1.   Annan arrived in Baghdad Friday to find a way to defuse the crisis over U.N. weapons inspections.

2.   Greg Mastel, a trade expert at the Economic Strategy Institute in Washington, said the administration is looking for a way to defuse a foreign policy headache.

3.   Insurrection gripped the south of Albania Tuesday amid reports of growing anarchy as the international community groped for a way to defuse the latest crisis to hit the Balkans.

4.   Insurrection gripped the south of impoverished Albania on Tuesday as the international community groped for a way to defuse the latest crisis to hit the Balkans.