Combat's Lull a Pain in the Leatherneck Marines who had been in the thick of battle find themselves fighting tedium, repairing equipment and catching up on their reading. Wars Take Some Nasty Turns on City Streets If American and British forces move into the streets of Baghdad, they may face a form of battle that armies have dreaded for centuries: Of all the places to fight, a city is one of the most dangerous. Bush, Aides Focus on Hussein's Atrocities Seeking to counter wrenching images of Iraqi civilians killed and wounded, allegedly by U.S. airstrikes, the Bush administration stepped up its attack Saturday on Saddam Hussein's human rights record. Saudi Shiites Take Hope From Changes Next Door All but a few of the people who live in this old city on the Persian Gulf are Shiite Muslims, but in public schools the children often are told that Shiites are infidels bound for hell. Over the years, members of the faith have been imprisoned, flogged and held in solitary confinement for long stretches. Protests from international human rights groups go unheeded. Nonwhites Need Not Apply Here Some Afrikaners, fed up with their change in status after apartheid ended in South Africa, are building islands of racial purity.' Suicide Blast Kills 4 GIs at Checkpoint An Iraqi official warns of more such attacks. Allies step up airstrikes in and around Baghdad to wear down the capital's defenses. Cornered, Guerrillas Flee Their Mountain Hide-Outs U.S. soldiers, Kurdish fighters pound Ansar's caves in northern Iraq. Defeating the group is seen as key to calming Islamic extremism. Commander Charged With Negligence Lt. Col. Alexander Savenkov has been charged with negligence as commander of a helicopter that Chechen rebels shot down last year outside Grozny, a Russian military prosecutor said. Of the 147 people on board, according to official documents, 119 were killed. U.S.-Backed Kurds Advance in the North Forces are closing in on Kirkuk after Hussein's troops abandon front-line positions amid heavy airstrikes. For This Arab Family, State-Run TV Shaping Views Like many others trying to understand the war, an Egyptian taxi driver's household can turn only to controlled TV news. Duty Calls a Doctor From Rural Calm to War's Chaos In a small farming town 180 miles east of here, a country doctor named James Irwin has placed two duffel bags by the front door. On Monday, he ships out, first to Camp Pendleton and then to the battlefront in Iraq. Muslim GIs Also Battle Prejudice A grenade attack in Kuwait only made the post-9/11 environment more difficult for many, but their faith, and loyalties, remain strong. Mystery Illness Claims Life of Doctor Who First Warned of World Outbreak The pneumonia-like disease has spread to 12 other countries since the Italian physician diagnosed it in a businessman in Hanoi. Surprise Mail Delivery Makes GIs' Day The magic words on the battalion's radio network, "Mail is ready for pickup," sparked excitement in A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment. Ambush Leaves 2 GIs Dead The U.S. servicemen are killed in the lawless southwest portion of Afghanistan, near the former stronghold of the ousted Taliban. A Dust-Up in Basra's Leadership Vacuum Finding people with the expertise to help with rebuilding but without links to the old regime is proving to be a tall order for military officials. The War, Up Close and Very Personal An embedded reporter has an exhilarating, if terrifying, window on the unscripted world of men in combat. In ways, he was one of them. Turkey Unapologetic About Refusing to Aid U.S. in War Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday rejected the idea that Turkey erred by not opening its territory to the U.S. military during the Iraq war. India and Pakistan to Resume Relations Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan agreed Friday to resume diplomatic relations after a two-year rupture and to enter talks aimed at ending the bitter divisions that have brought them to the verge of war several times. U.S. Trade Chief Labors to Mend Rift With Europe Over War Despite their falling-out over the war in Iraq, Europe and the United States are "joined at the hip economically" and will eventually patch up their differences, U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick predicted Friday. Chilling Reminder of the Ease of Disease's Spread Shanghai's four new SARS patients were able to easily slip into a city largely free of the virus. Top Court Limits Law on Media Zimbabwe's highest court struck down sections of tough media legislation that had made it an offense to publish "falsehoods." Government lawyers acknowledged that the provisions violated the constitutional protection of freedom of expression and planned an amendment to bar "falsehoods" spread out of malice or recklessness. |  Colombia Leader Orders Rebel's Extradition For the first time, President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday ordered a leftist Colombian rebel extradited to the United States. Nelson Vargas Rueda faces murder charges in the 1999 slaying of three American activists. 