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Over half a million protest against Iraq war
London: Over half a million people on March 22 joined a mass rally in Hyde Park in London to protest against the war against Iraq – the biggest rally since the US-led invasion began.
US hopes to make Iraq a model Democracy
Washington: The United States intends to retain firm political control over Iraq, until it is satisfied that it can turn over the government to Iraqis from within Iraq, and from among exiles, it can trust to rule the country Democratically and retain its territorial integrity, according to the US media.
US rejects demand for plebiscite in Kashmir
Washington: Rejecting the demand for a plebiscite in Kashmir, the US on March 22 said both India and Pakistan have already agreed to resolve all issues bilaterally.
Iraqi invasions threatens whole world: Khatami
Dubai: Iran on March 22 denounced US-led war against Iraq, saying the invasion threatens the whole region and the world.
Iraq war may last longer than planned: Bush
Washington: As the US-led war in Iraq entered its third day on March 22, President George W Bush warned the battle could last longer than planned and that the future of peace and hopes of the people of Iraq depended on the American forces fighting in Baghdad.
US bank attacked in Chile by anti-war protestors
Santiago: Anti-war protests turned violent in Santiago on March 22 where explosives ripped through a Santiago branch of a US bank, BankBoston, damaging the building, according to police sources.
US fears 'a war within war' as Turks enter Iraq
Washington: The US fears a war within a war as Turkey sent more than 1,000 troops into Northern Iraq to bolster its military presence and promised to send more to prevent Iraqi Kurds from creating an independent state.
War on Iraq: An American Muslim's Perspective
FOR MONTHS, ARAB- AND MUSLIM-AMERICAN lobby groups have passionately spoken out against war with Iraq, citing the potential for everything from the mass murder of Iraqi babies to the creation of tens of thousands of baby bin Ladens. Warnings of dire consequences have flooded underground Internet chat rooms frequented by the most vitriolic voices in these groups.
15 Indians, Embassy building in Baghdad safe
Dubai: The Indian Embassy building in Baghdad and the 15 Indians who stayed back in the country even in the face of a US-led war against Iraq are safe.
Powell calls Ivanov, seeks cooperation on Iraq
Moscow: As Moscow struck a tough posture on American demand to expel Iraqi diplomats from world capitals, asking Washington to provide a clarification, US Secretary of State Colin Powell called up his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov to seek diplomatic cooperation in the war on Iraq.
3 dead in bombing blitz: Iraqi Health Minister
Baghdad: Three people were killed during the US and British bombing of the Iraqi capital on March 21 night, Iraqi Health Minister Umid Medhat Mubarak told reporters on March 22.
UK Foreign Office legal adviser resigns over Iraq
London: The resignation spree over Prime Minister Tony Blair's Iraq policy continued in Britain, with a senior legal adviser at the Foreign Office quitting over the legality of the government's decision to go to war.
US persuading top Iraqi commanders to defect
Washington: Besides intensifying its military blitz, the US is engaged in secret contacts with the top Iraqi commanders, trying to isolate Saddam Hussein in his inner circle and convince his close coterie of defecting.
US in jam in dealing with nuclear India, Pak
Washington: The United States has admitted it faces a "conundrum" in convincing India and Pakistan to go slow on their nuclear ambitions, but said it was working hard to get them to exercise restraint.
Iraq denies surrender of Southern division troops
Baghdad: An Iraqi Army spokesman denied on March 22 the surrender of the 51st mechanised division to US-led coalition forces in Southern Iraq.
7 dead as British copter crashes over Gulf
Dubai: Six British and one American soldiers were killed in a mid-air collision between two British Royal Navy helicopters over international waters in the Gulf on March 22, bringing the casualties among the coalition forces during the ongoing Iraq offensive so far to 20.
'Iraqi troops kill own officers to avoid battle'
London: In order to avoid a "fruitless" fight over the oil terminals, Iraqi conscript soldiers at the strategic al-Faw peninsula shot their own officers, bodies of whom were found by British troops.
Saddam orders to treat PoWs as per Geneva Convention
Baghdad: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has given orders for British and US prisoners of war to be treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention, Information Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf said on March 22.
Iraq accuses Annan of doing the bidding of US
United Nations: Charging United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan with doing the bidding of the United States, Iraq sharply criticised him for not speaking out against US-led military action and recalling UN personnel even before the war started.
Iraq expels CNN reporting team from Baghdad
New York: Iraq has expelled a team of US news channel Cable News Network (CNN) reporters from Baghdad.
1,000 cruise missiles fired in Iraq: Pentagon
Washington: US and British air forces flew 1,000 strike sorties and fired 1,000 cruise missiles in Iraq on March 21 in a barrage of firepower aimed at Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's regime, a US Defence official has said.
2 British copters collide in Gulf, 7 missing
London: Two Royal Navy helicopters collided over international waters in the Gulf on March 22 and seven crew-members were missing, officials said.
SARS outbreak: WHO makes vital breakthrough
New York: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made a breakthrough in developing a diagnostic test for the recently emerged atypical pneumonia outbreak by successfully growing in cell culture an infectious agent that might be the cause of the illness known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
One more US soldier dead in Iraq war
Doha: Two US Marines were killed in Iraq, the US Central Command confirmed on March 21.
Turkish troops cross border into Northern Iraq
Silopi (Turkey): More than 1,000 Turkish commandos moved into Northern Iraq in armoured vehicles, a military official said, a reminder to Iraqi Kurds of the power of their Northern neighbour and to Washington that Turkey's interests cannot be ignored.
Two people injured as US bomb falls in Iran
Tehran: A bomb dropped by a US plane during the bombardment fell on Iran on March 21, Iranian television claimed.
Denmark to send forces to aid US-led war on Iraq
Copenhagen: The Danish Parliament has approved the deployment of a submarine and naval corvette as part of US-led forces in the war on Iraq, Parliamentary sources said.
3 missiles strike Baghdad at dawn: Report
Doha: At least three missiles were heard striking in or around Baghdad at 05:30 hours (08:00 hours IST) on March 22, the satellite network al-Jazeera said.
America launches massive air campaign in Iraq
Washington: As the United States launched a long-awaited massive aerial campaign against Iraq, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Gen Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
Iraqi regime starting to lose control: Rumsfeld
Washington: As the US-led coalition forces pounded leadership targets in Baghdad, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said the Iraqi regime "is starting to lose control" as the military operation to disarm Saddam Hussein is "now fully underway".
Russia snubs US demand to expel Iraqi diplomats
Moscow: Russia will refuse any demands to expel Iraqi diplomats, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said on March 21.
Turkey opens its airspace to American warplanes
Ankara: Turkey has opened its airspace to US warplanes bound for Iraq after 24 hours of tense gamesmanship during which it sought to win approval for its own military intervention in Northern Iraq.
US-led forces capture Iraqi town of Safwan
Safwan (Iraq): US and British forces took over the town of Safwan in Southern Iraq and the strategic Gulf port of Umm Qasr on March 21 as ground forces rolled toward Baghdad, military officials said.
Baghdad in flames, Iraqi Army division surrenders
Baghdad: Baghdad burned after US and British forces rained bombs and missiles on the capital in the start of their campaign to "shock and awe" Saddam Hussein's regime into submission.
Bush wants pro-US regimes in Middle East: Report
Washington: As American armed forces move into Iraq, President George W Bush has in mind more than changing a country - his dream is to make the entire Middle East a different place, Democratic and one safer for American interests, a leading daily said on March 21.
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