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DJ IRAQ ROUNDUP: US, British Forces Push Towards Basra



NEW YORK (AP)--Leaving throngs of captured Iraqis behind them in razor-wire
pens, U.S. and British forces battled for control of southern Iraq's largest
city Saturday while air strikes pounded far-flung targets across the country.
U.S. officials said Saddam Hussein's regime was clearly losing control.
U.S. aircraft bombed Iraqi tanks holding the bridges near Basra, a city of 1.3
million, and Iraqi forces fired artillery in return. To the north, U.S. infantry
and airborne units pushed over the desert toward central Iraq on the second day
of the ground offensive.
In Baghdad, a huge explosion shook the heart of the capital before dawn, just
hours after the fiercest bombardment of the war shattered one of Saddam's
palaces. Also taking a direct hit was the nine-story intelligence headquarters.
"The lights stayed on in Baghdad, but the instruments of tyranny are
collapsing," said British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon.
Meanwhile, Iran complained Saturday about violations of its airspace by U.S.
and British warplanes flying missions over Iraq, and said a stray rocket had hit
the Abadan petrochemical facility the night before. CNN reported the Pentagon
was attempting to confirm the Iranian claim.
West of Baghdad, along the Euphrates River, another of Saddam's palaces was
destroyed Saturday in a strike by warplanes from the USS Theodore Roosevelt,
according to a commander aboard the carrier in the Mediterranean. And in
far-north Iraq, a Kurdish official said U.S. forces fired Tomahawk cruise
missiles at suspected positions of the Ansar al Islam guerrillas, which the U.S.
accuses of ties to al Qaida terrorists.
Near Basra, Cobra attack helicopters, attack jets, tanks and 155 mm howitzers
tried to clear the way for the troops headed up Highway 80 - nicknamed the
"Highway of Death" during the 1991 Gulf War when U.S. airstrikes destroyed an
Iraqi military convoy using it to flee Kuwait.
Along the roadside, a few children waved; others patted their stomachs or
lifted their hands to their mouths, signaling hunger.
Left behind were large numbers of Iraqi soldiers, including members of the
51st Infantry Division. Malnourished and overmatched, they surrendered Friday,
depriving Basra of one of its main defensive units.
According to Hoon, most regular Iraqi troops have withdrawn from Basra, but
members of Saddam's security forces continued to defend the city.
U.S. and British commanders said their troops captured many key facilities in
Iraq's southern oil fields, saving them from possible sabotage and ensuring
their use for postwar reconstruction. Only seven oil wells were found to be
ablaze - far fewer than many officials had feared.
Adm. Michael Boyce, chief of the U.K. defense staff, said nearly all the oil
and gas installations had been mined or booby-trapped, indicating Saddam was
"prepared to blow up his entire economy."
"We have found demolitions which were obviously set to go," Boyce said. "We
managed to get in there fast enough to prevent them being blown."
Two U.S. Marines were killed in combat in the area Friday. One U.S. Navy
officer died Saturday along with six Britons when two Royal Navy helicopters
collided over the Persian Gulf.
U.S. intelligence officials remained uncertain whether Saddam might have been
wounded or even killed in the missile strike Wednesday night that opened the
war. In any case, said Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, "The regime is
starting to lose control of their country."
In Baghdad, traffic returned to the streets after the pre-dawn explosion, and
workmen swept glass from the sidewalks near the badly damaged presidential
compound. A few miles away, a hole the size of two dining tables was blown in
the dome of the Al-Salam Palace, another presidential palace sometimes used to
house visiting foreign dignitaries.
Iraqi officials said three people had been killed and more than 200 injured in
the bombardment of Baghdad.
Among those hospitalized with shrapnel wounds from the air strikes were Amal
Hassan Kamel and her 8-year-old son, Wa'ad, who was crying for his father.
"The Americans have no conscience," Kamel said. "What have our children done
to deserve this?"
Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf insisted that Iraqi forces were
putting up strong resistance in the south and inflicting more casualties on the
invaders than were being acknowledged in Washington or London. He contended that
the legions of surrendering Iraqis were civilians, not soldiers, and denied the
51st Infantry Division had capitulated.
In Turkey, a military official said Friday that 1,000 troops had crossed into
northern Iraq, a move that would likely draw objections from U.S. officials.
However, the Turkish military Saturday denied that the troops had been deployed
in Iraq.
In Japan, New Zealand, Bangladesh and other countries, anti-war protests
resumed Saturday, a day after violent protests in several Middle Eastern
countries. Gunfire killed three people outside the U.S. Embassy in Yemen, where
about 30,000 protesters assembled, and about 10,000 protesters confronted riot
police in Cairo, Egypt.
Anti-war demonstrators also marched through the streets of San Francisco and
other U.S. cities Friday. Smaller groups elsewhere demonstrated in support of
U.S. troops.

