US pressure on Iraq grows as inspectors pause
Defense Secretary Cohen warns Saddam could be rebuilding weapons programs after the December Desert Fox strikes and the Iraq weapons inspectors left. Lawmakers push the Iraq Liberation Act funds, now partly redirected to direct anti-Saddam efforts, while the Bush-Clinton era debate shapes US policy and potential actions against Baghdad.
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Forced labor settlement talks stall as lawyers reject offer
Berlin lawyers for Nazi forced labor victims rejected a 42 billion dollar compensation proposal from German industry and government. The rejection came ahead of a Wednesday deadline and aims to limit negotiations to a five to seven billion dollar range, delaying progress in the talks.
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