The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Madrid - Spain's withdrawal from Iraq is all but inevitable, incoming Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said in an interview bound to disappoint Washington and stoke debate over the occupation. Kahtmandu - Nepali troops killed 500 Maoist rebels in a 12-hour battle yesterday, the army said, in what would be the bloodiest single clash since the revolt against the country's constitutional monarchy began in 1996. Orlando, Florida - President George W. Bush opened his campaign Saturday with a raucous rally for 13,000, warning that his Democratic challenger would "tax all of you." Less than three weeks after Senator John Kerry became his presumptive opponent, Bush used his first campaign appearance other than a fundraiser to declare that the game is on and that he will "give it my all." Baghdad, Iraq - Reports that led to charges against six U.S. soldiers accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison came from within the military, not from prisoner complaints, a senior U.S. military official said yesterday. The soldiers, members of a military police unit, were charged Saturday with a range of crimes, including dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another person. The alleged offenses were committed in November and December and came to the attention of military authorities in January.
