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IRAQ

ANKARA, Turkey -- U.S. warplanes on Friday bombed an Iraqi radar facility after being fired upon by Iraqi forces in the northern no-fly zone, U.S. military officials said. Iraq said one person was injured and buildings were destroyed in the attack.

BRITAIN

LONDON -- A comma in the wrong place of a sales contract cost Lockheed Martin Corp. $70 million, The Financial Times reported Friday. An international contract for the U.S.-based aerospace group's C-130J Hercules had the comma misplaced by one decimal point in the equation that adjusted the sales price for changes to the inflation rate, the London-based newspaper said. In Europe, commas are used instead of periods to mark decimal points.

TURKEY

ANKARA -- Turkey's parliament voted Friday to withdraw a military judge from the panel hearing the treason case against Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, a move aimed at deflecting international criticism that the trial is unfair.

POLAND

WARSAW -- Poland's upper chamber of parliament defied the wishes of Pope John Paul II on Friday by rejecting amendments that would restrict prenatal testing.

WARSAW -- A radical Catholic activist who inspired people to put hundreds of crosses next to the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp was released from jail Friday, a day after Pope John Paul II ended his pilgrimage to Poland.

CUBA

HAVANA -- Protestant church leaders in Cuba have invited Fidel Castro to join them at a worship service in the Plaza of the Revolution this weekend, official media reported Friday.

MALAWI

BLANTYRE -- Opposition supporters, alleging vote rigging, went on a rampage Friday in northern Malawi after unofficial results in the nation's elections gave President Bakili Muluzi an edge, police said.

TAIWAN

TAIPEI -- Opposition lawmakers accused Taiwan's ruling Nationalists on Friday of giving concessions to corrupt local interests to ensure their support in next year's presidential elections.

CANADA