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A soldier who pleaded guilty to conspiring to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and kill her family described how he was approached by a fellow soldier with the plan to carry out the attack. Spc. James P. Barker, one of four U.S. soldiers accused in the March 12 rape and killings, pleaded guilty Wednesday and agreed to testify against the others. He will avoid the death penalty, said his attorney, David Sheldon. Barker told military judge Lt. Col. Richard Anderson that 21-year-old former Army private Steve Green approached him with a plan to attack the family as they drank whiskey...

Mar 26, 2003Australian Anti-War Protest Turns Violent; Hundreds of Thousands March in Middle East By Jamie Tarabay Associated Press Writer SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Thousands of protesters pelted Sydney police with bottles and chairs grabbed from street-side cafes on Wednesday in Australia's most violent demonstration yet against the war in Iraq. Police in riot gear arrested at least 45 protesters, and one officer was injured when an object hurled from the crowd hit him on the head. In South Korea, police arrested 30 protesters who scaled a wall at the U.S. Embassy and unfurled a banner reading "Stop the...