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DJ Russia Still Building Nuclear Power Plant In Iran - Tass


MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russia's atomic energy minister said on Friday that
Russian specialists continued construction of a nuclear power plant in the
Iranian city of Bushehr, situated 300 kilometers from Iraq's Basra, which on
Saturday came under a massive air assault, the Itar-Tass news agency reported
Saturday.
The minister, Alexander Rumyantsev, told Tass that a military operation in
Iraq had not yet affected construction work and no evacuation of some 1,000
Russian specialists was planned.
He said, however, that they would have to be evacuated from the site that in
case of a danger. No additional security measures have been taken at the power
plant under construction. Rumyantsev also confessed that he did not know whether
the future power plant was insured, as "it is Iran's matter," according to Tass.
Moscow and Tehran signed a contract for the construction of a nuclear power
plant in Bushehr in 1995. Several years later, the sides introduced amendments
into the document, making it a turnkey contract. Construction work is entering
its final stage. Russia is expected to receive about $1 billion for the work,
the news agency reported.

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DJ REPEAT & CORRECT:UK Says Regular Iraqi Troops Leave Basra


LONDON (AP)--Regular Iraqi forces have withdrawn from Basra but elements of
Saddam Hussein's security forces are continuing to resist, British Defense
Secretary Geoff Hoon said Saturday. He said Saddam's regime was crumbling under
the pressure of a huge air assault.
"As last night's dramatic television coverage showed, the lights stayed on in
Baghdad, but the instruments of tyranny are collapsing," Hoon said.
"Certainly our forces are close to Basra. It appears to be the case that
regular Iraqi armed forces have withdrawn from Basra, but there are continuing
elements of Saddam's security services in position maintaining resistance," Hoon
added at a news briefing.
Britain's senior military commander said forces that seized control of oil
fields in southern Iraq are now working to clear explosives which had been left
behind.
Adm. Michael Boyce, chief of the British defense staff, said "practically all"
of Iraq's oil and gas installations had been mined or booby-trapped, indicating
that Saddam was "prepared to blow up his entire economy."
Boyce said explosives were found in the oil platforms in the mouth of the
waterway up to the port of Basra, in the Rumaila field, Iraq's most productive
field, and on the al Faw peninsula.
"We have found demolitions which were obviously set to go. We managed to get
in there fast enough to prevent them being blown," Boyce said.
Two British Royal Navy helicopters collided Saturday over the Persian Gulf,
killing the six British and one American crewmen, British officials said.
The two Sea King helicopters were not struck by enemy fire, said Group Capt.
Al Lockwood, a spokesman for British forces in the Gulf. The cause was under
investigation.
Boyce said coalition forces mounted 3,000 sorties overnight, and Britain
didn't lose any aircraft.
Britain used its air-launched Storm Shadow missile, with a range up to 250 kms
for the first time in combat overnight.
"It was a successful outing," Boyce said, but gave no details of targets or
damage.
Hoon said he couldn't confirm reports of stray missiles landing in neighboring
Iran. "I have seen these suggestions and obviously they are being investigated
and we are continuing our contact with the government there."
(In a story that moved around 6:11 a.m. EST, or 1111 GMT, the number flights
flown by U.K. planes was misstated, as was Boyce's name in one instance.)

