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  • Hijacker of Cuban plane taken into US custody

    US: A Cuban passenger aircraft hijacked by a man who threatened to explode a hand grenade landed safely in Florida yesterday, and the suspected hijacker was taken into police custody, US authorities said. p
War on Iraq

  • Bush team split over what to do when war is over

    POST-WAR PLAN: Conor O'Clery , North America Editor, reports on the bitter battle now raging behind the scenes p

  • 33 civilians die in Babylon bombing

    Reporters with the Reuters and AP news agencies filmed evidence of the slaughter of up to 33 Iraqi civilians in a US bombardment yesterday in Babylon province, 80 miles south of Baghdad, as US forces stepped up preparations for an attack on the capital. Lara Marlowe reports from Baghdad p

  • Warning was not enough to save lives

    EYEWITNESS: How did US troops end up killing 10 civilians, including five children, at an intersection near Karbala? William Branigan describes what happened p

  • Civilian deaths 'unavoidable' - general

    Civilian deaths were regrettable but unavoidable in war, a senior US commander has told journalists, a day after US troops killed at least seven women and children in a van at a military checkpoint near the Iraqi city of Najaf. Deaglán de Bréadún in Doha p

  • Kurds blase as Iraqi missiles drop from sky

    Missiles that landed in the mountains of northern Iraq in the early hours of Monday morning are being characterised by authorities in the region as unguided weapons, to be expected in wartime. Lynne O'Donnell in Kore p

  • UK plan for Iraq at odds with US aims

    Britain has been working on a plan to bring together Iraq's diverse groups at a conference to form a post-war administration in Baghdad, it emerged yesterday. p

  • Forces gain 'stranglehold' around Basra

    As the war in Iraq approaches its second week, British forces have gained a decisive "stranglehold" around Basra while leaving an avenue of escape for the thousands of militia and Iraqi armed forces. Jack Fairweather outside Basra p

  • Relative quiet as Palestinians look to Iraq

    Since the US war on Iraq began nearly two weeks ago, the West Bank and Gaza have gone relatively quiet. In an attempt to relieve tension, Israel has eased the closure and siege of Palestinian cities and towns in the West Bank but kept up military pressure on Palestinian militants in Gaza. p

  • School students launch anti-war group

    Chanting slogans against "Bush and Bertie" with equal vigour, a group of teenagers launched a new wing of the anti-war movement in Dublin yesterday. p

  • Checkpoint rules, learned in NI

    The killing by US soldiers of civilians at a checkpoint in Iraq has prompted comparisons with how British soldiers trained in Northern Ireland would handle such situations. p

  • WarBriefing

    DAY THIRTEEN: At a glance p
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