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• SOLDIER DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND CENTCOM 02 Aug 2003 -- A 1st Armored Division soldier died August 1 of a gunshot wound received at approximately 7:30 p.m. on July 31.
• ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED IN RPG ATTACK CENTCOM 02 Aug 2003 -- One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and three injured at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 1, when their convoy came under rocket-propelled grenade attack south of Shumayt.
• IRAQI WOMAN KILLED DURING ATTACK ON U.S. SOLDIERS CENTCOM 02 Aug 2003 -- An Iraqi woman was killed Aug. 1 when U.S. soldiers fired in self-defense during an attack in the Al Mansor district.

• Negroponte: Taylor Must Leave Liberia Now Washington File 02 Aug 2003 -- The immediate departure of Liberian President Charles Taylor is crucial now that the U.N. has authorized a multinational peacekeeping force, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte said August 1.
• Security Council Authorizes Multinational Force for Liberia Washington File 02 Aug 2003 -- The Security Council August 1 authorized an international peacekeeping force to pacify the situation in Liberia and prepare for a U.N. mission later in the year.
• LIBERIA/PRESIDENT VOA 02 Aug 2003 -- West African envoys meeting with Liberian President Charles Taylor say he has agreed to cede power on August 11th. The envoys from the regional body, ECOWAS, were meeting with Mr. Taylor to discuss deployment of peacekeepers in the country and his departure from power. Fighting in the capital intensified as the meeting took place.
• LIBERIA/PRESIDENT VOA 02 Aug 2003 -- Liberian President Charles Taylor has agreed to step down from office on August 11th. The announcement follows a meeting with west African envoys representing the regional body ECOWAS.
• LIBERIA: Taylor sets date for resigning but not for leaving IRIN 02 Aug 2003 -- Liberian President Charles Taylor said on Saturday that he would resign as head of state on August 11 and eventually leave the country, but he did not say when.

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• White House Says Abbas is Taking "Important Steps to Reduce Violence" Washington File 02 Aug 2003 -- Also pleased with Saudi cooperation in war against terrorism, according to press secretary

• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 02 Aug 2003 -- Palestinian security forces are detaining 20 militants who have been sheltering in Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. At least 14 of the men are believed to be from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed faction of the Palestinian leader's Fatah movement.
• U-N/PALESTINIANS VOA 02 Aug 2003 -- A United Nations official who toured Gaza and the West Bank says the recent meeting between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and President Bush has raised hopes among Palestinians that peace with Israel is possible.
• ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS VOA 02 Aug 2003 -- Palestinian security forces are detaining 20 militants who have been sheltering in Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. At least 14 of the men are believed to be from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed faction of the Palestinian leader's Fatah movement.

• RUSSIA/BLAST VOA 02 Aug 2003 -- The death toll continues to rise at the site of a military hospital in southern Russia that was destroyed in a suicide bombing late Friday. At least 35 people are reported to have died in the blast, which is being blamed on Chechen rebels.
• Russia: Rescue And Recovery Efforts Continue After North Ossetia Bomb Attack RFE/L 02 Aug 2003 -- Rescue workers are searching for survivors this morning at a Russian military hospital in the southern republic of North Ossetia following an explosion believed to have been caused by a truck bombing.
• Russia: Truck-Bomb Attack Kills At Least 35 In Ossetia RFE/L 02 Aug 2003 -- A vehicle packed with explosives blew up a Russian military hospital in the southern republic of North Ossetia yesterday, killing at least 35 people and wounding another 150.

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