News 83

The United States and Britain             that the             of the United Nations                  if the Security Council                  Iraq. American Secretary of State Colin Powell said          the                           by the UN inspectors                                  a        for the world     . Mr. Powell                a news conference in Washington           talks with the British Foreign Minister Jack Straw. He                    differences with other                            Iraq but said this                  .

(BBC January, 2003)

News 84

Britain          it’ll                the European Union               the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his                        when it         next week. Mr. Mugabe                  by the French authorities to        the        of African Leaders in Paris               the                . Leader of                  in Britain Robin Cook said it was important for the EU           the                                the                                 and the         of      -            in Zimbabwe.

(BBC January, 2003)

News 85

The                 Iberia             people        in Spain              to Galicia to               the                  by the         of the        “The Prestige” last November. The                       the Spanish government will         flights           10,000                  . The BBC Madrid correspondent says the Spanish government                     for                  to help          the      , which              hundreds of kilometres of           and                the               industry.

(BBC January, 2003)

News 86

A            the United Nation’s weapons inspectors         their                on Iraq the American Secretary of State Colin Powell                        a                    of what the Bush administration           as Saddam Hussein’s                      . Mr. Powell                  at the World Economic       in                   Davos, where he                                   from business leaders               the economic        that the war will have on Iraq.

P.P. reports from Davos.

Mr. Powell                                     about America’s             to act without United Nations’        . His           will be                  for any      of how          the         -           may be. Mr. Powell           on Saturday that the US              to give the weapons inspectors more time to          their work.        was         an       in       Mr. Powell           with the Turkish Prime Minister A.G. Turkey                           US forces                     its                to        an           Iraq.

(BBC February, 2003)

News 87

               of farmers              in Mexico City            to the           their                  by the          free            NAFTA, which groups Mexico, United States, and Canada. They say                        because they                    cheap US     .

(BBC February, 2003)