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Sudan warns Britain that intervention could turn into another Iraq By George Jones, Andrew Sparrow and Rachel Sylvester (Filed: 23/07/2004) British troops are welcome to enter the Darfur region, Sudan's foreign minister said yesterday, but they would rapidly find themselves in an Iraq-like situation. Responding to a British newspaper report suggesting that Tony Blair was considering options to send troops to the region, Mustafa Ismail said his government was willing to withdraw from Darfur. Children at Abu Shok refugee camp "We will give him the chance if he can give security to Darfur," Mr Ismail said in Paris. But he...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Even as administration officials continued work to finish Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised budget due out next week, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez warned the Republican governor Thursday not to cut too deep. "Make no mistake, we are going to fight very hard for the things that we believe in," said Nunez, D-Los Angeles, at a noontime press conference. "We will tell the governor of those things that we really want in this budget, what we think is important and socially responsible. And the governor can tell us how he plans to see that the revenues are there to...

Scientists Warn of Coming Flu Outbreak By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer NEW YORK - As bad as this year's flu season is, it hasn't brought the worldwide outbreak known as a pandemic. But experts warn that a pandemic is coming, it's just a question of when. "It's going to happen," said Dr. Greg Poland of the Mayo Clinic. "For the American public in particular, I think it will be horrific." Many Americans haven't experienced the overwhelming crush of patients at hospitals and doctors' offices and the widespread fear a flu pandemic could bring. And by historical pattern, Poland said...

Democrats warn of 'profiteering' in reconstruction contracts By Severin Carrell 05 October 2003 The Bush administration and major US firms are facing fresh charges of "profiteering" from the Iraq war after allegedly inflating the costs of key contracts. The accusations from Tom Daschle, the Democrat Senate leader, came after his staff uncovered evidence of the "gold plating" of cost estimates for dozens of contracts. The controversy has highlighted the White House's growing problems in persuading a deeply sceptical Congress to release an extra $87bn (£52bn) for Iraq and, in part, Afghanistan - in addition to the $79bn it approved in...

Fake drivers licenses easy to obtain Government investigators easily dupe state agencies, warn of terror loophole NBC's Bob Hager reports on how easy it is to get a fake driver's license. By Bob Hager and Bob Sullivan MSNBC AND NBC NEWS Sept. 9 — Armed with fictitious birth certificates, utility bills, out-of-state licenses and other falsified documents, congressional investigators easily convinced motor vehicle agency employees around the country to issue genuine drivers licenses, a security flaw that could open the door to future terrorist attacks, a government report to be released Tuesday says. THE REPORT from the General Accounting Office,...

Tank wrecks warn of US might By Patrick Bishop in the northern Kuwaiti desert (Filed: 10/12/2002) It looked at first, like a scrap yard, sited incongruously at the side of a lonely desert road. Then I got closer. There was something odd about the shattered, rusting trucks jumbled up in the sand. Tanks destroyed by US forces lie in the desert outside Kuwait City A glance inside the cabs confirmed first suspicions. The vehicles were mostly Russian and East German military issue - the type used by Saddam's army of occupation in Kuwait. The shrapnel gashes and splintered windscreens told...

Friday, 4 October, 2002, 10:02 GMT 11:02 UK Doctors warn of bioterrorism risks Doctors warn getting hold of anthrax is 'not that difficult' Doctors are warning about the dangers of bioterror attacks. At a meeting of the World Medical Association in Washington, US, they are warning that health officials need to be on their guard against such an attack - and say terrorists could get hold of biological weapons quite easily. Professor Donald Henderson, senior advisor on bioterrorism to the US government, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "At the top of the list is smallpox, followed by anthrax, by...