Paul Bremer, a former head of counter-terrorism at the State Department, has been appointed by George Bush to be the top civil administrator in Iraq.(includes news of other current events)

Economist (US), The, May, 2003

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Paul Bremer, a former head of counter-terrorism at the State Department, has been appointed by George Bush to be the top civil administrator in Iraq. Mr Bremer will select the new Iraqi interim administration. Jay Garner, a retired general and the Defence Department's choice, will continue to work on Iraq's reconstruction but report to Mr Bremer.

A sharp rise in cholera cases in Basra, where water supplies are still disrupted, has led the World Health Organisation to give warning of a possible epidemic in southern Iraq.

The Sydney Morning Herald, an Australian newspaper, published an audio tape purportedly by Saddam Hussein, in which the tired-sounding ex-president, or his stand-in, urges Iraqis to wage an underground war against...