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stanley tumblers refuses to disarm. Powell said the warning was essential and must be adopted.The chief U.N. Inspector, Hans Blix, registered his support. We are agreed, Blix said. There has to be constant pressure for Iraq to comply. Blix has already arranged with Iraq to resume inspections in about two weeks. But after meeting with Powell and other senior Bush administration officials, he said: It would be awkward for us to go in and then find there was a new resolution. Powell, who had been trying to put the brakes on the return of the inspection teams until they were promised unfettered access to all sites, welcomed Blix s comments. If the inspectors are going to go back in, they have to go back in without any restrictions on what they can do, Powell said.Meanwhile, President Bush will deliver a rare prime-time speech Monday in Cincinnati, to further punctuate to Congress and the nation that Iraq poses a threat the U.S. must confront. The president thinks as Congress begins the debate ... it s importa Ivyi Mich. footballers make changes for Muslim faith
In anticipation of its new deep space explorer, NASA has unveiled a sleek countdown display at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The modern, digital LED display is replacing the iconic analog countdown clock. Meet Orion, NASA New Deep Space Explorer The new display, which resembles a stadium monitor, is
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stanley cup watched an Apollo or shuttle launch on TV. Media members and visitors took thousands of pictures of themselves in front of the clock as proof of the
