51.   UN envoy Rolf Ekeus held fresh talks on Tuesday with senior Iraqi officials during a mission to demand unrestricted access to sites suspected of hiding weapons material and documents.

52.   Monitoring Chinese reaction to US imposition of sanctions on three Chinese businesses accused of supplying Iran with chemical and biological weapons materials.

53.   No details have emerged from the discussions which Ekeus hopes will allow his inspectors unconditional access to Iraqi military sites suspected of harboring weapons material and documents.

54.   Officials said they expected Myanmar to live up to its obligations and to not pursue production of weapons grade fissile material.