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...could still decide to attack Iraq at a moment's notice, regardless of the timetable of UN Security Council discussions. U.S. military planners will soon have some 200,000 troops in the Gulf; Washington has secured basing rights in some key neighboring states such as Turkey; and administration officials insist that Security Council Resolution 1441 gives them the right to take military action without seeking specific authorization. But British Prime Minister Tony Blair insists he has U.S. backing for his country's efforts to seek a Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force to disarm Iraq, and the White...
...Valentine's Day - Powell, after all, speaks as a representative of Saddam Hussein's most avowed and implacable enemy; Blix is the Council's own objective investigator. If Powell sets out a case, based in considerable part on unnamed sources, that Iraq is refusing to disarm, other Council members insist that his allegations be investigated by inspectors. But if the inspectors themselves, after 78 days back on the job, echo Powell's charges, the Council has no option but to apply the "serious consequences" cited in Resolution 1441 as the price for non-compliance...
...financial aid officials at HMS insist that the change does not represent a decreased commitment to generous financial...
...bunch similar flowers tightly together and craft them into geometric shapes. Their graphic color-blocked creations almost managed to turn the carnation into a glamorous flower again. "If you're creating flowers for a modern space, the purely romantic won't make a dent," says Stark. Instead these flowers insist on making an impression...
...journal Science editorialized over the summer on the unacceptability of researchers refusing to share scientific materials with Israeli colleagues. By convention, scientists must honor requests for materials to allow others to reproduce their work. Science editor Donald Kennedy wrote that his journal would “continue to insist that authors have an obligation to share material.” The editorial was prompted by a researcher refusing to share materials with an Israeli scientist...