News Roundup

24 March 2003: Austin, Canadian Forces Base Downsview in Toronto, San Francisco, Hamburg and Cairo.

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Banned on Wall Street and wiped off the Internet, Arab news channel al-Jazeera defended its controversial coverage of the Iraq war March 26, 2003 and demanded the United States come to its aid in the name of a free press. Al-Jazeera, which angered Washington by showing footage of dead and captured American soldiers, voiced concern after two of its reporters were banned from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and its Web sites were hacked. A Palestinian family watches a speech by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on Al-Jazeera TV, in the West Bank city of Hebron, March Photo by Nayef Hashlamoun/Reuters - Mar 26 5:41 PM ET

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A Spanish student attacks the front of a department store with a fire extinguisher in central Barcelona, northeastern Spain Wednesday, March 26, 2003 following a demonstration against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Cesar Rangel)

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Spanish students march through central Barcelona, northeastern Spain Wednesday, March 26, 2003 during a protest against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/EFE, Alberto Estevez)

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Spanish students attack the front of a McDonald's hamburger restaurant in central Barcelona, northeastern Spain Wednesday, March 26, 2003 following a demonstration against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Cesar Rangel)

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Protesters form a peace sign in the Catalonia Square in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, Wednesday March 26, 2003, during a demonstration to protest against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Cesar Rangel)

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Lebanese children hold anti U.S banners and a model of a rocket reading in Arabic 'Bush's gift to Iraqi children' during a demonstration organized by the Hezbollah group in front of the U.N. in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday March 27, 2003. About 4,000 schoolchildren demonstrated and shouted anti US and British slogans to protest the U.S.-led attack on Iraq. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil) bogata.jpg
A Colombian citizen holds a banner that reads 'No War' during a protest in Bolivar Square in downtown Bogota, March 25, 2003. Some 200 people participated in the demonstration to protest the U.S.-led attack on Iraq. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte

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Colombian citizens hold a banner that reads 'No War' during a protest in Bolivar Square in downtown Bogot‡, March 25, 2003. Approximately 200 people participated in the demonstration to protest the U.S.-led attack on Iraq. REUTERS/Eliana Aponte

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An injured student is carried away in Bogota, March 27, 2003 during an anti-war rally. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near the U.S. embassy complex to protest against the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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A Colombian student is arrested by anti-riot policemen in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, March 27, 2003. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near the U.S. embassy complex to protest against the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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Colombian student activists burn U.S. flags in front of the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, March 27, 2003 during an anti-war rally. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near the U.S. embassy complex to protest against the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

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An Egyptian demonstrator holds up a photo of an alleged Iraqi victim of the U.S.-led war during a demonstration at Cairo University Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Thousands of demonstrators shouted anti-US and British slogans as they protested against the U.S.-led war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Egyptian women are gathered inside the Zagazig Stadium, 80 kilometers (49 miles) north of Cairo, Thursday, March 27, 2003. Thousands of demonstrators shouted anti-U.S. and British slogans as they protested the U.S.-led war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Egyptian women flash victory signs next to an Iraqi flag during a demonstration against the war in Iraq inside the Zagazig Stadium, 80 kilometers (49 miles) north of Cairo, Thursday, March 27, 2003. Thousands of demonstrators shouted anti-U.S. and British slogans as they protested the U.S.-led war against Iraq. The Arab slogans read 'Support Palestine and Iraq.' (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Members of the Arab community in Venezuela hold a portrait of Iraq`s President Sadam Hussein as they take part in a protest against the Iraq war in Caracas, March 25, 2003. Venezuelans students and members of the Arab community in Venezuela demonstrated against the US-led war against Iraq. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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A Venezuelan man hangs a banner with an effigy of U.S President George W. Bush during a protest in Caracas, March 25, 2003. Venezuelan students and members of the Arab commnunity in Venezuela demonstrated against U.S.-led war against Iraq. Banner reads: 'Stop the Massacre' and 'No more blood for oil'. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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A Venezuelan student, her face painted with the peace sign, takes part in an anti-U.S. protest against the war in Iraq, in Caracas March 25, 2003. Venezuelan students and members of the Arab commnunity in Venezuela demonstrated againstthe U.S.-led war in Iraq. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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Anti-war demonstrators are cut free from a contraption that binds them together after they blocked rush hour traffic at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington March 28, 2003. Thirteen demonstrators were arrested for blocking one of Washington's busiest intersections near the White House during the peak of the morning rush hour. Photo by Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

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Syrian anti-war demonstrators hold banners against the war during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday March 25, 2003. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians took part in the protest, the largest in Damascus since the start of the war. Banner below reads in Arabic: 'No to war in Iraq, yes to the continuation of the heroic uprising in Palestine'. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi) - Mar 25 9:31 PM ET

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Bangladeshis wearing sheets splattered with red paint to symbolize blood take part in an anti-war protest in Dhaka, March 27, 2003. Thousands of people participated in the protest on Thursday against the U.S.-led war in Iraq. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman.

