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WHO: World Will Be SARS-Free in 2-3 Weeks Fri Jun 27,11:06 AM ET By Dan Eaton BANGKOK (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said Friday the world should be free of the deadly SARS virus within the next two to three weeks, but warned the disease could emerge in China again next winter.David Heymann, director of the WHO's communicable diseases division, told Reuters he expected Taiwan and Toronto -- the only two areas still regarded as zones where the disease could be transmitted -- to be given a clean bill of health by the first week of July. "It appears...

Iraq 'has three weeks to avoid falling into chaos' By Patrick Cockburn 16 June 2003 Iraq needs a transitional administration within three weeks if it is to avoid a descent into chaos, the most prominent Iraqi leader acceptable to all sides told The Independent last night. Adnan Pachachi, a highly regarded former Iraqi foreign minister who is expected to play a big role in a transitional Iraqi administration, criticised the heavy-handed US sweeps that have cost more than 100 Iraqi lives, calling them "an overreaction''. He said the Americans felt "very vulnerable and afraid''. Mr Pachachi, 80, may be the...

In the 'analysis' on BET right after the Trent Lott interview, Rep. Gregory Meeks stated, "We will not tolerate those kinds of thoughts." He was referring to Lott's statement. If this isn't the quote of the night, I don't know what it is. This far exceeds anything Lott said. Rush, Sean, Brit, etc., rack this one up for major replay, please.

US forces ready to strike Iraq 'in weeks' By Toby Harnden and David Blair (Filed: 09/12/2002) American forces will be ready for war in the Gulf by next month, much earlier than many had predicted, Pentagon officials said yesterday. The disclosure came as Iraq challenged Britain and the US to prove that Saddam Hussein's regime still possesses weapons of mass destruction. Iraq's 43-volume declaration that it has no nuclear, chemical and biological weapons reached the United Nations headquarters in New York, but the White House maintained a stony silence over the denial. Gen Amer al-Saadi, Iraq's presidential adviser on armaments...

Mobilisation gathers pace as America lays down plans to strike within weeks Julian Borger in Washington and Richard Norton-Taylor Saturday November 9, 2002 The Guardian Even as the UN weapons inspectors pack their bags for a daunting and uncertain trip to Iraq later this month, the Pentagon is steadily building up its forces in the region and is expected to be ready for battle by as early as next month, military analysts said yesterday. The Bush administration is deeply sceptical of the UN inspectors' chances of disarming Saddam Hussein's regime and is convinced that a conflict is almost inevitable. The...