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A daily look at U.S. military deaths in Iraq - 1/20/04 7:43 PM
As of Tuesday, Jan. 20, 501 U.S. service members have died since the beginning of military operations in Iraq, according to the military. Of those, 346 died as a result of hostile action and 155 died of non-hostile causes, the department said.

Bush meets with Iraqis in election dispute, defers to U.N. for a solution - 1/20/04 7:04 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush met Tuesday with a leader who acts as a go-between for the Shiite cleric who is demanding direct elections in Iraq. The administration also enlisted the United Nations to help resolve the growing dispute over Iraqi self-rule.

Officials say Governing Council could take over powers from coalition, al-Sistani reportedly would agree - 1/20/04 6:29 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- If an influential Shiite cleric sticks to his demand for early legislative elections, then the coalition may turn sovereignty over to the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, coalition and Iraqi officials said Tuesday.

Bush meets with Iraqis in election dispute, defers to UN for a solution - 1/20/04 5:21 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush met Tuesday with a leader who acts as a go-between for the Shiite cleric who is demanding direct elections in Iraq. The administration also enlisted the United Nations to help resolve the growing dispute over Iraqi self-rule.

Bush meets with Iraqis in election dispute, defers to UN for a solution - 1/20/04 5:12 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush met Tuesday with a leader who acts as a go-between for the Shiite cleric who is demanding direct elections in Iraq. The administration also enlisted the United Nations to help resolve the growing dispute over Iraqi self-rule.

Annan approval of sending election team to Iraq expected soon: diplomats - 1/20/04 4:11 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is likely to approve within days sending election experts to Iraq to study whether the country could have quick, direct elections for a transitional government, U.N. diplomats told The Associated Press Tuesday.

Bush meets with members of Iraqi Governing Council - 1/20/04 4:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush stepped up efforts Tuesday to calm the dispute over transition to self-rule in Iraq, calling in a Shiite leader and the president of the Iraqi Governing Council in a search for a formula to end the U.S. occupation by July 1.

Shiites demand execution of Saddam in a growing sign of their clout - 1/20/04 3:25 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad for a second day Tuesday, this time demanding the execution of Saddam Hussein -- whose Sunni-dominated regime repressed the Shiite majority for decades.

Missile lands in U.S. compound, no damage - 1/20/04 3:15 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A missile landed in the sprawling U.S. compound in central Baghdad late Tuesday, causing little damage, a U.S. spokesman said. Officials were investigating a report that one person was wounded.

Two Saddam loyalists taken into custody by U.S. forces - 1/20/04 2:19 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A former high-ranking member of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, accused of involvement in recent insurgent attacks, has surrendered to the U.S. forces in central Iraq, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

Emirates says it's willing to forgive most of Iraq's $14 billion debt - 1/20/04 2:07 PM
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- After a visit by former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday it was willing to forgive most of Iraq's $3.8 billion debt to the Gulf state.

Explosion heard in central Baghdad - 1/20/04 1:54 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A loud explosion was heard late Tuesday in central Baghdad, and sirens could be heard from the U.S. compound known as the "green zone."

Shiites demand execution of Saddam in a growing sign of their clout - 1/20/04 12:51 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad for a second day Tuesday, this time demanding the execution of Saddam Hussein -- whose Sunni-dominated regime repressed the Shiite majority for decades.

Shiite Muslims march through Iraq's capital demanding execution of Saddam - 1/20/04 8:28 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Thousands of Shiite Muslims marched through Baghdad on Tuesday clamoring for Saddam Hussein's execution in the latest show of strength by people oppressed for decades by the former dictator.

Annan gives guarded support to U.S. request for sending United Nations team to Iraq - 1/20/04 4:55 AM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan cautiously supported an American and Iraqi request that a U.N team study whether Iraq could have quick, direct elections for a transitional government.

Iraq's interim government to create office to combat widespread corruption - 1/20/04 3:51 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's interim administration is establishing an office to combat corruption and abuse of power in a step toward ridding the country of one legacy of Saddam Hussein's rule.

AP Interview: Iraq's former U.N. envoy says U.S. not sincere about establishing democracy - 1/20/04 3:28 AM
AJMAN, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's former U.N. envoy accused the United States of deliberately sowing chaos in Iraq to prevent democracy from taking hold.

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