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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Victor Keegan

Early deadlines bite

Foreign editor Harriet Sherwood grabbing a quick coke - when her computer crashed - after binning the lunch she was eating standing up. She is delighted that the copy flow has been good but worried that the main story, the Palestinian re-occupation of Gaza, is not turning out to be very clear-cut and one of the other major stories, President Bush's 9/11 visit to New Orleans - won't happen until 10pm, way after her first edition deadline of 5pm. Foreground; David Munk, deputy foreign editor talks to Ewen MacAskill, diplomatic editor, about fresh setbacks in reform of the United Nations.

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