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Demonstrators from the National People's Party (PPN), supporters of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, burn an effigy of President Bush in front of the U.S. Embassy and chant anti-U.S. slogans during a protest against the war in Iraq Thursday, March 27, 2003, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) - Mar 27 3:52 PM ET

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Turkish activists march holding banners during an anti-war demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, March 27, 2003. Turkey's military chief of staff pledged Wednesday to coordinate with the United States before sending troops into northern Iraq, emphasizing there would be no deployment unless there were a refugee crisis or Turkey's security was threathened. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal)

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Indonesian student protesters throw rotten tomatoes at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, during a demonstration against the U.S.-led invasion to Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2003. For an eighth day, anti-war protests drew boisterous crowds in several cities across Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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An Indonesian student activist dresses as if a U.S. missile is stuck in his head, during an anti-war protest near the British embassy in Jakarta, March 27, 2003. Anti-war protests have become daily events in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country. REUTERS/Supri

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Longtime anti-war protester Daniel Ellsberg, seated at center, sings hymns while fellow protesters are arrested in Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. All of the peaceful demonstrators were arrested for refusing to leave the restricted area around the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Presbyterian Minister George Taylor, of Hyattsville, Maryland, calls out in protest against the war in Iraq as a U.S. Park police officer arrests him for refusing to leave Lafayette Park, in front of the White House in Washington, March 26, 2003. Religious leaders and members of several peace groups came together for the non-violent civil disobedience action to protest the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Jim Bourg - Mar 26 4:08 PM ET

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Pakistani demonstrator chants anti-US and British slogans at a rally protesting the US-led attack on Iraq, Thursday, March 27, 2003 in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and International Campaign to Ban Landmines founder Jody Williams (L) gets a kiss from fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire from Northern Ireland, as park police officers arrest them while demonstrating in front of the White House in Washington, March 26, 2003. Police arrested the Nobel Peace prize winners along with more than 60 other people protesting near the White House against the U.S.-led war in Iraq. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)

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Supporters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front burn a U.S. flag in front of the U.S. embassy in Managua, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. Several hundred protested the U.S.-led war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Mario Lopez) - Mar 25 10:26 PM ET

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Female demonstrators hold banners against the war on Iraq during a demonstration in Manama, Bahrain March 27, 2003. Thousands of protesters marched to the United Nations headquarters shouting anti-American slogans. Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

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Students burn US flags during an anti-war protest in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. The protesters demanded the stop of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla)

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A young boy carries a candle and a peace sign while marching through downtown Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday evening, March 25, 2003. Some 600 children and youths protested peacefully against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)

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Several hundred anti-war protesters sit in the middle of 5th Avenue in New York, calling for an end to the war with Iraq, March 27, 2003. Police arrested nearly 200 protesters who lay down in the middle of New York's 5th Avenue during morning rush hour as part of a 'die-in' to protest the U.S.-led war on Iraq. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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An anti-war protester is arrested by the New York Police Department after several hundred demonstrators participated in a sit-in the middle of 5th Avenue in New York calling for an end to the war with Iraq, March 27, 2003. The demonstration temporarily halted midtown traffic during the early morning rush hour. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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Police officers ring a cluster of anti-war protesters during a midtown demonstration Thursday morning, March 27, 2003, in New York. Hundreds of chanting anti-war protesters lined Fifth Avenue and dozens lay down in the street at the beginning of a series of civil disobedience actions planned for throughout the day. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)

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A shouting anti-war protester is put into a police van after he was handcuffed during a demonstration Thursday, March 27, 2003, outside of New York's Rockefeller Center. Hundreds of chanting anti-war protesters lined Fifth Avenue Thursday at the beginning of a series of civil disobedience actions planned for throughout the day. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)

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A man claiming to be an innocent bystander is taken away by police after he was arrested during an anti-war protest in New York.(AFP/Henny Ray Abrams)

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Hundreds of chanting anti-war protesters clog New York's Fifth Avenue Thursday morning March 27, 2003, at the beginning of a series of civil disobedience actions planned throughout the day. At left are the flags of Rockefeller Center, center right are the spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and at right is the flag-lined facade of the Saks Fifth Ave department store. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea)

