Japan to confirm what Annan meant by saying Iraq war illegal
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TOKYO - Japan will try to confirm what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meant by reportedly saying the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act, top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Thursday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan's claim that the war in Iraq was illegal drew strong protest from the United States and its allies but little comment from the war's opponents, who appeared unwilling to revisit the question.
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The government said the war in Iraq was &quot;not only lawful but necessary,&quot; disagreeing with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's description of the US-British invasion in 2003 as illegal.
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SYDNEY : Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Thursday refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who recently angered the United States by calling the war in Iraq &quot;illegal,&quot; has weighed in again with a letter to President Bush, British Prime Minister
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The UN secretary general Kofi Annan considered yesterday in an interview broadcast by the BBC ( world section) that the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 &quot;was illegitimate.
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United Nations Secretary, General Kofi Annan, said in an interview with the BBC, that the US led invasion of Iraq was illegal. When asked whether he thought the invasion of Iraq was illegal, Annan replied &quot;Yes, if you wish.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday expressed strong disapproval of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s description of the US-led war in Iraq as illegal, saying the comment was &quot;not a very useful statement to make at this point.
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The US rebuffs UN chief Kofi Annan's assertion that the American-led invasion of Iraq was illegal.
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Japan&#39;s decision to extend its troops&#39; mandate in Iraq will mean they stay in the country for at least another year. But the move, seen as part of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s efforts
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has made a stinging attack on war with Iraq. Mr Annan said the conflict was illegal and violated the UN Charter.
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Japan&#39;s Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday Japanese troops may withdraw from Iraq in late 2005. &quot;The mandate for the multinational force (in Iraq) will
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The Kyodo news agency said a doctor at the Japanese embassy in Kuwait confirmed Saturday a body found in Iraq is not that of a Japanese citizen.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard refuted claims by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot;, saying it had been justified by UN Security Council resolutions.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s claim that the war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&#39;&#39; unleashed a storm of protests from the United States and its allies.
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WASHINGTON: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan threw the diplomatic world into a tizzy on Wednesday by bluntly declaring that the US decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 was illegal.
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Britain on Thursday rejected a claim by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the U.S.-led Iraq war was "illegal" because Washington and its coalition allies never got Security Council backing for the ...