US troops killed some 650 Iraqis in fighting near the central town of Najaf over the last 24 hours, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Major John Altman, intelligence officer of the Third Infantry Division's First Brigade.
The advance of US Marines north from the southern city of Nassiriya was stopped by Iraqi resistance, Reuters reported.
Coalition forces are reportedly standing by to enter the southern Iraqi city of Basra to support a possible civilian uprising.
Iraqi state television appears on air despite bombing of station by US-led forces hours earlier. Iraq's international satellite channel remains off air.
Bulgaria will sign its NATO accession protocol today in Brussels. The ceremony will start at 3 pm local time (4pm Bulgarian time).
Buildings are burning in central Baghdad after what appear to be dawn raids by coalition forces, BBC reported. US warplanes again pounded Republican Guard positions near Baghdad on Wednesday after American ground forces reported killing up to 300 Iraqi t
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has warned the war in Iraq is still "much closer to the beginning than the end", but said humanitarian aid was already being delivered. At a Pentagon briefing, Rumsfeld said "food, water and medicine" was being provid
Fierce sandstorms are holding up US-led forces in their advance towards the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Tuesday exhorted Arab tribesmen and clans throughout the country to join the fight against the U.S.
President Bush has sent Congress a request for USD 74.7 B to pay for the first six months of the war.
Saudi Arabia has made a peace proposal to the United States and Iraq and is awaiting a response, international agencies reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has strongly denied US claims that Russian firms have sold military equipment to Iraq.
Sandstorms slowed U.S.
Bulgaria and Russia chose different approaches in seeking a resolution to the problem with disarming Iraq, but on international issues our positions have more similarities than differences, Russia's Ambassador to Bulgaria Vladimir Titov said in an exclusi
Serbian police have arrested the man suspected of assassinating Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, new Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic said at a news conference. The man, a former senior officer in a special police unit, has been identified as Zvezdan
Bulgaria's biggest GSM operator MobilTel officially opened its new biggest office in Sofia, part of a MobilTel new park at Kukush street. Sofia Mayor Sofianski and Finance Minister Milen Velchev attended the ceremony.
Tony Blair said a "huge amount" had been achieved in the war so far and assured the Iraqi people that coalition forces "will not let you down".
Religious ceremonies with ritual bread were held Tuesday at many Orthodox churches in Bulgaria to mark Blagoveshtenie. People believe that on Blagoveshtenie all poisons are not poisonous and if the weather is fine, the harvest will be rich.
The second online conversation with Finance Minister Milen Velchev will take place in the chat of the web site of the finance ministry at www.minfin.
Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Passy said that in spite of the different positions on Iraq, he didn't expect the parliaments of EU member countries to obstruct the ratification of Bulgaria's NATO accession protocol.
Deputy Economy Minister Dimitar Hadzhinikolov and over 40 Bulgarian companies will promote Bulgaria at an international tourism bourse MITT 2003 in Moscow, which opens March 26. Among the Bulgarian companies are Zlatni Pyasutsi, Albena, Slunchev Bryag, Ba
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