WHO takes tough stand against Sars outbreak

HONG KONG -- The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday warned against travelling to Hong Kong and Guangdong province in China because of the spread of Sars disease there.

About half the cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) have come from Hong Kong and Guangdong. So far, the illness has been reported in 22 countries.

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Japan may consider sending SDF to postwar Iraq

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Friday that Tokyo might send its Self-Defence Forces (SDF) to Iraq if requested by the United Nations.

Koizumi said that the SDF could help with rehabilitation work in postwar Iraq in the event of a U.N. resolution requesting Japan's participation.

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