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Pentagon Releases Names of Marines Killed: "The Pentagon on Thursday disclosed the names of four Marines killed Monday when their CH-46 transport helicopter crashed into a canal in central Iraq shortly after takeoff. (AP)"
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UN members lift sanctions on Iraq after 13 years: "After weeks of internal wrangling, the United Nations voted to lift crippling sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1990 and give the UN a key role in rebuilding the devastated country. (AFP)"
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U.S.-British Rule of Iraq Wins U.N. Vote: "Putting aside bitter divisions over the Iraqi war, the U.N. Security Council gave the United States and Britain a mandate Thursday to govern Iraq and use its oil riches to rebuild the country. The resolution opened the door to a quick resumption of oil exports. (AP)"
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Senior Baath Party Leader in U.S. Custody: "Reports of a death notice and a mourning ceremony did not fool U.S. forces tracking down Aziz Saleh al-Numan, the highest-ranking capture on the list of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis. (AP)"
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Al Qaeda in Iran, so sayeth Iran in IraqWar.info

Iraqis fire in the air to celebrate lifting of UN sanctions: "Celebratory gunfire rattled out across the Iraqi countryside and tracer fire and flares lit up the sky as Iraqis celebrated the lifting of 13 years of sweeping UN sanctions and the hope of a better life. (AFP)"
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Texas dept of public safety shreds documents used in Democratic lawmaker manhunt (22 May 03) in Radio Free USA

Propaganda? Was Pfc. Lynch used? (22 May 03) in Radio Free USA

Afghans' uranium levels spark alert (22 May 03) in Radio Free USA

A new level of French-bashing: "Six French journalists were detained and treated as prisoners for 26 hours this week for attempting to cover a video game trade show in Los Angeles without a press visa. The article from Reporters Without Borders details disturbingly arbitrary rules governing who would be allowed entry, and who would be detained, interrogated, and physically searched before being forcibly sent back to their home country."
In Alternet: War On Iraq