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U.N. Team Says Iraq Inspections Could Take a Year

United Nations weapons experts said Monday that they may need up to a year to complete their inspections in Iraq, as thousands of U.S. troops continue to be deployed to the Gulf region ahead of a potential confrontation with Baghdad.

By The People

Jim Lehrer reports on the By The People Convention during which over 300 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to discuss America's role in the world.

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Dialogue: America's Role in Iraq

Washington Post columnist William Raspberry and former CIA Director James Woolsey discuss the issues raised by the U.S. confrontation with Iraq.

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U.N. Inspectors Say They've Found No "Smoking Gun" in Iraq

Chief United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix told the U.N. Security Council Thursday that his inspection teams had not found any "smoking guns" after visiting some 125 Iraqi sites.

U.N. Demands North Korea Comply With Nuclear Safeguards

A United Nations nuclear monitoring agency on Monday decided not to report North Korea's attempts to restart its nuclear program to the Security Council.

U.N. Demands North Korea Comply With Nuclear Safeguards

A United Nations nuclear monitoring agency on Monday decided not to report North Korea's attempts to restart its nuclear program to the Security Council.

Nuclear Challenge: Mohamed ElBaradei

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, discusses the volatile situations in North Korea and Iraq, and the reasons for the different policies in the two regions.

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U.N. Chief Says Immediate Attack on Iraq Unjustified

International weapons inspectors swooped down on six locations Tuesday as the United Nations secretary-general said no military action should take place until monitors report their findings to the Security Council in late January.

U.N. Inspectors Leave North Korea, Pres. Bush Confident of Diplomatic Solution

Expelled United Nations inspectors left North Korea Tuesday as the communist country accused the United States of planning an invasion and vowed to "fight to the last man" in its own defense.

Pro-Russian Government Building Bombed in Chechnya

Suicide bombers rammed two trucks packed with explosives into the headquarters of Chechnya's pro-Moscow government in Grozny on Friday, killing at least 46 people and wounding some 70 others.