Bulletin Posted: Tuesday April 1 2003 00:01am AEST

Boris the Duck, new US Secretary of Defense (Grudnuk)

Rumsfeld replaced by duck

Douglas Rumsfeld has been replaced by Boris the Duck as US Secretary of Defense

"[Rumsfeld] was making such a goose of himself around the top brass it was decided it'd be more effective to have a duck in his place." White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

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Baghdad Chamber of Commerce declares war "blow to tourism"

Aamir ul-Naseem, president of the Chamber, claims that hotel occupancy has been down since many voluntary human shields and journalists fled to Jordan when the bombing raids started.

"However, it's not all bad", he said. "When all these troubles are finished, our bricklayers and electricians are looking forward to having plenty of work".

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