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  • Iraqis to parade in Dublin

    Iraqi exiles in Ireland are to parade through Dublin today to thank the US and British governments for overthrowing Saddam Hussein's regime. p
Fall of Baghdad

  • A triumph for US military strategists

    Baghdad has now been added to that list of locations that Centcom considers liberated from the Iraqi regime, writes Dr Tom Clonan p

  • Coalition forces step up pressure in the north

    Coalition forces moved within 15 km of the northern city of Mosul yesterday amid signs that the Iraqi military's northern front lines are beginning to crumble and that the US is preparing for a big ground offensive, writes Michael Howard , in Harir, northern Iraq p

  • Blair shares in Iraqis' sense of 'liberation'

    Despite his caution over continuing warfare Mr Tony Blair last night allowed himself to share in the joy of Iraqi citizens celebrating their promised "liberation" on the streets of Baghdad, writes Frank Millar , London Editor p

  • Ruthless, relentless air power of US far superior to antiquated Iraqi artillery

    While pockets of resistance remain, the war for control of Iraq is effectively over. The fall of the dictatorship has been marked in the time-honoured manner by the pulling down of his statue, in line with the precedents established in the old days of the Soviet bloc, writes Deaglán de Bréadún, in Doha p

  • Whereabouts of Saddam remains a mystery

    British and US special forces were combing Baghdad for members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle yesterday with signs that crucial informants were surfacing, according to those familiar with the operation, write Oliver Burkeman , in Washington and Richard Norton-Taylor , in London. p

  • Time to turn back on the lights and power in Basra

    The gaggle of Iraqi men who are directors and sub-directors of Basra's main power station eyed the US intelligence officer cautiously, writes Jack Fairweather , in Basra p

  • Kurdish areas are overcome by joy and relief

    Relief, joy and hope swept across northern Iraq yesterday as reports that Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator, was no longer in control of the country brought people rushing into the streets to celebrate their new freedom and reclaim the green, white and red flag of a united nation. p

  • Moscow faces US challenge over oil interests

    Russian reaction: Having lost the fight to stop US-led forces going to war against Baghdad, Russia now faces a rematch with Washington over its business interests in Iraq, while fending off allegations of both harbouring Saddam Hussein and trying to seize his secret archives, writes Dan McLaughlin . p

  • Ahern briefs Annan on Hillsborough talks

    UN role in Iraq: UN Secretary General Mr Kofi Annan received his first personal briefing following the Hillsborough meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair from the Taoiseach yesterday evening, writes Sorcha Crowley , in Dublin p

  • Instruments of Iraqi torture are uncovered

    Ali Khadim must have a very good interview technique.A handwritten note on the cover of an Iraqi Security Organisation file read, "After a week of interrogation we recommend Ali Khadim for the job." p

  • Blair resists all temptations to triumphalism

    There was a certain mood for celebration in the House of Commons yesterday. But if Tony Blair sensed the moment of his vindication close at hand he wasn't showing it. p

  • France urges key role for UN

    European reaction: European politicians have reacted to the fall of Baghdad with renewed calls for a central role for the UN in the post-war reconstruction of Iraq The French Foreign Minister, Mr Dominique de Villepin, said that the EU was united in its view that the international community must have a central role in post-war Iraq, writes Denis Staunton , in Brussels p

  • 'The price the Iraqis paid is too high'

    Arab reaction: While crowds in Baghdad celebrated the demise of the Iraqi regime, there was no jubilation on the streets of countries neighbouring Iraq yesterday. A university professor in the Jordanian capital explained. p

  • Berlin's role in postwar scenario unclear

    German reaction: Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has greeted the end of the fall of Baghdad, remarking that each day of war less the better, writes Derek Scally in Berlin p

  • A regime change with potentially enormous consequences

    With American forces moving inexorably and almost unopposed towards the complete takeover of Baghdad, with officials of the Iraqi government disappearing, with Saddam Hussein reported to be either dead or in flight, and - most spectacularly - with the city's Shi'ite inhabitants at last furnishing the Anglo-American "liberators" with the enthusiastic greeting, the flowers and rice, they have long awaited, the detested, 35-year-long Baathist tyranny is clearly at its last gasp. p

  • WarBriefing Day 21

    After just three weeks, Baghdad is taken by coalition forces. Residents flood onto the streets welcoming the troops and looting. p
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  • Israel kills four more Palestinians

    Middle East: Four more Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip yesterday as thousands called for revenge at the funerals of seven Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles on Tuesday. p

  • N Korea reassured by US on nuclear arms crisis

    North Korea: Washington reassured a nervous North Korea yesterday that it sought a peaceful solution to the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and offered a possible way forward, saying that diplomatic efforts to resolve it could proceed on several tracks. p

  • Medic alleges SARS cover-up

    China: A prominent Beijing-based surgeon has accused the Chinese government of concealing the full extent of a deadly SARS outbreak. Beijing has had several more deaths and five times as many cases of infection as publicly reported, he claimed yesterday. p

  • Harsh military rule fails to break a resilient people

    Myanmar: Of all the countries in South-East Asia, Burma - or Myanmar, as it is now officially called - is the one over which the thickest fog of misinformation hovers. p

  • EU Parliament votes to admit 10 countries

    The European Parliament has approved the admission of 10 new member-states into the EU next year. The parliament's overwhelming vote in favour of enlargement, in 10 separate votes, removes one of the last hurdles in the way of the EU's expansion into central and eastern Europe. p
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