American forces have been ordered to prepare for a ferocious assault on Baghdad to begin in the next few days, in an operation intended rapidly to encircle the Iraqi capital and isolate and destroy the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Anti-war campaigners called for an immediate withdrawal of British troops from Iraq yesterday as the number of civilian casualties continued to grow to more than 400.
A hard-hitting report by the Commonwealth Secretariat stating conclusively that the Zimbabwe government has maintained state-sponsored human rights abuses is to be delivered to all member heads of government this week.
Fresh waves of air strikes rocked Baghdad today as US-led bombing squads struck surface-to-air missile sites, a presidential palace and the main training ground for Saddam Hussein’s fedayeen paramilitary forces.
The doctor who first identified the deadly flu-like virus that has claimed the lives of 54 people worldwide and infected thousands of others, fell victim to the disease and died yesterday.
Representatives of big business in South Africa expressed broad satisfaction with the state’s macroeconomic policies on Saturday, following a two-day meeting with government.
Bafana Bafana used their territorial advantage to their best ability but were made to sweat before beating Madagascar’s ”B” team 2-0 (1-0 half-time) at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
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The last remaining South African ”human shields” in Iraq will return home next Tuesday after they decided to leave the war-torn country, the Iraq Action Committee said on Friday
The World Trade Organisation was last night facing the prospect of a repeat of its disastrous Seattle meeting, after talks on agreeing a framework for cutting farm subsidies ended in deadlock.