AIN LALIN, Iraq - Guerrillas wounded three American soldiers in northern Iraq (news - web sites), and a U.S. raid on a remote village near the Iranian border failed to capture a top fugitive suspected of plotting attacks on coalition forces.
In Basra, British troops restored badly needed electricity to parts of the southern city and supervised distribution of gasoline after two days of protests over fuel and power shortages.
In central Baghdad, two grenades were thrown from a car at a U.S. military checkpoint; soldiers returned fire, killing one Iraqi, witnesses said.
Meanwhile, the current president of the U.S.-picked Governing Council said the interim government postponed the appointment of Cabinet ministers by three weeks.
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