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...avoid an invasion through unexpected initiatives designed to impress the Security Council. He could, for example, offer new concessions or even revelations, and seek to blame his subordinates for any deception of the inspectors. But the patience of the U.S. - and of the inspectors themselves - has worn thin. Absent a dramatic and genuine turnabout by Iraq in the next week, the inspectors will report that Iraq has failed to meet its obligations under Resolution 1441. And while France and Russia insist that Powell's evidence did not change their view that there is no basis to seek immediate military action...
...with convenient supermarkets already conspicuously absent from the Square cityscape, in the interim students looking for an alternative to dining hall fare will be forced to choose between University Market and smaller convenience “[Broadway] is the only place in the area that’s convenient for gourmet stuff and produce. I went there for stuff like Brie, special cheeses, drinks, and limes...they were really the only option,” said Pennypacker resident David F. Hill...
...poor neighborhoods of Amsterdam. Part of Raymzter's appeal lies in the fact that he's singing from the heart. His lyrics are rooted firmly in his own experience. His new single, Down Met Jou (Down With You), is also deeply personal; it's about failed friendships, betrayal and absent fathers. He also suffered from the racial abuse he now sings about. "I can still remember what they used to call me: f___ing Moroccan," he says. Raymzter's music reflects his dual heritage. Most songs have a typical Dutch sing-a-long rhythm with tinges of more exotic North...
...mandate in Chechnya expired at the end of last year. Moscow refuses to let the small rotating team of OSCE staffers remain. "That was the international presence in Chechnya," a disgusted diplomat told TIME. "And this is what the Russians are pissed off about - four people on the ground." Absent a new mandate, the OSCE is to leave Grozny on March 21 - giving the locals one less place where their war stories will be heard...
Although officials said the OFA’s operations will continue without interruption, students said they were upset that Megan, who is a much beloved figure within the arts world at Harvard, could be absent for several months...