Saddam aides to be freed, ncluding 'Mrs Anthrax'
BAGHDAD (Reuters): SADDAM HUSSEIN'S weapons' experts known as 'Dr. Germ' and 'Mrs. Anthrax' are being released, an Iraqi lawyer said yesterday, and a United States military spokesman said eight such 'high-value detainees' had already been freed.
First Parliament in decades sworn in
KABUL (Reuters): FORMER WARLORDS, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in yesterday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years, amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
Leftist coca farmer wins presidency
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters): EVO MORALES, who won Bolivia's presidential election vows to end a U.S. campaign against coca growing, stepped up his criticism of American anti-drug policies yesterday.
Sharon suffers no damage from stroke
JERUSALEM (AP): PRIME MINISTER Ariel Sharon suffered no permanent damage from a mild stroke and will be released from the hospital today, his doctors said yesterday. Although Sharon is expected to make a full recovery...
Shi'ites eye new majority as results come in
BAGHDAD, (Reuters): IRAQ'S RULING Shi'ite Islamists, at odds with Washington over human rights and ties to Iran, may hold on to a slim parlia-mentary majority despite a big turnout by minority Sunnis, partial election results showed yesterday.
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