25 January 2003 Military News

BUSH / STATE OF THE UNION VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- President Bush Saturday outlined some of the domestic issues he will be emphasizing in this week's State of the Union address. Mr. Bush says Congress should slow government spending because of his plans for more tax cuts and possible military action in Iraq

IVORY COAST-DEMO VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- In Ivory Coast, hundreds of angry demonstrators took to the streets of the main city, Abidjan, late Saturday to protest a French-brokered peace agreement that is meant to end the country's four-month-old rebel war
Côte d'Ivoire: Annan urges action to implement peace agreement UN News Centre 25 Jan 2003 -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the factions in Côte d'Ivoire to make good on pledges in an agreement aimed at ending the country's civil strife, and called for international support to bolster the effort
ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun Saturday after an operation that left one Palestinian dead and some 20 injured
FRANCE / IVORY COAST VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has named a prime minister as part of an agreement to end four months of civil war. He had accepted the peace agreement earlier Saturday at a summit in Paris. Mr. Gbagbo's sudden acceptance was both dramatic and welcomed by the other participants

UNHCR / PANAMA VOA 25 Jan 2003 -- The United Nations refugee agency says hundreds of Panamanian indigenous people have fled their homes in the face of attacks this week from Colombian paramilitaries