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* US Marines fight Iraqi troops, tanks in battle on Tikrit’s southern outskirts
* Seven US soldiers found safe after their captors apparently fled
* Six US soldiers hurt in grenade attack south of Baghdad
* US tanks enter Kirkuk, reassuring Turkey Kurds will not run city; US says giant northern Kirkuk oilfield could resume production in “a few weeks”
* Bush again warns Syria not to harbour Iraqi leaders
* US - 115 killed, 5 missing
* Britain - 30 killed
* Iraqi military - More than 2,320, according to US military.
* Iraqi civilians (Iraqi estimates up to April 3) - 1,254 killed, 5,112 wounded
BAGHDAD
US troops set up round-the-clock patrols in some quarters to check lawlessness
Sporadic resistance from Saddam loyalists and non-Iraqi fighters; US troops take control of Mansur district
US commander Franks says US forces in Tikrit, armed men there tell al-Jazeera television tribal leaders are negotiating ceasefire with US forces
US tanks roll into Kirkuk, and the number of Kurdish “peshmerga” fighters appeared to drop significantly, allaying Turkish fears that Kurds will run the city.—Reuters
