AFP reports that "FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) US troops made a partial pullback from this Sunni Mu= slim bastion as a goodwill gesture, an Iraqi mediator said, as rebels reportedly seized 11 Russian hostages and the fate of three Japanes= e captives remained uncertain." While in the New York Times, "BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 12 =97 Rebels loyal to a radical Shiite cleric who h= as been leading an uprising against foreign troops in Iraq ceded control of police stations in at least one southern city today and were re= ported to have withdrawn from government buildings in two other cities." Odd? Best, -tor -- Torgeir Fjeld torgfje2@xxxxxxxxxx http://home.no.net/torgfje/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html