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No UN role in setting up interim authority: US
As-Saliyah: The United Nations (UN) will not take the leading role in the series of meetings in coming weeks aimed at setting up an interim authority for Iraq, top US officials said on April 14.
Internal feud in US; Chalabi may not lead Iraq
Ahmad Chalabi, the man tipped to be Iraq's next leader, is not the US's preferred choice of ruler of Iraq, top US officials said.RIfts in US white house, pentagon and CIA and the state department has cast shadow on Iraq's reconstruction.
'Powell misled UN in his speech on Iraq's WMD'
Powell misled united nations about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, say un weapons inspectors who worked in Iraq. siljeholm from norway said that powells presentation was completely wrong.
'Election in Iraq a year after interim authority'
London: Iraq should hold elections for a fully representative government about 12 months after an interim authority is put into place, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on April 14.
Tikrit falls hinting the end of Iraq war
Dubai: Tikrit, the hometown and last stronghold of Saddam Hussein crumbled with little resistance to the American forces, who rallied with the local police and officials to control looting and lawlessness in other "liberated" Iraqi cities on April 14.
US mulling sanctions on Syria as well: Powell
Washington: The United States will consider imposing economic and diplomatic sanctions against Syria for its support for members of Saddam Hussein's former regime in Iraq, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on April 14.
'Iraqi Generals struck secret deals with US'
Iraqi Generals could have struck deals with US forces or administration to spare their lives in return to very little resistance for the coalition forces from the Iraqi National Guards or the Republican Guards. Russian envoy believes that the mild opposition of the Iraqi Army to the coalition forces was because of this secret deal.
7 missing US troops found North of Baghdad
As-Saliyah (Qatar): Seven US soldiers captured by the Iraqis were freed by Marines on April 13 and taken for medical treatment, with two suffering gunshot wounds, officials and news reports said.
Syria not the next target after Iraq: Britain
Manama: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on April 14 that Syria, which has been accused by the United States of harbouring Iraqi leaders and having chemical weapons, was not the next coalition target after the war on Iraq.
Nepal govt, Maoists, hold goodwill talks
Kathmandu: The Nepalese government's Talks Co-ordinator and Minister for Construction and Physical Planning Narayansing Pun on April 14 held goodwill talks with the Maoists in Kathmandu.
SARS: Chinese PM says situation still 'grave'
Beijing: In sharp contrast to its earlier assurance to the public that a deadly
disease outbreak was "under control", China has warned that a "grave" situation is facing the nation in the fight against SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and appealed to the medical community to do their utmost to prevent the killer disease from spreading further.
US Consulate attack: 2 sentenced to death in Pak
Karachi: A Pakistani court on April 14 convicted four militants over a deadly car bomb attack outside the US Consulate in Karachi last June and sentenced two of them to death.
Its difficult being in Saddam's family, says son
New York: "It is difficult being in the family of Hussein. People want to kill us," Uday, son of Saddam Hussein, wrote to an uncle in 1990 in a letter which a weekly says was found in Uday's palace in Baghdad.
Yemen grants political asylum to Iraqi envoy
Sanna: Yemen on April 13 granted political asylum to Iraq's Ambassador to the Arab League, Mohsen Khalil, in the wake of the collapse of Saddam Hussein's quarter-century rule in Baghdad.
N Korea ready for nuke talks: South Korea
Seoul: South Korea said on April 14 that North Korea had signalled it was ready for multilateral talks to resolve the six-month-old nuclear crisis.
Saddam will be found, dead or alive: Britain
London: British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon on April 13 expressed confidence that Saddam Hussein, Iraq's leader before the collapse of his regime this past week, will be found dead or alive.
US Marines backtrack on chemical arms report
Baghdad: US Marines on April 13 reported finding five canisters with a substance testing positive for chemical agents but backed off a claim of finding 278 suspect artillery shells.
US forces step up battle for Saddam's hometown
Tikrit: Air raids by US warplanes resumed on April 13 evening around Tikrit, the last major Iraqi town not controlled by coalition forces, reports said.
Explosion near US Embassy rocks East Kabul
Kabul: A suspected landmine explosion rocked East Kabul, prompting initial fears of an attack on the US Embassy a kilometre away.
Top Iraqi nuclear scientist surrenders
Washington: A top Iraqi nuclear scientist has surrendered in Iraq, a US official has said as US forces stepped up a search for Iraqis who can shed light on the country's weapons of mass destruction programmes.
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