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valign="top"> <div class="ish">Americas</div> <img height="1" width="629" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/990000.gif"/><br/> <a name="startcontent"></a><span class="lu">Last Updated:</span>  <span class="ds">Tuesday, 1 April, 2003, 21:47 GMT 22:47 UK </span> <img height="2" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="2" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <div class="mvb"><img height="5" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/></div> <table width="629" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="416" valign="top"> <table width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2907373.stm"><img height="152" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="203" alt="A Hilla victim who lost members of his family" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39038000/jpg/_39038153_man203indexap.jpg"/></a></td> <td><img height="10" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/></td> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2907373.stm" class="tsh"> Iraqi civilian casualties mount </a> </div> <div class="mvb"> At least 11 members of the same family are reported killed in an air strike in central Iraq as US-led forces advance on Baghdad. </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2906101.stm" class="tsl"> Moving up to Baghdad </a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2907855.stm" class="tsl"> Military briefing: main points </a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2904893.stm" class="tsl"> Iraq latest: At-a-glance </a> </div> </td> </tr></table> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="5" border="0" width="416" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/cccccc.gif"/><br/> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2907969.stm"><img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39038000/jpg/_39038819_aircanada66.jpg"/></a> <img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2907969.stm" class="shl"> Air Canada declares bankruptcy </a> <br clear="all"/> </div> <div class="o"> Canada's largest airline files for bankruptcy with debts of almost US$9bn but vows to keep its aeroplanes flying. </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2905091.stm"><img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="Passengers leave hijacked Cubana Airlines plane at Havana airport" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39038000/jpg/_39038573_cuba66afp.jpg"/></a> <img height="49" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="5" alt="" 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</td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="nlp"> FEATURES </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2883971.stm"> Two views: Wolfowitz and Sabri </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2880949.stm"> War reporters face challenges </a> <br/> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2888319.stm"> Putting out Iraq's burning oil fields </a> <br/> </div> <img height="10" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="1" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/><br/> <div class="o"> <div class="nlp"><a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm" class="lp"> COUNTRY PROFILES </a></div> <div class="nlp"> A GUIDE TO THE AMERICAS </div> <div class="ddt"></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><form method="post" action="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/openurl.pl"><tr><td> <select name="link" class="formatStyle" onchange="if (this.options[selectedIndex].value != '') location.href=this.options[selectedIndex].value"> <option value="#">Choose a country</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1191111.stm">Antigua/Barbuda</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1192478.stm">Argentina</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1154642.stm">Bahamas</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1154116.stm">Barbados</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1211472.stm">Belize</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1210487.stm">Bolivia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1227110.stm">Brazil</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1198865.stm">Canada</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1222764.stm">Chile</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1212798.stm">Colombia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1166587.stm">Costa Rica</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1203299.stm">Cuba</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1166435.stm">Dominica</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1216926.stm">Dominican Rep</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1212882.stm">Ecuador</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1220684.stm">El Salvador</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1023393.stm">Greenland</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1209605.stm">Grenada</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1215758.stm">Guatemala</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1211325.stm">Guyana</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1202772.stm">Haiti</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1225416.stm">Honduras</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1190968.stm">Jamaica</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1205074.stm">Mexico</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1225218.stm">Nicaragua</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1229332.stm">Panama</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1222081.stm">Paraguay</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1224656.stm">Peru</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1211306.stm">Surinam</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1202982.stm">St Kitts & Nevis</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1210491.stm">St Lucia</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1210689.stm">St Vincent/Gren</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1209827.stm">Trinidad/Tobago</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1217752.stm">USA</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1229360.stm">Uruguay</option> <option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1229345.stm">Venezuela</option> </select> <input border="0" type="image" src="/web/20030401221017im_/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/go_button.gif" value="GO"> </td></tr></form></table> <div class="nlp"> Compiled by BBC Monitoring </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img height="10" border="0" width="416" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/ffffff.gif"/> <table width="416" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2003/reporters_log/default.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39034000/jpg/_39034843_war_diaries3_6666.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>War diaries </b><br/> Frontline reports from the BBC team on day 13 of the war </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td><td width="10" valign="top" class="gddddbb"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="pb"> <div class="o"> <a href="/web/20030401221017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2907701.stm" class="pbl"> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" vspace="0" border="0" width="66" alt="British war cemetery at Etaples defaced with anti-war slogans" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39038000/jpg/_39038377_graf66afp.jpg"/> <img height="66" hspace="0" align="left" border="0" width="5" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> <b>Cemetery attack</b><br/> French PM pleads for tolerance after war graves are defaced </a><br clear="all"/> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td width="213" valign="top"> <table width="213" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="10" valign="top" class="gffffff"> <img height="1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="10" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif"/> </td><td width="203" valign="top"> <div class="o"> <div class="avh">WATCH/LISTEN<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030401221017/http://www.real.com/products/player/bbc.html"><img height="8" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" width="100" alt="" 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