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.
Washington - Top U.S. military officer Gen. Richard Myers said yesterday there is no widespread pattern of abuse of Iraqi prisoners and that the actions of "just a handful" of U.S. troops at a Baghdad prison have unfairly tainted all American forces. An internal Army reportedly found that some Iraqi detainees were subjected to "sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses" at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. Vatican City - Pope John Paul yesterday welcomed the 10 new nations of the European Union but said the bloc could only face the challenges of the 21st century if it defended its Christian roots. The pope, whose native country, Poland, is one of the new countries in the 25-strong EU, said Europe's identity would be "incomprehensible" without Christianity. London - Around 4,000 more British troops are reportedly to be sent to Iraq to take control of Najaf, a Shiite holy city plagued by heavy clashes between Shiite insurgents and the coalition forces. Gaza - Israeli helicopters fired three missiles into Gaza City yesterday, wounding at least two people, hours after Palestinian militants killed five Jewish settlers in the territory, witnesses said. Hong Kong - The Chinese government is to take strong measures to cool down its economy, which will reportedly put a curb on bank credits and cancel municipal investment on property developments.
