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/ 31 October 2003
Michael Howard emerged as the man most likely to be the third leader of the British Conservative Party in six years this week, after Iain Duncan Smith lost his battle to retain the Tory leadership by 75 to 90 votes cast by his fellow Tory members of the United Kingdom Parliament.
United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix condemned the efforts of British and United States intelligence before the war to show that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and insisted that, without UN verification, their post-war inspections lacked credibility.
The leaders of Italy, Australia, Britain and Spain are all swimming against the tide of public opinion in their quest against Iraq. The Guardian examines four leaders who have found themselves at odds with the opinion polls, and how they have reacted to their position
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/ 31 January 2003
President George Bush will today try to persuade Tony Blair to take the next and possibly final step towards war by setting a deadline for Iraq to disarm or face a military attack.
Mandela lashes out at Bush