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Fifty Iraqis have been killed and scores have been
wounded as a result of a coalition aerial assault which rocked Basra, Itar-Tass
news agency reported Saturday, citing a report on Al-Jazeera pan-Arab satellite
television.
Tough fighting continues around Basra, it said.
It has also been reported that B-52 heavy bombers are making a new strike on
Baghdad, Tass said.

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Cadiz cancela “reverse stock split”

21-3-2003 19:44



A empresa norte-americana Cadiz anunciou que vai cancelar o “reverse stock split” que estava planeado e que vai sair da transacção do mercado do Nasdaq a partir de 27 de Março.
A empresa está a estudar diversas alternativas de reestruturação

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Acções dos EUA consolidam ganhos com ataque aéreo sobre Bagdad



Sexta, 21 Mar 2003 21:33

As acções dos EUA subiram, tendo consolidado os ganhos depois das forças militares americanas e britânicas terem iniciado uma ofensiva aérea sobre a capital iraquiana. O cenário de guerra permitiu ao Dow Jones a maior subida semanal em mais de 20 anos.

O índice industrial [Cot, Not, P.Target] terminou nos 8.521,62 pontos, a ganhar 2,84%, tendo registado uma valorização de 8,42% em termos semanais, algo que não se verificava desde a semana terminada a 8 de Outubro de 1982. O Nasdaq [Cot, Not, P.Target] avançou 6,03% nas últimas cinco sessões, tendo progredido 6,03% hoje para fechar nos 1.421,17 pontos.

«O mercado tornou-se numa âncora para o sucesso ou a desilusão da guerra iraquiana, afirmou um analista à agência Bloomberg.

As forças americanas e britânicas lançaram uma ofensiva aérea sobre Bagdad, iniciando o prometido ataque maciço para desarmar Saddam Hussein e retirar o seu regime do poder. As forças terrestres continuam a avançar no Sul do Iraque com vista à tomada da capital.

A contra informação tem pautado as notícias do dia, com o Iraque a afirmar que Saddam sobreviveu hoje a uma tentativa de assassinato por parte dos norte-americanos , apesar dos rumores persistirem quanto ao facto do líder se encontrar morto.

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Belmiro diz internacionalização tornou Sonae mais competitiva



Sexta, 21 Mar 2003 20:07

«Nem de longe nem de perto a Sonae seria o que é hoje se não tivesse sofrido o que sofreu lá fora», afirmou Belmiro de Azevedo na conferência do Programa Contacto da Sonae, que reuniu hoje na Faculdade de Engenharia do Porto 400 dos melhores finalistas do ensino superior em Portugal.

Para o líder da Sonae, «a experiência em países diferentes trouxe mais competitividade ao grupo, permitindo-lhe estar atento não só a novas oportunidades, mas também libertar-se de negócios que, no futuro, não serão importantes».

Esta experiência de internacionalização também se reflecte nos recurso humanos do grupo: «Pessoas que circulam têm uma carreira muito acelerada, o que as torna mais competitivas», afirmou.

No final de 2002, o grupo Sonae contava com um total de 58 mil colaboradores em todo o mundo (mais de metade dos quais em Portugal). Deste universo, a Distribuição, onde pontifica a Modelo Continente, representa 70% dos efectivos.

Apesar das políticas constantes de recrutamento, o grupo diminuiu em termos líquidos 2.000 postos de trabalho em relação ao ano de 2001. Para 2003, não há planos globais de redução ou aumento de efectivos ao nível da Sonae SGPS.

«As empresas quando vão para o estrangeiro não podem pensar que globalizar é expansão geográfica. Isso é o mais fácil, o problema é integrar», sublinhou Belmiro de Azevedo que vincou o carácter complexo e os riscos deste processo.

«É um processo lento, de muito risco e é preciso ter 'deep pockets' porque às vezes é preciso perder muito dinheiro».

Por Luísa Bessa.




por Canal de Negócios

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