The Hindu : War update

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Mar 27, 2003

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Pope John Paul II praying in the Vatican, on Wednesday. He said he thought "about the news from Iraq with a heavy heart without forgetting the other conflicts that bloody the world.''

Hundreds of Iraqis killed in battles as coalition forces advance on Baghdad.

U.N. Security Council open meeting to call for an immediate end to the conflict.

Faced with mounting Iraqi resistance, the U.S. is altering its overall war plan.

Blair says the allies should broaden their agenda beyond Iraq.

Britain says there was an anti-Saddam uprising in Basra; Iraq has denied it.

Allies attack Iraqi television and government communication and satellite links at several sites in Baghdad.

Marines confiscate more than 3000 chemical suits and masks from a hospital in An Nassiriyah.

Russia expresses fears that the U.S. could fabricate evidence of Iraq hiding its weapons of mass destruction.

Two British soldiers killed in friendly fire when their Challenger tank was targeted by a similar tank.

A convoy of Kuwaiti food aid arrives in Umm Qasr.

Anti-war protests continue in many countries.

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