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Last Updated: Wednesday, 2 April, 2003, 12:15 GMT 13:15 UK

Lt Matt Fennell of California, atop an armoured vehicle. AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mark Avery

Baghdad braces for key battle

US troops push north following a night of intense fighting just south of Baghdad, where Iraqis are preparing for a siege.

Iraq latest: At-a-glance

Military operations maps

War in Iraq: Your views

Saddam 'threat' to holy sites

Saddam Hussein intends to damage religious sites and blame it on the coalition forces, Tony Blair tells MPs.

Travel warning over deadly bug

The World Health Organisation advises against visiting Hong Kong or parts of China as a mystery virus spreads.

Special forces rescue US POW

UK troops shell Iraqi defences

Powell in Turkey to heal rift

French plea as cemetery defaced

Missing journalist safe and well

DESPATCHES

Iraqi troops 'prepare for urban warfare in Baghdad'

Seeing through the fog of war

OTHER TOP STORIES

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UK house price rises 'slowing'

Space station to get new crew

Eriksson ponders Rooney gamble

GI baby's deportation threat

Bouncers face tighter scrutiny

Grim clues
Royal Marines find evidence of torture in Iraqi police cells

Ask an expert
Can Colin Powell heal rift with Turkey and EU? 1415BST

Words of war
DeadEnders, Ethical surgery, Soft berets. Make sense to you?

AROUND THE WORLD NOW

AFRICA

Kenya's 'shocking' land-grabbing

AMERICAS

Huge toxic spill alarms Brazil

ASIA-PACIFIC

S Korea backs Iraq war move

EUROPE

Belgium softens war crimes law

MIDDLE EAST

Israel juggles budget strike threat

SOUTH ASIA

Pakistan arrests militant suspect

AROUND THE UK NOW

ENGLAND

Police braced for influx of fans

NORTHERN IRELAND

Motive sought for man's murder

SCOTLAND

Drugs granny and family jailed

WALES

'Stuart's campaign' after bus death

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TECHNOLOGY

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ENTERTAINMENT

All over for Lineker and Gower

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POW rescue: Your reaction

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