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  • Rift between Kurds may be exploited by Turkey

    Northern Iraq appears to be entering a delicate and potentially dangerous phase as tension between rival Kurdish groups intensify following a rebel operation which is pushing Iraqi forces back from their front lines and towards the strategic oil-producing city of Kirkuk. p
War on Iraq

  • Iraqi fighters 'wearing plain clothes in Basra'

    Iraqi paramilitaries loyal to President Saddam Hussein had been passing themselves off as civilians in the southern city of Basra and were liable to attack by allied forces, according to a US military spokesman. p

  • A Baath valentine for Saddam

    Southern Iraq: British troops in southern Iraq are finding that all is not as it seems on the surface. Jack Fairweather reports from az Zubayr p

  • Large crowd expected at anti-war rally in Dublin

    Anti-war campaigners expect a turnout of more than 20,000 people in a mass demonstration in Dublin today. p

  • A different perspective from non-Western media

    The following are some examples of how the war is being portrayed by Arab or non-Western media outlets p

  • US troops in battle with 1,500 Iraqis near Najaf

    US troops used tanks, artillery and helicopters in a battle with an Iraqi force of about 1,500 men overnight near the town of Najaf in central Iraq, military sources confirmed yesterday. p

  • Islamic extremist groups under US bombardment

    The US is stepping up bombardment of Ansar al-Islam, alleged allies of al-Qaeda, Lynne O'Donnell reports from Khalifan p

  • Iraqi army fires on civilians fleeing Basra

    The Iraqi army for the second time this week turned its guns on its own people as the regime in Basra tried to stop thousands of citizens from fleeing the city. p

  • Activists protest at attention of gardai

    Peace activists based at Shannon are to shut down their "peace house" in response to contining monitoring of their activities by gardaí. The activists have used this as a base since last January to record US military flights in and out of Shannon. p

  • Britain and France agree on UN aid resolution

    Britain and France temporarily set aside their differences yesterday to support a fresh United Nations Security Council resolution that will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Iraq. p

  • UN says medical facilities targeted

    The spokesman of the Office for the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Mr David Wimhurst, announced at a press briefing yesterday that two medical facilities have been targeted: one a clinic at the Shia Muslim holy city of Najaf, where the ambulance was also hit and the driver killed, and the other a hospital at Nassiriya which was partially damaged. p

  • Rumsfeld warns Syria over alleged supply line to Iraq

    In a sharp escalation of tensions in the region bordering Iraq, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday accused Syria of sending military equipment to Iraqi forces and warned Damascus: "We consider such trafficking as hostile acts and will hold the Syrian government accountable for such shipments." p

  • A fine day to let off steam, until the police arrive with their batons

    It is a fine day for a demo. Gone is the snow and rain of two days ago. The sun stands high in the blue sky. All the roads to the Hussein mosque in central Amman are blocked by police. p

  • Supply vessel docks with first cargo of relief

    Flanked by patrol boats and assault helicopters, the British supply ship, Sir Galahad , docked at the hard-won port of Umm Qasr yesterday, loaded with the first military shipment of relief aid for Iraqi civilians. p

  • More in UK back war in spite of slowdown

    There is growing British support for the war in Iraq despite Mr Tony Blair's renewed warnings of "tough and difficult moments" to come ahead of victory. p

  • Bombs enrage worshippers

    Defiant residents of Baghdad converged on mosques for prayers yesterday, enraged rather than cowed by US bombs. p

  • Palestinians march for Iraq

    In some of the biggest pro-Saddam marches held in Palestinian areas, tens of thousands of demonstrators yesterday burned flags and effigies of American, British and Israeli leaders, urged suicide bombings against American targets, and called on the Iraqi leader to launch missile attacks on Israel. p

  • Echoes of Vietnam as the war debate divides Americans

    Mood in the US: If patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel - a cynical Old European dictum that few Americans of any political stripe would accept - then Bolinas is the last refuge of the 1960s. p

  • WarBriefing Day Nine:

    1 BAGHDAD. Iraq says more than 50 people are killed in rocket attacks. Many of the casualties are said to be civilians after marketplace is reportedly hit. City comes under bombardment for much of the day. Raids are sustained well into the night p
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  • Lukewarm response to British asylum plan at EU

    A controversial British proposal to hold asylum-seekers in detention centres outside EU borders received a lukewarm reaction at an EU ministers' meeting in Greece yesterday. p

  • Governments in Asia quarantine more people

    ASIA: Asian governments quarantined more people and increased health checks yesterday as they attempted to contain a deadly and highly contagious pneumonia virus that has killed 54 people worldwide and infected around 1,500. p

  • Body of Serbian ex-president found

    SERBIA: Serbian police said yesterday they had found the remains of President Ivan Stambolic, and that he was executed by special police shortly before the ousting of his ally-turned-foe, Mr Slobodan Milosevic. p

  • Japan's launch of spy satellites 'hostile act'

    JAPAN: A rocket carrying Japan's first two spy satellites blasted off yesterday in an intelligence-gathering effort which some fear could prompt neighbouring North Korea to test-fire a ballistic missile. p

  • Former Soham PC jailed over child porn

    BRITAIN: A former police constable who worked on the investigation into the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman was yesterday given a six-month jail term after admitting child pornography offences. p
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