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Bush makes a round of telephone calls UNITED NATIONS, MARCH 10. Even as there are questions here whether the United States will persist with a vote tomorrow or later on in the week, the President, George W. Bush, is stepping up the pressure through an urgent round of telephone calls. ... France unleashes diplomatic initiative PARIS, MARCH 10. The French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, held talks in the Angolan capital Luanda on Monday with President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos before flying off to Cameroon and Guinea. Ahead of Tuesday's crucial vote in the ... Russia, France, Germany stick to 'no-war' stand MOSCOW, MARCH 10.The leaders of Russia, France, and Germany reaffirmed their support for a peaceful settlement of the Iraqi crisis ahead of a crucial U.N. Security Council vote on Tuesday on a U.S.-British ultimatum to Baghdad. The President ... 'Difficult for Pak. to back U.S. draft' ISLAMABAD, MARCH 10. Amid tremendous pressure from within and without, the Pakistani Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, announced today that "it would be very difficult for Pakistan to support war against Iraq''. At a hurriedly ... China stress on peaceful solution BEIJING, MARCH 10.China today joined two other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in reaffirming the diplomatic imperative of peacefully resolving the current crisis over the United States' insistence on using military ... Kofi Annan for consensus THE HAGUE (NETHERLANDS), MARCH 10. The U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, urged the members of the Security Council to overcome their divisions and reach a consensus on how to disarm Iraq, warning the U.S. that it would violate the U.N. charter ... A threat to ceasefire in Sri Lanka COLOMBO. MARCH 10. A four-hour exchange of fire in international waters preceded today's sinking of a merchant vessel belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the SLNS SAYURA, an Indian-built offshore patrol vessel, acquired ... Other Stories
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