US Inspectors Allowed

After winning pledges from Russia to push for an end to UN sanctions, Iraq is allowing the UN team - including those from the US - access to its military sites, a US official said. But despite Iraq's amends, the more than 300 American planes and ships in the Gulf region would stay there "for the immediate future," the official said.

After winning pledges from Russia to push for an end to UN sanctions, Iraq is allowing the UN team - including those from the US - access to its military sites, a US official said. But despite Iraq's amends, the more than 300 American planes and ships in the Gulf region would stay there "for the immediate future," the official said.