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After their arrival in New York

from Baghdad on Sunday, De­
In the East Room of the White

cember, 8, 2002, Chief United
House, Wednesday, October 16,

Nations weapons inspector Hans
2002, President Bush signed a

Blix greets UN weapons inspec­
resolution authorizing the use of
tor team legal officer Surya Sinha
force against Iraq. Bush sum­

who is transporting two black
moned dozens of lawmakers to

suitcases containing two copies
accept formally Congress' go-

of Iraq's arms declarations into
ahead for military action against

UN headquarters. One copy is for
Iraq, hoping that a tableau of a

the Security Council and the
unified America would help win

other for the U.N. Monitoring,
over hesitant allies. Those
Verification, and Inspection Com­
present were Sen. Jesse Helms,

mission, which oversees the
R-NC; Sen. John Warner, R-Va;

search for biological and chemi­
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz; Rep.

cal agents. The documents con­
Roy Blunt, R-Mo; Sen. Joseph
tain nearly 12,000 pages of mate­
Lieberman, D-Conn; Speaker of

rial for inspectors to read.
the House Dennis Hastert, R-lll;

Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif; Sen.

Joseph Biden, D-Del.

Paul Burrell, the former butler to

Princess Diana, gives a thumb-up

to the media as he leaves

London's Old Bailey court Friday,

November 1, 2002.

British prosecutors dropped

theft charges against Burrell on

Friday after Queen Elizabeth II

revealed she knew he took the

items for safekeeping. The royal

revelation brought a dramatic and

unexpected end to Burrell's trial,

a case that has fascinated Britain

and put personal details of

Diana's life on public display.

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A mass of documents detailing December 7, 2002. The 12,000-

Iraq's nuclear, chemical, and bio­ page declaration was to be

logical activities was presented to handed over to UN officials later

the media in a government office in the day before it was flown to

in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, New York and Vienna on Sunday.