Australian PM refutes Annan claims Iraq war &#39;illegal&#39;
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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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Britain, Australia and a former U.S.  official, stung by criticism from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan, insisted on Thursday that their countries' military  action in Iraq was legal.
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President George W. Bush joined a chorus of US-allied leaders in defending the Iraq war from UN chief Kofi Annan's charge that it 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 invasion.
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United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is again making the case that, from his perspective, the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal -- a charge Australian Prime Minister John Howard flatly rejects.
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UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan&#39;s declaration saying the Iraq war was &quot;illegal&quot; sparked different reactions from the Iraqis.
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Prime Minister John Howard on Monday rejected claims that his government was guilty of negligence for allowing Australia's monopoly wheat exporter to pay multimillion-dollar kickbacks to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has revealed that he believes the war on Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot;. Mr Annan said the war was &quot;not in conformity&quot; with the UN Security Council or with the UN Charter.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The decision by President George W. Bush to go to war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot; because it didn&#39;t have UN Security Council approval, according to Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan was at pains to avoid controversy during a visit to Britain, one of the chief proponents of a war in Iraq that Annan recently described as illegal.
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STATE DEPARTMENT Secretary of State Powell is rejecting comments made by the UN secretary-general about the war in Iraq. In an interview with the BBC, Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) called the US-led military
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Prime Minister John Howard has stood firm against withdrawing troops from Iraq after unconfirmed reports that two Australians have been taken hostage and would be killed within 24 hours unless Canberra pulls out.
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The Greens are hopeful Kofi Annan&#39;s statement that the US-led war on Iraq was illegal will help lead more people around the world to think the same.
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Britain says it disagrees with the assessment of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the invasion of Iraq was illegal. Fresh controversy has erupted over the legality of the US-led invasion of Iraq last year
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Faced with UN chief Kofi Annan's charge that the war in Iraq was &quot;illegal&quot; under the world body's charter, US President George W. Bush strongly implied that the invasion enjoyed UN support.
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In typical give-a-dog-a-bad-name-to-hang-it fashion, the BBC badgered UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to use the word &quot;illegal&quot; to describe the invasion of Iraq by US and British forces last year.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because it violated the UN Charter. The remarks revive one of the most heated debates surrounding last year&#39;s war.