57 per cent favour EU membership
"The survey... found that 57 per cent of those interviewed were in favour of EU membership, 35.7 per cent said they were against, while 7.3 per cent did not answer the questions."

US tanks enter Baghdad
"American tanks made a foray into Iraq's battered capital for the first time yesterday in what US officials dubbed a demonstration of their ability to operate in President Saddam Hussein's power base."

US forces dig at suspect site
"US Marines were digging up a suspected chemical weapons hiding place at an Iraqi school yesterday, describing it as one of the most likely concealment sites discovered in a so far fruitless hunt."

SARS cases rise
"Hong Kong reported 39 new infections and three deaths from a deadly respiratory virus yesterday and a top doctor in the battered Chinese region said its health care system was in crisis."

PM, Sant in heated radio debate
"The Prime Minister yesterday accused Labour leader Alfred Sant of 'unfair' and 'unethical behaviour' in the way he was treating journalists in the last part of the general election campaign."

AD chairman scotches rumours
"Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Harry Vassallo yesterday wrote to Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami highlighting his disappointment that Nationalist Party canvassers and candidates were creating confusion and division among the alliance which wanted European Union membership."

Labour's Lm40 million plan to improve roads
"The Labour Party has drawn up a Lm40 million plan which would tackle the majority of Malta's problem roads over the coming five years."

Minister's comments
"The government was paying road contractors and had no pending bills for completed work, Transport Minister Ċensu Galea said yesterday."