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...While Baghdad had not impeded the inspectors' activities, Blix and Al-Baradei demanded more "pro-active" cooperation from Iraq in establishing Iraqi compliance with UN disarmament demands. Iraq so far has done the minimum necessary to avoid being declared in violation of Resolution 1441 by the Security Council - but no more. But the conclusion from Blix and El Baradei was that they needed more time to thoroughly investigate the charges against Iraq. Possibly a lot more time...
During the time allotted for public testimony, Cambridge residents—who were directed by planning board members to keep their comments short and avoid hostility—stuck to familiar themes. They criticized Harvard for not providing residents with a master plan for its development and said the University does not provide adequate compensation to the city for its property tax exemptions as an educational institution...
...Merchant said of not having Prasse-Freeman on the floor. “It takes away a guy like Elliott finding the big men close to the rim when people do overplay Pat. It does hurt us, but at the same time, Elliott couldn’t avoid those five fouls. Their two guards are tough to handle, and he did everything he could. We were all committing a lot of fouls tonight...
...impact in recent months. The latest bombings were perpetrated by members of a militia based in his own Fatah movement, and were carried out even as Palestinian and Egyptian leaders meeting in Cairo were engaged in tough negotiations around a pact to end attacks inside Israel, so as to avoid stampeding Israeli voters to the right...
...Iraqi officials, for their part, have been warning that Baghdad expects an American invasion regardless of what the UN weapons inspectors turn up - or don't turn up, as the case may be. And Iraq certainly has good reason to share President Bush's doubts that war will be avoided. The U.S. this week initiated deployments that will almost double its troop strength in the region over the next month, even dispatching the hospital ship Comfort to the Gulf. President Bush is unlikely to countenance bringing home those troops as long as Saddam remains in power in Baghdad, swearing that...