"In an unprecedented move, Palestinian police in the southern West Bank town of Jericho handed over to Israel weapons and explosives confiscated from Palestinian armed groups," reported the AFP news service.
"A businesswoman accused of using her sexual relationship with a US counter-intelligence agent to spy for China was abused and manipulated by US agents," reported the AFP news service.
"After months of insisting on direct talks with Washington, North Korea has signaled that it would be willing to accept U.S. demands for multilateral discussions over the communist country's alleged nuclear weapons program. However just a day before, North Korea said it would never give up its nuclear programs and compared U.N. inspections to taking off our pants and giving Washington an excuse to invade," reported the AP news agency.
"Iraqi gunmen ambushed two vans carrying Malaysian Medical Relief Society (Mercy) members and Malaysian journalists, shooting dead an Iraqi pharmacist and Syrian driver and injuring two Mercy members. They kidnapped three journalists from the Joint Media Team Malaysia (JMTM) and a Mercy member but released them four hours later after learning that they were Malaysians," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"A Hindu nationalist leader accused of inciting recent Hindu-Muslim rioting has been arrested for defying a ban on a religious gathering, stoking fears of renewed violence," reported the AP news agency.
"As Nigerians voted for parliament this weekend, tribal militants faced soldiers in a deadly shootout. Government thugs were accused of stealing voting materials at gunpoint. And a few officials were arrested on charges of trying to stuff ballots," reported the AP news agency.
"Iraqi troops south of Tikrit handed U.S. Marines a stunning surprise: seven American prisoners of war released in relatively good condition after 22 days of captivity," reported the AP news agency.
"Professor of Law at Baghdad University Dr Raad Al Jidda is quitting teaching law for good. The reason? A US attack in Al Adamia. He argued that he has studied all the theories of constitutional law and even written books on it but now he knows these are just all great lies. There is no more law in the world. There is just the politics of guns and cowboys. Look, look, look. This is American civilisation!, he said pointing out the damage to his home riddled by bullets and broken windows," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"US troops yesterday launched their battle for Saddam Hussein's last stronghold of Tikrit, with hundreds of tanks said to be attacking the northern city despite a surrender offer by tribal leaders," reported the AFP news service.
"Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmad Chalabi said yesterday he wants to see a swift de-Baathification of Iraq, as he announced plans to send Free Iraqi Forces into Baghdad very soon," reported the AFP news service.
"The grand mosque of Al-Mohsen in Saddam City has reopened its doors not only for prayers but also to serve as a makeshift government body to bring order to this impoverished Shi'ite quarter. Sheikh Amar al-Saadi said we may be Sunnis, Shi'ites or from other sects of Islam, but we are together, because we're all Iraqis and Muslims," reported the AFP news service.
"Young death volunteers are searching the streets of the Iraqi capital to collect the abandoned corpses of those killed in the fighting and offer them a final resting place, with or without an identity. When the stretchers are full, they marched off, a finger raised to heaven, chanting: There is no god but God and Mohammad is His prophet. Martyrs are beloved ofGod. On the streets, passers-by stopped and placed their right hand over their heart. Woman cried or shouted and even looters came to a halt and lowered their eyes," reported the AFP news service.
"US authorities have samples of Saddam Hussein's DNA, the commander of US operations in Iraq said yesterday. If the Iraqi dictator is still alive, he is under pressure, General Tommy Franks told CNN in an interview," reported the AFP news service.
"Meanwhile in Nicosia, six or seven US soldiers thought to have been taken prisoners by the Iraqis had been found by US troops and were in good shape. It was unclear at the moment where they came from, whether from incidents with Apache helicopters that came down, or survivors of an ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company," reported the AFP news service.
"Looting eased here yesterday, and signs that the capital's convulsions may be dying out could be seen in a return of the little headaches of everyday life – traffic jams and domestic spats. But anger still simmered at US troops for allowing four straight days of pillaging," reported the AP news agency.
"American forces – spread out over a city of 4.8 million – have largely stood by and allowed the thievery, causing resentment among a populace increasingly inclined to see the invading army as an oppressor, not a liberator. New graffiti, scrawled in English, appeared on a Baghdad wall: Bush supports looters," reported the AP news agency.
