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6B Thursday, February 27, 2003 THE BATTALI Mexico appears to shift toward U.S. position NEWS IN BRIEF By Dafna Linzer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS — Mexico appeared to be the first among a handful of undecided U.N. Security Council members to shift toward the U.S. position on Iraq as Canada sought to find a middle ground among members split between disarming Saddam Hussein by force or giving weapons inspectors more time. The Canadian proposal was rejected by the United States Wednesday after Secretary of State Colin Powell conferred by telephone with Foreign Minister Bill Graham. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the proposal “only procrasti nates on a decision we all should be prepared to take.” Boucher recalled other governments tried earlier to set a deadline for Iraq. But he said in the meantime “we have heard from inspectors again, again and again” that Iraq had not agreed to fully disarm. The change in policy for Mexico — one of the most outspoken supporters of continued weapons inspections instead of war, echoing French and German desires — was first presented in a key address by Mexican President Vicente Fox on Tuesday and then outlined in a new and confiden tial foreign policy directive obtained by The Associated Press. Canada’s plan sought to reconcile the bitter dif ferences posed by the U.S.-British-Spanish resolu tion, which is seeking U.N. authorization for war, and a French-Russian-German proposal to continue weapons inspections at least into July. Canada, which held a rotating seat on the council two years ago, has circulated a two-page proposal suggesting Iraq be given until the end of March to complete a list of remaining disarmament tasks iden tified by the inspectors. The council would then be asked to vote on whether Iraq was complying with its U.N. obligations, diplomats told AP. A senior Bush Administration official, meanwhile, said it was unlikely Russia would veto the U.S.- British-Spanish draft despite Moscow’s repeated statements that it opposes war. In Washington, a top aide to President Vladimir Putin was being received at the highest levels — including a meeting with National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice that included a drop-in visit by President Bush. Alexander Voloshin, Putin’s chief of staff, was also expected to confer with Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vice President Dick Cheney and other top administration officials. U.S. officials were close-mouthed about Voloshin’s unannounced visit, which coincided with an equally secretive trip by fonner Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to Baghdad and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov’s consultations in Beijing. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder discussed the Canadian proposal by telephone with Canada’s Prime Minister Jean Chretien but was not moved from his anti-war stance, spokesman Thomas Steg said Wednesday. Chretien was to travel later Wednesday to Mexico for talks with Fox. “There is no need for either a new resolution or any thoughts about any kind of compromise,” Steg said, adding that “Iraq is being better controlled than ever before” under existing Resolution 1441. In the meantime, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said Iraq is providing new information about its Mass marks 10th anniversary first World Trade Center attat Passing a Security Council resolution An affirmative vote from at least nine of the 15 U.N. Security Council members is required to pass a resolution. But any of the five permanent members can veto a resolution. 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On Wednesday, Blix said the new information does not represent “full cooperation or a break through.” “We have a very long list of disarmament issues and it will require a big effort in order to clarify all of those,” Blix said. “But we welcome every step and I have the impression that they have stepped up their efforts lately.” Asked whether there was any evidence that Iraq wants to disarm, he said, “I do not think I can say there is evidence of a fundamental decision, but there is some evidence of some increased activity.” Mexico’s shift comes after a weekend phone call to Fox from Bush and numerous visits to the country by senior U.S. officials. NEW YORK (AP) - A decade after the! terrorist attack on the World Trade Cer: family and friends of the six victimsgi ered Wednesday morning for a memo Mass at a church near ground zero. 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