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valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/hplinks.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#LINKS"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#003399"><b>VISIT RFE/RL'S</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Links from more than 23 countries</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/links/"><span class="promolink"> links library</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> </td>   <td width="440" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff">  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="440" border="0"> <tr width="440" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="30"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td align="left" width="380"><span class="date">Tuesday, 24 June 2003</span><br> <span class="date1">Last Updated: 07:07 GMT/UTC <br> [ Prague 09:07 | Washington DC 03:07 ]</span><br></td> <td align="left" width="30"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="440" border="0"> <tr width="440" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="30"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td align="left" width="380">  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380"><td valign="top"><a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/24062003071656.asp" class="storyheadline">IRAQ: BLIX SAYS EVIDENCE ON ALLEGED WEAPONS 'NEVER MORE THAN SHAKY'</a><br></td></tr> <tr width="380"> <td valign="top"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/nca/images/people/blix-baradei.jpg" border="1" hspace="10" vspace="10" align="left" color="#000000"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="5" height="15" border="0"><br> <span class="story">New York, 24 June 2003 (RFE/RL) -- Outgoing chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix (pictured, right) says U.S. intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction was "never more than shaky." <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/nca/features/2003/06/24062003071656.asp"></span><span class="more"><span class="under">more...</span></span></a></td> </tr> </table><br><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="380"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/newslinehd.gif" width="380" height="25" alt="RFE/RL newsline" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="380" border="0"> <tr width="380"> <td valign="top"> <span class="regions">RUSSIA</span><br> <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/1-RUS/rus-230603.asp" class="headlines">Media Ministry Pulls TVS Off The Air</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">TRANSCAUCASIA & CENTRAL ASIA</span><br> <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/2-TCA/tca-230603.asp" class="headlines">Tajik Referendum Approves Constitutional Changes</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE</span><br> <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/3-CEE/cee-230603.asp" class="headlines">Poland Criticizes Change Of Voting System In Draft European Constitution</a><br> <br> <span class="regions">SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE</span><br> <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/newsline/2003/06/4-SEE/see-230603.asp" class="headlines">EU Throws 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border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/new.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#NEW1"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Uzbek Security Service Profits from Penal System</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/177-190603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/afghan-icon.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#AFGHAN-ICON"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Greatest Challenges Still Ahead On Road to Afghan Democracy</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/176-160603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/moldova.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#MOLDOVA"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Moldovans Vulnerable to Human Trafficking</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/175-160603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/hr-russia.gif" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#HR-RUSSIA"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>REPORT:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">Activists Say Human Rights Violations Rampant in Russia</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/173-060603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see report</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/goulnara.jpg" width="54" height="76" border="0" ismap usemap="#GOULNARA"> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF9933"><b>RELEASE:</b><br>   <span class="promotext">RFE/RL Mourns Death of Georgian Service Director</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/welcome/english/releases/2003/06/172-040603.html"><span class="promolink"> <span class="under">see release</span></span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td width="150" align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/endpanelgray.gif" width="150" height="15" border="0"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td>  </tr> </table>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750" border="0"> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="750" height="15" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/specreport.gif" width="750" height="25" border="0"></td> </tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750" border="0" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="30"> </td> <td 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sans-serif" size="-2" color="#003399"><b>UN Inspectors in Iraq: Daily Reports</b></span><br></b>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/specials/iraq-inspec/"><span class="promolink">see reports</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  </td> <td align="left"><br><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030624112320/http://www.rferl.org/realvideo/ram/milosevictrial.ram"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/hp-milosevic.gif" width="54" height="76" hspace="5" vspace="2" border="0"></a> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF0000"><b>LIVE VIDEO:</b><br>   <span class="promotext"></span>   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030624112320/http://www.rferl.org/realvideo/ram/milosevictrial.ram" class="promonewlinks"> War Crimes in Bosnia and Croatia</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  </td> <td align="left"><br><br>  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="150" border="0"> <tr width="150" valign="top"> <td align="left" width="7"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> <td width="60" align="left"> <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/specials/stpetersburg/"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/hp-stpet-kal.jpg" width="54" height="76" hspace="5" vspace="2" border="0"></a> <img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="6" border="0"></td> <td width="73" align="left">  <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2" color="#FF6600"><b>St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad</b><br>   <span class="promotext">An Inside Look (Photos!)</span><br>   <a href="/web/20030624112320/http://rferl.org/specials/stpetersburg/"> <span class="promolink"> see report</span></a><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="10"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/invisible.gif" width="10" border="0"></td> </tr> </table><br>  </td> <td align="left" width="25"> </td> </tr> </table>   <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="750" border="0"> <tr width="750" valign="top"> <td align="left"><img src="/web/20030624112320im_/http://rferl.org/graphics/homep/bottombn.gif" 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