"Hundreds of Iraqi police and other civil servants responded to US calls broadcast by radio to meet here yesterday as part of efforts to resume order and key services to the capital's anarchic streets," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The U.S. administration cited Iraq's alleged stocks of weapons of mass destruction in its decision to invade. President George W. Bush now says Syria, too, owns an arsenal of chemical weapons. But the list of countries with likely chemical, biological or nuclear weapons programs is not confined to nations Washington may consider hostile. It also includes U.S. allies like Israel, Egypt, Pakistan, India and Taiwan," reported the AP news agency.
"It is such an irony. Hospitals here now rely on US troops for protection when, in the first place, US-led attacks were what had caused huge numbers of Iraqis to be warded. Dr Muhammad Habib said such incidents made him feel very, very sad. When the Americans came, they should have secured the area. It seems like this (looting) is what they want the Iraqis to do. They want the Iraqis to steal from each other and burn each other’s houses. He added that before this, the injured were those who sustained injuries from the US attacks. But now they are the result of Iraqi civilians shooting other Iraqi civilians because of robbers and thieves," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"US Marines backed by tanks stormed into the heart of Saddam Hussein’s last stronghold and ancestral home yesterday, seizing central Tikrit and blasting out the last clusters of do-or-die defenders," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The capture of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit has brought the US-led military campaign in Iraq to a transition point, but it is too early to say the war is over," reported the Reuters news agency.
"US and British troops guarding the lone detention camp for Iraqi prisoners of war have had to cope with daily riots as the number of inmates has swelled to around 6,000. But so far, the riots have only pitted groups of Iraqis against others, rather than targeting the coalition military police watching them," reported the AFP news service.
"Syria was yesterday facing the very real threat of diplomatic and economic sanctions by the US as Secretary of State Colin Powell stepped up the pressure on Damascus to abandon all support for terrorism," reported the AFP news service.
"Under fire from Britain and the United States, with its old foe Israeli jumping on the bandwaggon, Syria strongly denied allegations that it was aiding the remnants of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime or developing its own weapons of mass destruction," reported the AFP news service.
"Staff Sgt Nathan Braswell hopes a flag he found in a captured Iraqi base will earn him a tidy sum when he sells it on the Internet. Like many fellow US marines, Sgt Braswell grabbed the trophy as American forces advanced on Baghdad. Unlike the souvenir-hunting majority, he doesn't plan to keep it. Strictly speaking, marines are banned from taking war trophies but as long as they restrict themselves to picking up bits of discarded military kit, officers tend to turn a blind eye," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The Iraqi war is expected to severely harm Arab economies, causing US$400bil in lost productivity and two million lost job opportunities," reported the AP news agency.
"The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) finds itself at a crossroads as foreign ministers meet here today to mull the future of the regional bloc after the US takeover of Iraq. The meeting, the first high-level gathering of the six-nation oil-rich alliance since US-led forces put an end to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's 24-year rule last week, comes as serious questions are being raised about further American plans for the region," reported the AFP news service.
"All oil fields in Iraq now fall within areas controlled by the American-led coalition, a US general said yesterday. US-led forces had previously secured all 1,000 oil wells in southern Iraq," reported the AP news agency.
"Every day since he was secretly spirited into Iraq by the US military just over a week ago, Ahmed Chalabi, the man favoured by the Pentagon to succeed Saddam Hussein, has been holding court with local dignitaries in Nassiriya. But allegations of financial impropriety linger over Chalabi, head of the Iraqi National Congress, the most important of which concern a US200m banking scandal in Jordan," reported the Guardian.
"US troops discovered thousands of microfilm cartridges and hundreds of paper files yesterday in two residential buildings in an enclave of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in central Baghdad in what could be a major intelligence discovery," reported the AP news agency.
"The British military has moved to a policy of zero tolerance on looting in the southern Iraqi city of Basra," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The anti-war coalition of France, Germany and Russia appeared to be crumbling on Sunday after President Vladimir Putin put out a series of conciliatory signals to America. The day after a summit of the main anti-war countries concluded in St Petersburg without a formal communique, Moscow officials conceded that sooner or later the Kremlin would resume normal relations with Washington," reported the Daily Telegraph.
