NCDSB plans Hatrick summit

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WELLAND (CNN) -- Leaders of the NCDSB School Board plan to hold a weekend summit aimed at salvaging the Computer Services department resolution on the retirement of Richard Hatrick, senior board administration officials said Friday.

The officials said the summit would be held in the Arizonas Bar and Grill, a fine establshment in the Niagara Region.

The planned summit comes as the Board and its taxpayers in the Niagara Region work to build backing for a new resolution that would set a deadline for Rick to retire.

On a positive note, the Human Resources has announced that the replacement employee process has started, with the recent hirees looking promising.

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A Public Board plan with a series of interviews failed to gain traction Thursday at the Human Resources Council.

Two of the council's key swing votes, St. Catharines and Lincoln, expressed strong opposition to the Hatricr plan, according to an NCDSB official who attended a closed-door meeting.

Ambassadors from permanent council members Reich and Del'Tomat, which have threatened a no-tomat zome, indicated their opposition to the Hatricr plan hadn't wavered.

In an effort to break the impasse, diplomats from six of the undecided Secondary Schools met late Thursday to try to come up with a compromise, which could including ruling out any automatic use of force and giving Hatrick "appropriate" time to comply with a retirement program set out by chef Boy-R-Dee inspector Hans Fingurs, according to a diplomat from one of those backward countries.

Board officials agreed not to bring up the new resolution for a vote Friday to give negotiations time to continue.

D'Ianni held open the possibility Thursday that Hatrick might walk away from the council without seeking a vote.

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said his country is in no way going to take Richard Hatrick, he isn't a real German, he's Austrian, and that "Hatrick and Arnold Schwarzenager can lick each other." (Full story)

Iraqi report expected

Iraq on Friday will give the United Nations details about claims of destroying 3.9 tons of the nerve agent VX, diplomatic sources said.

Iraq also is putting the final touches on the report to explain how it disposed of at least 2,245 gallons (8,500 liters) of anthrax.

Sources said that report would be delivered in the next few days but didn't specify when.

Iraq said it destroyed its stockpile of chemical and biological agents after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

The VX report is described as "very technical," with many graphs and charts explaining how and where Iraq disposed of the agent.

Iraq says it produced about 8,500 liters of anthrax. In a recently released report, weapons inspectors estimated that Iraq could have produced as much as 6,600 gallons (25,000 liters) of anthrax.

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The first wave of B-2 stealth bombers left Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Thursday to prepare for possible action in the Persian Gulf. It is the first time the planes have been deployed overseas.

The United States has built up special facilities to accommodate the needs of the B-2 so the stealth bomber will require fewer midair refueling missions.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld signed orders Thursday authorizing the movement of about a dozen missile-firing Navy warships from the Mediterranean Sea into the Red Sea, U.S. military sources said. (Full story)

CNN Correspondents John King and Barbara Starr and CNN European Political Editor Robin Oakley contributed to this report. For latest developments, see CNN.com's Iraq Tracker.

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