UN weapons inspectors in Iraq stated that they found empty rocketwarheads, designed to carry chemical warfare agents, at the Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area.
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A timeline of events in the news for January, 2003.
The INS registration deadline for males in the United States aged 16 and older from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
However, two independent rebel groups in the west of the country, assisted by fighters from Liberia, have seized villages and the cocoa crops inside those villages, forcing residents to flee to the port of San Pédro with no possessions.