"The US Army Corps of Engineers in charge of Iraq's oil fields and infrastructure is putting Iraqi oil workers back on the job in the South Rumailah field," reported the dpa news agency.
"A brand-new playground has been set up by US-British coalition forces in this drab Iraqi desert town, but for now most children are out playing on the road instead. The popular kids game in this post-war port town is to jump in front of cars and scream for bottled water, food or cigarettes, and to hurl stones at those who speed past them," reported the dpa news agency.
"Oxygen, water, antibiotics, blood and intravenous fluids to treat children dehydrated from gastroenteritis are all desperately needed in Basra," reported the Daily Telegraph.
"Syria, under growing pressure from US President George W. Bush to co-operate on Iraq and accused of harbouring chemical weapons, rejected yesterday the string of charges coming out of Washington," reported the AFP news service.
"U.S. commandos in Baghdad have captured Abul Abbas, the leader of the violent Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner Achille Lauro in 1985," reported the AP news agency.
"Japanese stocks opened higher Wednesday, boosted by encouraging earnings reports from U.S. technology companies overnight. The U.S. dollar was lower against the Japanese yen," reported the AP news agency.
"Angry Arab nations decided Tuesday to push for a U.N. resolution declaring the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The move is aimed at Israel, which they blame for escalating U.S. threats against Syria. After a meeting of the 22-nation Arab Group, Syria said it will introduce a draft resolution in the Security Council on Wednesday and again denied U.S. allegations that it possesses chemical weapons and is providing sanctuary to fleeing Iraqis who supported Saddam Hussein's government," reported the AP news agency.
"It is only too easy to assume that the fighting in Iraq is over. The massive bombing raids may have faded away, but skirmishes continue in parts of the country. None other than US military commander Gen Tommy Franks admitted just yesterday that pockets of resistance had still to be brought under control. He added that until then, it was too early to declare the demise of the Saddam government or the end of the war," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"Until now there is still no sign that the United Nations will be doing anything substantial to help in administering Iraq. US-style unilateralism is moving briskly from confrontation to war to recolonisation in Baghdad, then to confrontation and conflict against Damascus. Yet the occupying forces talk of an Iraq for the Iraqis. Even if anything of that nature is imaginable from the invading forces, it will certainly not also be an Iraq of and by the Iraqis," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"Deteriorating conditions in the Iraqi capital are forcing doctors at Kadamiyah Hospital to use well water when performing surgeries. Besides that, doctors have to contend with flies which have invaded the operating theatres," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"Dr Marwan Usama said the shortage of doctors was so acute that patients needing more than one surgery were asked to go home and return another day. But when the patient returns, the wound has already been badly infected and requires amputation. There is a lack of hygiene at homes because there is no water and electricity," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"Dr Marwan said about 30 new patients come to the hospital every day. They include children hurt by small explosives strewn all over the city. The bombs are orange, yellow or black in colour, some as small as the size of a fist. Children are attracted by the colour and they pick them up and the bombs go off. A number have died or are badly injured. There has been a lot of facial, abdominal and limb injuries. Sometimes, some of the fragments penetrate internal organ," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the meeting would seek the advice of NAM troika (South Africa, Malaysia and Cuba) on Iraq’s status and discuss the situation and future of Iraq and the role of the United Nations in this issue. Syed Hamid, who described the current global situation as a result of the US-led attack on Iraq as most disturbing, also voiced concerns over the United States threat on Syria," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"US troops opened fire on a crowd hostile to the new pro-US governor in the northern city of Mosul yesterday, killing at least 10 people and injuring as many as 100. US forces clarified later that they had come under fire from at least two gunmen and fired back, but did not aim at the crowd," reported the AFP news service.
"Witnesses reported that US troops had fired into a crowd that was becoming increasingly hostile towards the new governor in the northern oil city, Mashaan al-Juburi, as he was making a pro-US speech," reported the AFP news service.
