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March 27, 2003 Thursday Muharram 23, 1424 US admits heavy losses in battle for bridge: Supply convoy attacked NEAR NAJAF, March 26: US troops fought a fierce battle with Iraqi forces near Najaf on Wednesday for control of a bridge over the Euphrates river, a US military spokesman monitoring... Israeli army kills five Palestinians AL QUDS, March 26: Israel has passed sweeping budget cuts to try to whip its ailing economy back into shape, while in the territories a lull in violence since the launch... Truce calls will be ignored: Powell DOHA, March 26: The United States will not listen to calls for a ceasefire in its war with Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview with the Al... US action doomed to failure: Russia MOSCOW, March 26: Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov warned on Wednesday that the US-led war in Iraq was doomed to fail as Moscow stepped up criticism of the week-old conflict while... Arson attack on mosque at Nancy PARIS, March 26: The Rahma mosque, in the French industrial city of Nancy on the border with Germany, was reportedly set on fire and partially destroyed on Wednesday early morning.... Ties with US may be damaged, say Saudis RIYADH, March 26: Saudi Arabia warned on Wednesday that its long-standing alliance with the United States may be damaged if the US-led war against Iraq drags on or turns into a... Guerilla tactics irritate US army AS-SALIYAH, Qatar, March 26: A senior US commander voiced exasperation here Wednesday with the guerilla warfare tactics practised thus far by Iraqi forces against invading US and British troops and accused... China says 34 died of pneumonia BEIJING, March 26: China said on Wednesday that 34 people had died of atypical pneumonia, suggesting the outbreak of the disease may be far more widespread than claimed previously.... Attack on TV station termed war crime BRUSSELS, March 26: The head of the world’s biggest journalists’ organization and the Amnesty International said on Wednesday a US bomb and missile attack on Iraqi television was an attempt at... Peace observers speak of confusion in Baghdad LONDON, March 26: As US and British forces bear down on Baghdad, international peace observers report that far from “shock and awe”, Iraqi civilians feel bewildered and confused.... No French toast MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE (USA), March 26: On US President George Bush’s Air Force One flight to Florida on Wednesday it was au revoir French toast, hello “Freedom toast”.... Message from Iraqis: go home & leave us alone LONDON: It is now a week since the British and US governments launched an unprecedented military invasion of my country of birth, its people, land, towns and cities. This attack was... UK, US at odds over UN role in rebuilding LONDON: The British government, which is struggling to win US support for two new UN resolutions on humanitarian aid and the reconstruction of Iraq, is frustrated at being forced to negotiate... Way to Baghdad getting tougher WASHINGTON: “They will be greeted with sweets and flowers,” Kanan Makiya, a leader of the Iraqi National Congress (INC), the predominantly exile opposition group favoured by Pentagon hawks, confidently told journalists... BD’s family planning focuses on men DHAKA: Bangladesh is furiously drawing up plans to redeploy family planning workers at the field level in an effort to get crucial demographic numbers swinging downwards once again.... Turkey-US ties become war casualty CIZRE (Turkey): For more than 50 years, Turkey has been one of the United States’ staunchest allies, but that alliance is in increasing danger of becoming one of the casualties of... Weather now a military secret WASHINGTON: While a severe sandstorm that hampered US-led troops in Iraq was a big media topic on Tuesday, the US military agency that could intelligently talk about the weather was tight-lipped:... Shias distrust US motives despite fear of Saddam LONDON/TEHRAN: It has been a central assumption of American and British plans that war against Saddam Hussein would eventually trigger an uprising of the country’s Shias. On Tuesday, six days into...

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