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B52S TO HIT WITHIN HOUR A wave of B-52 bombers is set to hit Iraq within the hour, according to reports. Eleven of the giant warplanes took off from RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire, this morning. The plane has been in service with the United States Air Force since 1955. It established its fearful reputation with carpet bombing raids during the Vietnam War. More recently, it has seen service in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Yugoslavia.

A wave of B-52 bombers are set to hit Iraq within the hour, according to reports. Eleven of the giant warplanes took off from RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire shortly earlier. The plane has been in service with the United States Air Force since 1955. It established its fearful reputation with carpet bombing raids during the Vietnam War. More recently, it has seen service in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Yugoslavia.

Accra (dpa) - Some 100 children in Ghana sold into slavery by their parents were freed on Thursday at Yeji, 500 kilometres from Accra, after joint efforts by relief agencies, Ghana's Minister for Children's Affairs Gladya Ashmah said. The children, between the ages of three and 16 years were freed, after the International Organisation of Migration and Ghana's Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs intervened. They will be reunited with their parents, most of whom are from the coastal areas of the country. ``They are children who have been bought from coastal areas like Ada and Gomoa'' she said. ``They...