"The New York Times quoted Gen Garner as saying his mission to rebuild Iraq’s political structures would be messy and contentious. His fears appeared justified as the talks in the Shi’ite bastion sparked a demonstration estimated by journalists to number around 20,000 people, led by religious figures. Yes to freedom ... Yes to Islam ... No to America, No to Saddam, the crowd chanted in the centre of Nasiriyah," reported the AFP news service.
"It's not polite to talk about in this hour of a people's liberation, but tiptoe as they do, the victors are eyeing the spoils of war in Iraq. US insistence that the allies, not the United Nations, control Iraq in the transition to a new government puts them in the driver's seat to rebuild that country's institutions on terms close to their own interests," reported the AP news agency.
"Intelligence information indicates a top Iraqi nuclear scientist recently spent time in Syria, and Saddam Hussein's first wife is possibly there now, officials said. But they characterised reports of other top Iraqi leaders arriving in Syria as uncorroborated," reported the AP news agency.
"Schoolchildren in north Iraq returned to class on Monday for the first time since US-led forces attacked Iraq last month, in a sign stability may be returning there," reported the reuters news agency.
"Lawyers from British and US organisations said on Monday that they were looking at the possibility of an international inquiry into war crimes that their governments might have committed in Iraq. Phil Shiner of the British group Public Interest Lawyers said the use of cluster bombs and ammunition containing depleted uranium in densely populated areas might breach the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter. Roger Normand, executive director of the Committee on Economic and Social Rights in New York, noted that under international law it was also very clear that the United States has no legal basis to exploit Iraq's oil," reported the AFP news service.
"The British Museum is sending conservation experts to Iraq to help restore its cultural heritage after looters plundered museums housing priceless artefacts from the cradle of civilisation," reported the reuters news agency.
"British and US forces have been criticised by Iraq's museum staff and antiquities experts for failing to protect museums and archaeological sites. Dr John Curtis, a director at the British Museum and an authority on Iraqi archaeology, said the looting was a tragedy and it was regrettable that US troops in Baghdad had not been put on guard to protect the sites," reported the reuters news agency.
"Iraqi police and US marines started joint patrols in Badgdad on Monday as pressure intensified on the Americans to restore order and speed reconstruction of the battered country after the ouster of Saddam Hussein," reported the AFP news service.
"US forces have begun distributing leaflets in Badgdad urging Iraqis to stay at home at night to try to prevent crime and any remaining fighting on the streets," reported the reuters news agency.
"The son of a former Iraqi diplomat here was accused on Monday of acting as an agent of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, according to a federal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court," reported the reuters news agency.
"Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a dangerous leader and has shown flawed judgment in siding with Iraq and harbouring members of Saddam Hussein's regime, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in remarks published yesterday," reported the AP news agency.
"Sharon also said the United States must exert economic and diplomatic pressure on Syria to expel Palestinian militants from Damascus and to oust Hizbollah guerillas, armed with thousands of rockets, from southern Lebanon," reported the AP news agency.
"Most Americans consider the war in Iraq a success even without capturing Saddam Hussein, and that the next serious threat to the US is North Korea, according to a poll released yesterday. US President George W. Bush's approval rating has jumped 14 points since the start of the Iraqi war to 73%, and 79% of respondents approve of the way he has been handling Iraq," reported the AFP news service.
"US marines raided a central Baghdad hotel where many international journalists are staying, searching rooms yesterday morning for Iraqi paramilitary fighters. The raid at the Palestine Hotel overlooking the Tigris River involved the 16th and 17th floors, where journalists from CNN television, Turkish TV, Japanese TV and other networks are staying," reported the AP news agency.
"Russian newspapers claimed yesterday that Washington was acquiring an appetite for war following the fall of Saddam Hussein and that US tanks were now honing in on Syria. The Gazeta splashed a photograph of Bush fumbling with a sandwich as he brings it to his mouth under the headline: Iraq will be left over for dessert. The US will strike Syria next. The Moscow press appeared united in its defence of Damascus, with some arguing that the United States' only policy in the Middle East was one aimed at defending Israel," reported the AFP news service.
