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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States expelled two members of Iraq (news - web sites)'s mission and told them to get out of the country within 72 hours for activities "harmful to the United States," a U.S. source said on Wednesday.

Arafat approves Taba plan too late Ewen MacAskill, diplomatic editor Saturday June 22, 2002 The Guardian The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, yesterday belatedly accepted a Middle East peace plan put forward 18 months ago by the then US president, Bill Clinton. But the Israeli government said the offer, which was discussed by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators at Taba in Egypt in January last year, was no longer on the table. The Israelis had claimed the Taba package was generous and that Mr Arafat had been foolish not to grab it. Mr Arafat had repeatedly insisted that it was far from...

Anger at Saudi bomb claims By Steve Boggan 22 June 2002 The British government has made a formal complaint to Saudi Arabia in response to security officials in Riyadh linking the murder of a Briton in a car bombing to an illegal alcohol racket. Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, is understood to be angry at suggestions by unnamed officials that Simon Veness, 35, a British banker, was blown up on Thursday as part of what the Saudis insist is an alcohol turf war. Five other Britons, two of whom are thought to have been sentenced to death, are in prison...

SUMMARY OF ARTICLE Upheld by the Fifth Circuit of Appeals, Peter Veeck is unable to post building codes of Denison, Texas, for free on the web after paying $385 to obtain them. Although the building codes are municipal law of Denison, Texas, citizens must pay a private company which owns the copyright to obtain them. www.forbes.com allows free access to their articles through a very quick free sign-up for membership.