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Station: News Radio 93.8FM
Date: 26/03/2003
Time: 0800hrs
1. The Ministry of Health says there is little risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) spreading in the community.
2. Four more cases of SARS were reported yesterday.
3. The British Defence Ministry says Iraqi forces in the southern city of Basra have fired mortars against their own people.
4. A major battle has taken place between United States (US) and Iraqi forces near the southern town of Anajaf.
5. Fierce sandstorms is slowing the US-led advance to Baghdad.
6. US President George W. Bush has asked congress to provide nearly US$75 billion to cover the escalating cost of the war.
7. A British Navy ship is expected to dock in Iraq's only deep water port by tomorrow.
8. The United Nations (UN) Security Council will meet tomorrow in an emergency debate on Iraq.
9. Iraqi forces have used jamming equipments designed to foil American military global positioning systems.
10. More than half of some 200 people killed on the roads last year were motorcyclists.