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Obasanjo on Top in Nigerian Poll
ABUJA (AFP) - President Olusegun Obasanjo's ruling party was heading for victory in Nigerian parliamentary elections, just four days before a presidential poll that will test his country's democracy. With more than two-thirds of constituencies declared, Obasanjo's People's Democratic Party (PDP) had more than 50 percent of the vote and 135 of the 234.. More -
Another Iraqi General Surrenders to Coalition Forces as Le Monde Reports Deal Between Commander of R. Guard & Invaders
The commander of Iraqi Anbar sector Command has surrendered to US Forces in the Western Iraqi desert as the Parisian daily Le Monde reported today that Maher Sufyan, Commander of the Republican Guard reached an agreement with American forces in which he ordered his forces to surrender in exchange for his transfer via an American Apache helicopter to.. More -
Protests Greet U.S. Talks on Future with Iraqis
The United States launches talks with divided and distrustful Iraqis on Tuesday on how to rule the country now that Saddam Hussein has gone, but anti-U.S. protests erupted even before they began. As participants gathered at a U.S. air base near the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, skepticism ran deep among groups united by little other than delight.. More -
Six Die in Israeli-Palestinian Violence
Three Palestinian resistance men , an Israeli officer and two Israeli civilians were killed on Tuesday in bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that included shootouts at a border freight terminal and an activist hideout. The surge in violence cast a new shadow on U.S. efforts to press ahead with a peacemaking "road map" that calls for end to.. More -
US Forces Seize Saddam's Last Power Base as War Nears End
US tanks and troops seized Saddam Hussein's last power base of Tikrit, signaling the war is nearing its end as the focus begins to switch to rebuilding Iraq and installing a new leadership after 24 years of Baath Party rule. US commanders indicated that the seizure of Tikrit, the last Iraqi city still outside coalition control, likely marked the final.. More -
US Warns Syria of Possible Sanctions
The United States warned Syria to turn away fleeing supporters of Saddam Hussein, shun weapons of mass destruction, and sever ties to terrorism, or face economic and diplomatic sanctions. Top aides to US President George W. Bush stopped well short of threatening military action against Syria, but said all options remained on the table and warned Damascus.. More -
Power Struggle in Palestinian Cabinet, as Israel Sets Sights on Syria
Reformist Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas has run into trouble forming a new cabinet after three ministers loyal to Yasser Arafat refused to sign up, sparking a power struggle, which could delay key reforms. Israel, meanwhile, stepped up its war of words with Syria on Monday, warning Damascus that its belligerent attitude toward the Jewish state.. More -
Tikrit Under US Control; 2000 Policemen Return to Work in Baghdad
U.S. Marines backed by tanks seized control of the heart of Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit on Monday after an intense firefight with diehard loyalists, television pictures showed. Al-Jazeera television broadcast live pictures of Marines walking through Tikrit as tanks took up position in a central square. "The town is completely closed, nobody is.. More -
US Says Syrians Fighting in Baghdad, Allowing Iraqis to Escape
The United States has stepped up its criticism of Syria, accusing Damascus of having chemical weapons and allowing senior Iraqi leaders to escape through its territory.Syrian nationals battled US invasion troops in Baghdad after entering Iraq by the busload, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday. Many Syrian nationals were killed in fighting.. More -
Israel Raises Demands on Syria Over Hizbollah
Israel added to U.S. pressure on Syria to change its ways on Monday, publicizing a list of demands that included the removal of Syrian-backed Hizbollah guerrillas from southern Lebanon. "We have a long list of issues that we are thinking of demanding of the Syrians, and it is proper that it should be done through the Americans," Defense Minister Shaul.. More -
U.S., Saddam Loyalists Clash in Tikrit
U.S. Marine patrols made rapid incursions into Saddam Hussein's hometown Sunday and clashed with its scattered defenders, using air strikes and artillery in a bid to overwhelm any plans for a furious last stand at the Iraqi leader's power base. U.S. forces suspected about 2,500 die-hards of the Republican Guard and the paramilitary Fedayeen - and possibly.. More -
At Least Four US Soldiers Wounded South of Baghdad; Rumsfeld Insists Syria Harboring Escaped Iraqi Leaders
At least four U.S. soldiers were wounded on Sunday when they came under sniper and rocket-propelled grenade fire south of Baghdad while clearing an Iraqi arms dump, senior officers told Reuters. "There was an explosion and then they came under direct fire," one said, adding that the incident occurred while soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division were.. More -
Saddam's Half Brother in U.S. Custody After Capture
Saddam Hussein's half brother, one of 55 people on a U.S. most-wanted list, has been captured in Iraq near the Syrian border and is in U.S. custody, officials said on Sunday. Watban, Saddam's half brother from his mother's second marriage, was a presidential adviser. But U.S. officials said he was not close to the Iraqi leader, whose government has.. More -
U.S. Marines Move Into Saddam's Hometown
The commander of coalition forces in Iraq said U.S. invasin troops pushed into Tikrit on Sunday, a power center for Iraq's Sunni Muslim tribes that is believed to be one of the last strongholds of fighters loyal to President Saddam Hussein . Gen. Tommy Franks told CNN that U.S. Marines had met no resistance as they entered Tikrit. He did not indicate.. More -
Seven Missing U.S. Troops Found Healthy
U.S. Marines have found seven missing U.S. troops on the road between Baghdad and Tikrit, and they appear to be healthy, Gen. Tommy Franks said Sunday. An Iraqi tipped off the Marines who were near Samarra and were closing in on Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein , that they would shortly "come in contact with a number of Americans," Franks told.. More
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