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• U.S. FORCES KILLED NEAR GERESK CENTCOM 29 Mar 2003 -- TWO U.S. SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED WHEN THEIR FOUR VEHICLE MOUNTED RECONNAISSANCE PATROL WAS ATTACKED IN THE VICINITY OF GERESK AT APPROXIMATELY 4 P.M. TODAY.
• AFGHAN / U-S S-L COMBO VOA 29 Mar 2003 -- Two U-S Special Forces soldiers were killed Saturday in an ambush in southern Afghanistan. One other U-S soldier was wounded in the incident.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 9th Comm. Bn. helps CJTF-HOA 'phone home' USMC News 29 Mar 2003 -- "Wiredawgs" from C Company, 9th Communications Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force are here doing their part to keep Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa connected to the rest of the world.
• U.S., CHINA AGREE TO ENHANCED COOPERATION ON POW/MIA MATTERS 29 Mar 2003 -- A Department of Defense delegation has concluded a visit to China to discuss additional cooperation in resolving POW and MIA cases.
• Air National Guard unit ensures safe flying AFPN 29 Mar 2003 -- Communication is vital. It is the key to the success of any operation. Without it, assumption and perception take over, causing malfunctions and putting lives at stake.
• Experience levels vary in Operation Iraqi Freedom AFPN 29 Mar 2003 -- The level of experience of Air Force members currently deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia runs the gamut, from battle-tested veteran to bright-eyed teenager.

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Other Conflicts

• IVORY COAST / DEMO VOA 29 Mar 2003 -- Police in Ivory Coast have fired tear gas on demonstrators who were trying to protest what they say were atrocities committed by rebels in the west of the country.

News Reports

• UN doctor dies of new respiratory disease he first identified UN News Centre 29 Mar 2003 -- Dr. Carlo Urbani, a United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) expert on communicable diseases, today died of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - an emerging health threat which he first identified.
• W-H-O / FLU DOCTOR VOA 29 Mar 2003 -- The World Health Organization doctor who first identified a mysterious flu-like illness, known as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), has died of the disease in a hospital in Thailand. Latest figures from W-H-O put the number of cases of SARS at one-thousand-500. At least 55 people have died.
• ZIMBABWE / VOTE VOA 29 Mar 2003 -- Two crucial by-elections in Zimbabwe began early Saturday amid claims of wrongdoing by both the ruling and opposition parties. Police were out in force in in two key working class suburbs of Harare.
• ASIA/PNEUMONIA VOA 29 Mar 2003 -- The fall-out from the spread of atypical pneumonia continues to reverberate around Asia. Authorities have ordered schools closed in Hong Kong and Singapore, and other measures are being taken across the region to stem the spread of the disease.