AND EVEN MORE PROGRESS

The US-led coalition says it has raised electricity levels above what was provided to Iraqis before US troops overthrew Saddam Hussein.

"We have surpassed pre-war levels," said coalition spokesman Charles Heatley.

The coalition is now providing 4,500 megawatts of electricity per day, as opposed to the 4,200 megawatts supplied by Saddam in the months before US forces stormed Iraq on March 20.