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US planning to set up 4 military bases in Iraq
Dubai: Iraq's post-war administrator, retired American General Jay Garner, arrived in Baghdad on April 21 amidst reports that US was planning to establish four long-term military bases in that country as part of redeployment of forces which could transform its capability to wield power in the Middle East.
Declare Iraq WMD-free before lifting curbs: Russia
Moscow: Russia wants the UN inspectors to pronounce Iraq free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) before economic sanctions against it are lifted, a senior Moscow diplomat told ITAR-TASS on April 21.
Chinese PM calls for enhanced Sino-India ties
Beijing: Defence Minister George Fernandes on April 21 began an important visit to China with Premier Wen Jiabao saying that India and China should do more to cement their friendly ties.
Civilian flights to Iraq to resume after a decade
Dubai: After nearly a decade of sanctions, civilian flights to Baghdad will soon resume making the tortuous eight-hour journey by road from Amman to the Iraqi capital a thing of the past as soon as some sort of proper governance is put in place in Iraq, travel sources said.
Saddam Hussein is in Iraq: Ahmed Chalabi
London: Toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is still in Iraq, a key Iraqi Opposition leader, Ahmad Chalabi, has claimed.
WHO team in Shanghai to investigate SARS
Shanghai: A six-person team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) arrived in
Shanghai on April 21 to investigate the extent of the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak.
China gives red carpet welcome to Fernandes
Beijing: China on April 21 accorded a red carpet welcome to Defence Minister George Fernandes who kicked of high-level talks with the Chinese military on bilateral ties, regional and international issues of common concern.
Saddam's son-in-law apprehended: Chalabi
Washington: Saddam Hussein's son in law, Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan, one of the 55 Iraqi leaders most wanted by the United States, has been apprehended, Iraqi National Congress head Ahmad Chalabi said on April 21.
Two 'most-wanted' Iraqi officials in custody
Baghdad: Two of the 55 Iraqi officials wanted by the United States have been
apprehended, officials have said, while the first food aid arrived in the shattered Iraqi capital after a perilous four-day journey.
US is embarrassed, Iraq's WMD aren't surfacing
New York: The US administration, which provided "graphic details", complete with satellite images, of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) last February to UN Security Council, is embarrassed - despite extensive search no barrels of nerve agent and buried or "mobile" bio-weapons labs are surfacing.
Saddam, if alive, should not 'pop his head up': Bush
Fort Hood (Texas): President George W Bush said on April 21 that Iraqis will have better lives with Saddam Hussein out of power and he advised the Iraqi leader, if alive, to watch out.
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