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Moscow - Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic anti-Star Wars weapon capable of penetrating any prospective missile shield, a senior general said Thursday. The prototype weapon proved it could manoeuvre so quickly as to make "any missile defence useless," Col.-Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, told a news conference. He said that the prototype of a new hypersonic vehicle had proved its ability to manoeuvre while in orbit, thereby making it able to dodge an enemy's missile shield. Washington - The Bush administration said Thursday it would send a military team to Haiti to assess the security of the U.S. Embassy there, but stressed that it is still looking for a political solution to the bloody uprising against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. United Nations - Secretary General Kofi Annan on Thursday recommended against holding elections in Iraq before the June 30 U.S. transfer of power to Iraqis, but made no recommendation on how to form a transitional government. Annan said, however, that the June 30 date for the U.S.-led coalition to restore sovereignty to Iraq must be respected. Earlier Thursday, Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, also said the June 30 date for the U.S.-led coalition to hand over power remains firm.
