UN watchdog says ready to go back to Iraq if asked
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VIENNA, Oct 13  - The UN nuclear watchdog, blocked from returning to Iraq since the US-led war, is ready to send inspectors back after reports of the disappearance of high-tech equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons, a spokesman said
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UN Secretary Kofi Annan says January elections in Iraq are still feasible but it is up to the Iraqis to decide whether the vote should go forward amid continuing violence.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors are welcome to  return, an Iraqi minister said on Tuesday in response to  concerns of an "apparent systematic dismantlement" of Saddam  Hussein's once-vigorous nuclear program.
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With countries still bitterly divided over the war in Iraq, a high-level panel appointed by the United Nations has recommended a five-step guideline to determine when to use military action.
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MUNICH, Germany  - United Nations  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Sunday it would be hard  for U.N. peacekeepers to replace U.S.-led troops in Iraq,  saying the world body could make other contributions to postwar  stability.
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VIENNA : The UN nuclear watchdog called on North Korea to allow international inspectors to return to monitor nuclear activities there, after they were kicked out of the country in December 2002.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan questioned on Wednesday whether Iraq could hold elections  in January if violence persisted and said the U.S.-led invasion  of Iraq was illegal because it violated the U.N. Charter.
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A top UN official hints that security may improve enough soon for 4m displaced Iraqis to begin returning.
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United Nations, Sep 15 - Iraq has appealed to the international community to send more troops to protect the United Nations staff needed for holding of elections by January 31 next year and thwart terrorist attempt to disrupt the poll process.
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Iraq urged regional and world powers on Saturday to back an expanded U.N. role in Iraq but U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there was more to be done on security before he could increase U.N. staff.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan makes his first visit to Washington next week since calls  for his resignation, meeting Secretary of State Colin Powell  and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to talk about  Iraq, U.N. officials said on Friday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- In a highly anticipated report prompted by the deep divide over the war in Iraq, an international panel made 101 recommendations yesterday on how to deal with global threats in the 21st century including the use of preemptive and preventive military strikes with approval from the UN Security Council.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan questioned on Wednesday whether Iraq could hold elections in January if violence persisted and said the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because it violated the UN Charter.
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Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said he would seek an explanation from UN chief Kofi Annan for his attitude to Iraq's elections when they meet on Friday at the United Nations.
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The Iraqi government said on Thursday it was ready to take over security in southern Iraq once Britain withdraws 1,600 troops in the coming months, but insisted that British forces would still be needed for support.
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U.N. inspectors, barred from most of  Iraq since last year's invasion, are ready to return to probe  the disappearance of equipment that could be used in atomic  weapons, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday.
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UNITED NATIONS  A year after the bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad killed 22 people, the United Nations remains a target for attacks in Iraq and UN staff angrily allege that major security ...