"The United States is urging Zimbabwe's neighbours to step up pressure on President Robert Mugabe to hand power to a transitional government to pave the way for new elections," reported the AFP news service.
"Philippine troops clashed with Muslim guerrillas Wednesday in a mountain rain forest, in a running gunbattle that killed a soldier and injured two others," reported the AP news agency.
"Scientists said on Monday they had completed the human genetic map, dotting the i's and crossing the t's on the entire printout of DNA. The map fills in the gaps of the June 2000 draft sequence and should offer new clues on cause or treatment of disease," reported the reuters news agency.
"Diet doctor and best-selling author Robert Atkins was in a coma and on life support almost a week after slipping on an icy sidewalk here and hitting his head. Atkins developed the Atkins Diet that blames carbohydrates, a major energy source, for weight gain. The programme has been criticised by the medical establishment as risking disease," reported the reuters news agency.
"Canadian health officials said on Monday that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has spread to a tightly-knit religious group here, with 31 probable and suspect cases," reported the reuters news agency.
"The US military said the detention in Baghdad of Abu Abbas, mastermind of the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, helped to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq. The Palestinian Authority demanded his release," reported the news agencies.
"US forces shot dead several Iraqis, possibly as many as seven, on Tuesday, when they returned fire on demonstrators in the northern town of Mosula, Brig Gen Vincent Brooks at US Central Command's war base said in Qatar yesterday," reported the AFP news service.
"Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said yesterday his country will not recognise a US-installed interim administration in Iraq and will support Syria if it is attacked. It was the first time a senior official had defined Iran's already well-known stance on a post-war Iraq," reported the AP news agency.
"A bank heist in downtown Baghdad yesterday should have presented the perfect opportunity for the new US-Iraqi police patrols to show off their muscle. But thanks to dithering, language problems and the sheer audacity of the robbers, it turned into a farce," reported the Reuters news agency.
"A 12-year-old Iraqi boy who lost both his arms and was orphaned in a US missile attack on his home in Baghdad was receiving emergency treatment in Kuwait yesterday after a high-profile campaign to save his life," reported the AFP news service.
"Ali Ismail Abbas, who became a symbol of civilian suffering in the US invasion, at least has got out of this capital. But Ali leaves behind scores of wounded Iraqis at the mercy of the collapsing Iraqi health system. The three main hospitals in Badgdad are shut and doctors warn that those still open will follow suit if order is not restored to the Iraqi capital," reported the Reuters news agency.
"British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon delivered a personal apology on Tuesday to an Iraq war widow after she was told she would lose her house and have to repay part of her dead husband's salary. Hoon apologised to Lianne Seymour for the blunder after a private meeting at the Defence Ministry here on Tuesday," reported the AFP news service.
"Pro-American Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi returned to Baghdad yesterday on his first visit to the city since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958," reported the AFP news service.
"Hundreds of western pacifists who travelled to Iraq to put their lives on the line as human shields have started making the treacherous journey back home, amid concern that some fellow anti-war volunteers are still missing," reported the AFP news service.
"Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said his government was willing to sign a treaty making the entire Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction," reported the Reuters news agency.
"Former US president Bill Clinton on Tuesday blasted US foreign policy adopted in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks, arguing the United States cannot kill, jail or occupy all of its adversaries," reported the AFP news service.
"Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri submitted his resignation on Tuesday, a move that a senior official said was triggered partly by mounting US pressure on Lebanon's neighbour and political master Syria," reported the Reuters news agency.
"Lebanese parliamentarians voted to keep Rafik al-Hariri as prime minister yesterday a day after he resigned to pave the way for a government shuffle amid mounting US pressure on political master Syria," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The White House yesterday called on the United Nations to lift economic sanctions on Iraq. The sanctions prohibit countries from buying Iraqi oil or selling goods to Iraq other than through the UN oil-for-food programme. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said lifting the sanctions would facilitate the restoration of normal trading relationship as soon as possible," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The United States, North Korea and China will hold talks in Beijing next week on Pyongyang's suspected nuclear weapons ambitions," reported the Reuters news agency.
"The European Union welcomed 10 new members to its ranks yesterday in a lavish signing ceremony rich in symbolism at the foot of the Acropolis," reported the Reuters news agency.
