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  • British forces celebrate a major land-grab

    IRAQ/Advance on Basra: "I'm too tired to be scared," Capt Tony Hulton said as he stepped on to the bridge crossing the Shatt-al-Basra that up until yesterday marked the limit of the British advance around Basra. Jack Fairweather reports from outside the city. p

  • US says civilian casualties will be minimised

    The alleged placing of military equipment and weapons in civilian areas of Baghdad by the Iraqi government was "a growing problem" for coalition forces, according to a senior US commander, writes Déaglan de Bréadún in Doha. p

  • Victims of 1995 Serb killing buried

    BOSNIA: Thousands of relatives of 8,000 Muslim men and boys slaughtered in Bosnia in 1995 gathered yesterday to bury 600 victims of the Srebrenica atrocity. p
War on Iraq

  • Family's memory of past colonial campaigns revived by invasion

    View from Baghdad: Lara Marlowe visits a Baghdad family, who despite being steeped in American culture, are hostile to the US-led invasion. p

  • UN agency seeks €1.9 billion to feed Iraq

    The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking $1.3 billion (€1.91 billion) for a "massive food operation" to avoid a catastrophe due to the war in Iraq, the WFP director, Mr James Morris, said yesterday. p

  • 'Tough days ahead for all sides' - US military

    There were "some very tough days ahead" for both sides in the Iraqi conflict, according to a spokesman for US Central Command (Centcom). Déaglan de Bréadún reports. p

  • Powell turns up the diplomatic heat on Syria, Iran

    The US Secretary of State, Mr Colin Powell, has warned Iran to cease trying to develop weapons of mass destruction, and both Iran and Syria to end their support for terrorism, writes Conor O'Clery , North America Editor. p

  • Baghdad pounded from the air as US forces push forward

    US forces attacked Republican Guard positions on the southern approaches to Baghdad yesterday and colossal air strikes pounded the city, ratcheting up the pressure on President Saddam Hussein. p

  • Prize-winning journalist sacked over interview

    Baghdad-based journalist Peter Arnett was yesterday fired by the two American news organisations he worked for, NBC News and National Geographic Explorer, after he gave an interview to state-run Iraqi television, writes Conor O'Clery , North America Editor. p

  • 'It's terrifying - there's just no way we can defend ourselves'

    Northern Iraq: Five young defectors from Saddam Hussein's conscript army said they had abandoned their posts on the northern front lines to flee to the peace and safety of the liberated north because they could no longer stand the terror inflicted by a fierce US bombing campaign, writes Lynne O'Donnell . p

  • Documents dispute may delay Shannon issue

    A dispute over discovery of documents relating to the use of Shannon Airport by US military aircraft en route to the war in Iraq has cast doubt on whether a High Court challenge will proceed this week to the Government's permitting such use of the airport. p

  • ICRC begins visits to Iraqi POWs

    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday it had started visiting Iraqi prisoners of war held by US-led forces at a camp near the southern Iraqi town of Umm Qasr. p

  • Irish writers compile anthology

    Some 51 Irish writers opposed to the war on Iraq have contributed works to an anthology that will help fund the Irish Anti-War Movement, reports Nuala Haughey . p

  • WarBriefing Day Twelve

    Syria watch: News from Damascus p
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  • SARS infections trigger fears virus may be airborne

    HONG KONG: More than 100 people in one Hong Kong apartment block were suspected to have been infected by a deadly pneumonia virus, officials said yesterday, triggering fears that the killer disease was being spread through air or water. p

  • War crimes court jails two Bosnian Croat warlords

    THE HAGUE: Two of Bosnia's most notorious warlords were yesterday jailed for up to 20 years by the UN war crimes court following one of its longest trials. p

  • EU takes over security role in Macedonia

    MACEDONIA: The European Union has launched its first military operation in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. p

  • Small states seek common strategy on EU's future

    EUROPEAN DIARY : Over dinner in Luxembourg this evening, the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the leaders of six other small European states will turn their minds away from the conflict in Iraq and towards the debate over Europe's future. p
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