IAEA confirms plans to send nuclear inspections team to Iraq: "The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it would soon send inspectors to a nuclear facility in Iraq after reaching an agreement with the United States. (AFP)"
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Congress asks CIA to "reevaluate" intelligence on WMDs in Iraq: "Congress asked the CIA to "reevaluate" the quality of US intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and on that country's links with the al-Qaeda terrorist network. (AFP)"
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How many lives per gallon, indeed: "A survey being conducted in Iraq right now suggests that anywhere from 5,000 to 10,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in "Operation: Iraqi Freedom." Because the investigators from the Iraqi Red Crescent aren't finished, they won't commit to numbers, but one searcher had this to say: "Thousands are dead, thousands are missing, thousands are captured. It is a big disaster.""
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Annan Names UN Rights Chief as His Envoy on Iraq: "Secretary-General Kofi Annan hasnamed the U.N. human rights chief on Friday as his specialrepresentative for Iraq, clearing the way for the world body tobegin fleshing out its role in Iraqi reconstruction, U.N.sources said on Friday. (Reuters)"
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US seizes truck with suspected 500 million dollars in gold bars in Iraq: "US soldiers in Iraq seized a truck believed to be loaded with 2,000 gold bars worth as much as 500 million dollars during a routine search near the Syrian border, the US military said. (AFP)"
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Allies Kiss And Make Up: "In his latest Diplomatic Dispatch, CBS News State Department Reporter Charles Wolfson looks at the postwar rapprochement between the U.S. and foes of its invasion of Iraq, France, Russia and Germany."
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Two Hurt in Attack on Israeli Bus: "The Islamic militant group Hamas attacked an Israeli bus in the Gaza Strip with explosives Friday - an apparent challenge to Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas a day after he asked the group to stop targeting Israelis."
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U.S. Troops in Iraq Find $34M in Gold: "American troops confiscated gold bars valued at $34 million from a truck in northern Iraq, defense officials said Friday."
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Blix Suspects Iraq May Have Had No Banned Weapons: "From WCVB :
The chief U.N. weapons inspector says he's starting to suspect Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.For those with the interest, you can read the original article Der Taggesspiegel article here , and a Google Bablefish translation here ."
Hans Blix told a German newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel, that Saddam Hussein's evasive behavior may have only been related to his need to control - and wasn't about hiding weapons of mass destruction.
Blix notes in the interview that the man whom officials identified as the leader of Iraq's unconventional weapons program surrendered, and told the United States there were no weapons of mass destruction.
Blix says the Iraqi is likely telling the truth because he no longer fears retaliation by Saddam.
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Powell: U.S. Still Disappointed In France: "From the Wichita Eagle / AP :
The United States does not intend to punish France for its opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, but would review joint cooperation "in the light of changed circumstances," Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday."
Powell and French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin emerged from a breakfast meeting saying they would like to put the feud over Iraq behind them. Powell added that the United States wants to "work out any remaining sharp edges ... that are still there as a result of this disagreement."
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