"Prime Minister Tony Blair knew before the Iraq war began that it might cost him his job and would have resigned if a majority of lawmakers from his governing Labor Party had opposed his decision to join the fight. The prime minister said he'd had trouble understanding the intensity of the opposition to his tough stance on Iraq," reported the AP news agency.
"The government awarded Bechtel Corp. a contract on Thursday that could reach $680 million to help rebuild Iraq, including the nation's power, water and sewage systems," reported the AP news agency.
"The question of who rebuilds Iraq has divided the president's advisers and even the two major coalition partners in the current war, the United States and Britain. British Prime Minister Tony Blair has sought deeper U.N. involvement in postwar Iraq than President George W. Bush," reported the AP news agency.
"US forces captured Saddam Hussein’s half-brother Barzan herein Badgdad yesterday as they mopped up after a short, sharp war that has set the big powers at loggerheads over the future of Iraq," reported the news Agencies.
"European Union leaders ending an Athens summit urged Washington, which is determined to dominate the reconstruction of Iraq, to let the United Nations and EU help in the process. Sanctions were high on the agenda of informal talks at the summit. This issue could prove very divisive right now, one EU diplomat said. If you lift sanctions you lift the control of the United Nations in what is going on in Iraq," reported the news Agencies.
"Amid the lawlessness and rubble of war, residents of Al Daura, about 10 minutes' drive from here, held their heads high to ensure their community did not fall prey to looters nor become one of them. They even managed to set up a makeshift clinic in which medicine was collected from members of the community and a doctor, pharmacist-to-be and nurses from their own midst," reported the JMTM news agency.
"The United States is debating whether to bring terrorist Abu Abbas to the United States to stand trial in the 1985 murder of an American citizen or let him serve prison time in Italy. Abbas' capture in Iraq by US military forces confronts the government with a legal tangle involving US law, Italian law, international law and, some argue, the Oslo peace accords. US officials discounted claims by the Palestinian Authority that Abbas was protected under a 1995 interim agreement between Israel and the Palestinians that was also signed by Clinton," reported the AP news agency.
"Two Arab-language newspapers placed Saddam Hussein and his son Qusay in Baghdad last week on the day US tanks drove to the heart of the capital and Iraqis toppled a massive statue, symbolically ending his 24-year rule. Al-Jazeera showed yesterday what was thought to be Saddam's hastily-abandoned last abode in Baghdad," reported the Reuters news agency.
"Iraqi and US troops struggled to restore order yesterday as looting, ethnic fighting and clashes between rival factions – and with American forces – broke out across Iraq. Two days of violence in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq's third largest, left 17 people dead and 18 others injured, hospital officials said. Many of the wounded said they were shot by US troops," reported the AP news agency.
"Iraq's confused post-war administrative landscape became even more blurred yesterday as US forces denied sanctioning the appointments of two Iraqis claiming to be the governor and mayor of Baghdad," reported the AFP news service.
"The war in Iraq set off a rash of online vandalism against Arab websites, site administrators and security experts say, with dozens of websites attacked," reported the AP news agency.
"US war commander General Tommy Franks said yesterday that law and order was returning to Iraq and indicated that he was happy with the way his forces had handled the orgy of pillaging after Saddam Hussein fell," reported the AFP news service.
"Dozens of workers like Wafa Razzak Abbas were expected back at their jobs in Iraq's southern Rumaila oil field yesterday as the US military hustles to get the nation's economic lifeline back up to full speed," reported the AFP news service.
"The 12-year-old Iraqi boy who has touched hearts worldwide after a US missile strike cost him both arms and left him orphaned as well as horribly burned was recovering yesterday after surgery in Kuwait," reported the AFP news service.
"Iraq’s Library of the Ministry of Religious Endowments, which was burnt by looters on Monday, listed 7,297 priceless Islamic texts, including an exquisite gilded copy of the Quran written in 1567," reported the Malaysian Star newspaper.
"The US military used more Agent Orange and other dioxin-containing pesticide sprays during the Vietnam War than previously thought," reported the Reuters news agency.
