THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. and Iraqi troops poured into Baghdad's main Shia militia stronghold yesterday, encountering no resistance in the one-time Sadr City combat zones but testing the Shias' commitment to the U.S.-promoted campaign to drive militants from the capital.
BY MOHAMAD BAZZI
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Egyptian cleric serving a life sentence for plotting to blow up New York City landmarks, is "nearing death," but his supporters are unlikely to retaliate against the United States, according to his Egyptian lawyer.
BY SHAFIQULLAH AZIMI AND LAURA KING
A suicide bombing aimed at an American military convoy triggered a chaotic round of gunfire on a busy highway in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, leaving at least eight Afghan civilians dead and about three dozen others wounded, officials said.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Ramush Haradinaj, a one-time nightclub bouncer and martial arts expert who rose to become a guerrilla chieftain and Kosovo's prime minister, faces trial today, accused of mounting an ethnic cleansing campaign against Serbs.
The Associated Press
For a third consecutive day, Baghdad was spared a car bombing or attack bringing mass casualties, but a Shia newspaper editor and a police officer were gunned down, and U.S. artillery could be heard across Baghdad after nightfall. U.S. forces also reported finding a series of weapons caches around the capital.
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