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WASHINGTON:The United States sent troops to strife-torn Ivory Coast to protectUS citizens, including about 160 schoolchildren trapped in a rebel-heldcity where Ivorian soldiers have mounted an attack on mutineers.
LONDON: BritishPrime Minister Tony Blair accused Iraqi President Saddam Husseinof hiding weapons of mass destruction, as he pressed the Houseof Commons to back a United States bid to topple the Iraqi regime.
VATICAN CITY: Pope John Paul II called on the Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon to lift his army's siege of Palestinian Authorityleader Yasser Arafat's offices in the West Bank.
COPENHAGEN:Key Asian and European leaders warned the United States againsta unilateral assault on Iraq, at the end of a three-day summitclouded by the threat of war.
GANDHINAGAR,India: At least 30 people were killed when militants stormed aHindu temple in India's riot-torn Gujarat state and opened fireon devotees, the local superintendent of police said.
MERIDA,Mexico: Tropical Storm Isidore is expected to gather strengthand could regain hurricane status as it churns over the Gulf.