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Reservists ordered to mobilise By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent (Filed: 04/11/2002) Enforced mobilisation of up to 10,000 reservists will be announced by the Government this week in preparation for a war on Iraq. In a move not seen since the Korean War, a Queen's Order will give defence chiefs widespread and highly controversial rights to call up many more people than would normally be available. Senior officers from all the units involved have been summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Defence today to be briefed on the mass mobilisation. The announcement could come this afternoon with Geoff Hoon,...

Bush decided to order the Justice Department to seek the injunction after board of inquiry hand-picked by the White House reported that the two-week-old labor standoff has no chance of ending soon, said two administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The board's brief report does not go into detail about the economic and national security impact of the shutdown, but it does hold out little hope for a resolution of the conflict, said one of the sources.