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A demonstrator shouts slogans behind an Iraqi flag during a demonstration in Paris, March 25, 2003. The demonstration was organized to protest against the U.S.-led war against Iraq. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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Protesters shouting anti-US slogans and burning the effigy of US President George W. Bush during a demonstration in Peshawar(AFP/Tariq Mahmood)

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Religious anti-war protesters raise their hands in prayer, facing the White House, prior to being arrested in Washington's Lafayette Park, March 26, 2003. More than 60 people were arrested in the non-violent civil disobedience action, organized by religious and peace groups, to protest against the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

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Protesters flee from a teargas bomb launched by police near the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador during an anti-war march, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Some 400 students protested against the U.S.-led war in Iraq in front of the embassy and two fast food restaurants where it came to clashes with the police. The banner reads 'You can get the best McCombos at McDonalds.' (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Ecuadorean students shout protests against the war in Iraq in front of police officers guarding the U.S Embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Some 400 students protested against the U.S.-led war in Iraq in front of the embassy and two fast food restaurants where it came to clashes with the police. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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Spanish riot policemen remove an anti-war demonstrator Wednesday, March 26, 2003 during a protest against the war in Iraq in Salamanca, Spain. (AP Photo/EFE,J.M. Garcia)

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An anti-war protester holds up his foot to protect himself from the club of a Spanish riot police during a demonstration in Salamanca, Spain, Wednesday March 26, to protest against the war in Iraq. (AP Photo/EFE, J.M. Garcia)

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A child waves a white flag during a protest for peace at the Sao Paulo central market in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Dozens of children gathered to demand an end to the war in Iraq.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

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A South Korean civic group member carries a banner during an anti-U.S. rally demanding stop of the Iraq war and opoposing dispatch of 600 South Korean engineering soldiers to Iraq, near the U.S. Embassy building in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. (AP Photo/ Yun Jai-hyoung)

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Students chain together to resist the attempt by policemen to take them away after they tried to get inside the National Assembly building in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 25, 2003. Students protested the U.S.-led war on Irag and opposed the bill to dispatch 600 South Korean engineers and medics to Iraq in support of the U.S.-led war against Iraq. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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A South Korean environmental activist shouts slogans as he is taken away by police during an anti-U.S. protest in Seoul Wednesday, March 26, 2003. The protesters demanded the stop of the U.S.-led war on Iraq. More than 20 protesters were arrested. (AP Photo/ Yun Jai-hyoung)

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A South Korean environmental activist, center, is taken away by policemen during an anti-war protest in Seoul, Wednesday, March 26, 2003. (AP Photo/ Yun Jai-hyoung)

sfsu.jpg 24 March 2003: San Francisco State University students occupy administration building on campus.

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Indonesian students, some of them from elementary schools, shout 'Allahuakbar!' (God is great) during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Solo, central Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 27, 2003. For an eighth day, protests against the U.S.-led war on Iraq drew small but boisterous crowds in several cities across Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. Banners say: 'Bush terrorist of the world' and 'Destroy America.' (AP Photo/Tejomoyo)

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Anti-war protesters try to tear apart an American flag during a demonstration near Sydney's Town Hall Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Thousands of protesters gathered in the city when clashes with police began resulting in at least 14 arrests and a police officer injured when bottles and chairs were thrown by the protesters. (AP Photo/Dan Peled)

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Police struggle with anti-war protesters as a bottle flies through the air (near center frame) during a demonstration near Sydney's Town Hall Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Thousands of protesters gathered in the city when clashes with police began, resulting in at least 14 arrests and a police officer injured when bottles and chairs were thrown by the protesters. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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A chair flies through the air toward police during an anti-war protest near Sydney's Town Hall Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Thousands of mostly student protesters gathered in the city when clashes with police began resulting in at least 14 arrests and a police officer injured when bottles and chairs were thrown by the protesters. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

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Police officers push back demonstrators during clashes after a school parade in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Tuesday, March 25, 2003, to commemorate Greek Independence Day. The national holiday marks Greece's 1821 battle for freedom from the Ottoman rule after a 400-year occupation. About 200 people expressed their opposition against the U.S-led war in Iraq. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

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Japanese protesters shout slogans and hold anti-war messages during a rally in Tokyo(AFP/Toru Yamanaka)

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Spanish riot police detain an anti-war demonstrator Wednesday, March 26, 2003, during a protest against the war in Iraq in Zaragoza, northeastern Spain. (AP Photo/EFE, Javier Cebollada)

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