Israeli soldier found dead in northern Israel
JERUSALEM (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
The body of a young Israeli soldier who went missing a week ago was found Monday buried in an olive grove in northern Israel, police said.

US military chief Myers in India for troops-for-Iraq talks
NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 28, 2003
The head of the US armed forces, General Richard Myers, arrived here Monday to press India to send troops to strife-torn Iraq and to pave the way for an Indo-US defence policy meeting, officials said.

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