Followers of an radical Iraqi cleric attack British troops in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld apologizes for abuse of prisoners in Iraq and warns there is evidence of even more "sadistic, cruel and inhuman" actions by American prison guards.
Thailand's prime minister says Islamic militance and violence in the country's Muslim southern provinces is not as widespread as had been feared.
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