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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joins European and Mideast leaders to talk about the conflict in Lebanon at a conference in Rome. Proposals to end the fighting have focused on deploying an international military force to keep the peace between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

While the Blizzard of '96 may have paralyzed New York City, it didn't stop the U.N. Security Council from meeting to adopt a statement condemning human rights violations in Croatia. The only problem was the U.N. had been declared to be officially closed Monday. The result was that the council action received little coverage in the news media. This prompted speculation that key council members may not have wanted to publicize their moral outrage and perhaps irritate Croatian leader Franjo Tudjman whose country has become a lynchpin in western diplomatic efforts in the Balkans. NPR's Trevor Rowe reports.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on mounting speculation about a possible deal under which Slobodan Milosevic might agree to step down from power. A United Nations human rights official suggested today that the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague should be prepared to drop war crimes charges against Slobodan Milosevic in return for his departure from office. Serbian opposition leaders say it would help their campaign to unseat Milosevic. But tribunal officials -- and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today rejected the proposal. Russian efforts to negotiate a solution to the Yugoslav crisis continue, but little progress is reported.

President Bush addresses the nation this evening on the issue of Iraq. Earlier today the United States, Britain and Spain said they've given up their efforts to obtain another U.N. Security Council resolution to deal with the disarmament of Iraq. Following the announcement, Secretary General Kofi Annan said he has ordered the withdrawal of all U.N. personnel from Iraq to ensure their safety. The United States and Britain are holding France responsible for the failure of diplomacy. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday echoed U.S. views that Iraqi elections can't be held before the July 1 transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Iraqi Shiites express disappointment, but many still want U.N. help in setting up elections before the end of the year. But the delay is welcomed by minority Sunnis, who fear Shiites could sweep an early vote. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

NPR's Ann Cooper reports that New York City refuses to back down in its standoff with foreign diplomats over the issue of illegal parking and unpaid tickets. The city has implemented new parking guidelines under which UN diplomats must pay their tickets within a year or lose their diplomatic license plates. A UN committee has given the State Department a week to resolve those parts of the new guidelines which it considers unacceptable. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says the new rules do not violate international law and that the State Department should not be intimidated.

Officials from the United States, Europe, Russia and China gather in Paris to plan the U.N. Security Council's next step in the ongoing standoff with Iran. An International Atomic Energy Agency report said Friday that Iran had not complied with demands to stop enriching uranium.

The unearthing of an ancient burial site in England leads to new discoveries.

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Follow historian James Holland as he unearths the truth about amphetamine use in World War