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March 29, 2003 Saturday Muharram 25, 1424 Blair fails to convince US on UN role LONDON, March 28: British Prime Minister Tony Blair returned on Friday from a trip to the United States having failed to convince US President George W. Bush the United Nations should... US bombing kills 75, injures 290 BAGHDAD, March 28: Iraq said on Friday it was fighting back an invasion by US-led “sheep”, whose bombing had killed 75 civilians and wounded 290 the previous day.... Quarantine, health checks as killer virus spreads HONG KONG, March 28: Asian governments quarantined more people and beefed up health checks on Friday as they battled to contain a deadly and highly contagious pneumonia virus that has killed... FBI plans to better ties with Arabs WASHINGTON, March 28: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Friday it is establishing an Arab American advisory committee to improve relations with the Arab community. A prominent Arab activist... Saddam ready to die: ex-general NEW DELHI, March 28: A retired Indian lieutenant general who once trained Iraq’s army and says he was given a gold watch by Saddam Hussein said on Friday the Iraqi leader... Saudi envoy found dead in I. Coast ABIDJAN, March 28: Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Ivory Coast, Mohamed Ahmed Rachid, was found dead on Friday in suspicious circumstances in Abidjan, but Riyadh said he died of natural causes.... Bombs can’t bust Saddam bunker, says builder BERLIN, March 28: The German architect of one of Saddam Hussein’s main bunkers in Baghdad said on Friday the Iraqi leader can survive anything short of a direct hit with a... NY bridge closed after terror alert NEW YORK, March 28: Amid war and terrorism fears, Police in New York closed down Williamsburg bridge connecting Manhattan to the borough of Brooklyn for hours and arrested three men caught... Christian groups to preach in Iraq SAN FRANCISCO, March 28: Two leading American Christian missionary organizations have announced that their workers are ready to enter Iraq to “address the physical and spiritual needs of a large Muslim... US lacks force for Baghdad street fight: official LONDON, March 28: US-led forces in Iraq can encircle the capital in days but lack the “overwhelming force” needed to wage warfare in the streets of Baghdad, a British defence source... Turkmenistan, Iran to start demarcation ASHKHABAD, March 28: Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to start work on charting their common border in the resource-rich Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan’s leading state-run newspaper reported on Friday.... Jackson calls for sanity UNITED NATIONS, March 28: Calling for sanity and a quick end to the US-led invasion of Iraq, US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson on Thursday urged the United States, Britain and... Bodies of 18 troops arrive in Germany RAMSTEIN (Germany), March 28: Eighteen US soldiers killed in the war on Iraq have been flown via the US military base at Ramstein, western Germany, back to the United States, a... Coke boycott in Russia MOSCOW, March 28: A fast-food chain in the Siberian city of Kemerovo has called a boycott on Coca Cola drinks and other US products in protest at the US-led invasion of... Iraqis’ harassing tactics surprise allies WASHINGTON: Relying on harassing tactics never exhibited during the 1991 Gulf War, the Iraqi military has inflicted heavy damage this week on two of the US Army’s most fiercesome weapons, the... Shock & awe with precision lying LONDON: Our military people haven’t been telling us the truth, have they? Every day they tell us stuff — either directly, through press conferences and statements, or through private briefings with... Unity over conduct of war shattered WASHINGTON/LONDON: As American and British troops ran into apparently unexpected levels of resistance from irregular forces in Iraq, there were signs on Thursday of growing divisions within the US government over... Israel angry at Blair’s insistence on ME peace TEL AVIV: Israel protested to Tony Blair on Thursday at what it called his “worrying and outrageous” comments linking the war in Iraq to a settlement of the Palestinian conflict, and... China ‘snubs’ North Korea BEIJING: For three consecutive days in recent weeks, something remarkable happened to the oil pipeline running through northeast China to North Korea — the oil stopped flowing, according to diplomatic sources,... Russia not to get even a crumb, says official MOSCOW: Russia can forget about its oil interests in Iraq, as Washington and London will cut Moscow out of any postwar carve-up of the world’s second largest crude reserves, a Russian...

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