20 Reported Killed in Kashmir on Eve of Talks The violence comes despite easing tensions between Pakistan and India. A U.S. envoy will begin meetings today. Military Under Scrutiny for Alleged Rebel Ties President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered an investigation into allegations by a former American hostage that members of the Philippine military colluded with her Abu Sayyaf captors. Gracia Burnham, rescued June 7, made the claim in a book, "In the Presence of My Enemies." Spanish Party Listed as a Terrorist Group The State Department added Batasuna, an outlawed Spanish political party, to its list of international terrorist organizations, saying it is an arm of the violent Basque separatist group known as ETA. 7 to Appear in Court in Airport Heist Case Seven men charged with conspiring to steal the equivalent of $1.75 million from Gatwick airport are due in court today, British police said. The money, belonging to HSBC Bank, was taken from a cargo warehouse March 27. Honorary Belgian Consul Slain by Gunmen Two gunmen with automatic weapons fatally shot an honorary Belgian consul to Honduras as he drove in the country's second-largest city, San Pedro Sula. Australian Paper Obtains Tape Purportedly Made by Hussein An Australian newspaper said Wednesday that it had been given an audiotape of a message reputed to be from deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein calling on his people to fight foreign occupation. Video Shows Downbeat Hussein U.S. officials said a new videotape showing a downcast Saddam Hussein was probably filmed during the war, indicating that the Iraqi dictator may have survived the March 20 airstrike meant to kill him. Iraqi Love Stories in a Time of Uncertainty Ahmed Mahood's is a fairy-tale love story. After fleeing Iraq 11 years ago, the 32-year-old returned to his homeland in March with the U.S. military and helped depose Saddam Hussein. On Wednesday, he married the beautiful young woman he had last seen when she was a child of 9. With Censors Gone, Books Reemerge Vendors at a Baghdad market that once was a magnet for the Mideast's bibliophiles are eager for a revival. But they know it will take time. Rumsfeld Says Job Not Over U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday that much remains to be done in Iraq and that he doesn't know how large or how long an allied presence might be needed there. Resentment of Americans Runs Deep in Fallouja After a confrontation that left 15 residents dead, there is seething anger toward U.S. troops in the Iraqi Sunni Muslim town. SARS Cases in Beijing Level Off, Government Says China, hardest-hit by the disease, shortens its national labor holiday and discourages citizens from traveling. Hezbollah Feeling the Squeeze International pressure on Syria and Iran to sever terrorist ties threatens the support that the Lebanese militants rely on. Iranian Cleric Urges Iraqis to Expel U.S. A leading Iranian cleric urged Iraqis to use suicide attacks to expel U.S. forces from their country and learn from Iran's Islamic Revolution to set up a new government. Diplomats on the Defensive State Dept. loyalists say the Pentagon is usurping foreign policy and undermining Powell. Conservatives say 9/11 has changed the rules. A Hotbed of SARS Warfare Mass temperature testing is just one of the tools that the autocratic city-state of Singapore is wielding in its winning assault on the disease. Bush Lifts Curbs on Iraq The move comes as Washington presses the United Nations to end international sanctions. The goal is to speed the nation's reconstruction. U.S. Officials in a Quandary Over N. Korea Possible next step of trying to block exports of plutonium would be even more difficult than figuring out whether the regime is reprocessing it. The Honeymoon Is Over for Turkish Government The optimism following a novice Islamist party's election fades after Iraq and Cyprus issues strain foreign relations, and as economy still sputters. 99 Video of 9/11 Hijackers Aired A wedding video shot in a Hamburg mosque has been broadcast for the first time and shows grainy scenes of Sept. 11 hijackers celebrating with other alleged plotters, possibly including suspects still not formally identified.  |
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