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U.N. pulls out from Iraqi border

KUWAIT CITY (CNN) --U.N. observers have ceased all work in the demilitarized zone on the Iraq-Kuwait border, withdrawing all remaining personnel from the area.

In a development analysts have called a concrete sign of impending war, staff from the U.N. Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) began leaving posts on both sides of the zone Monday.

The move came after U.S. President George W. Bush said Sunday the "moment of truth" was approaching and giving the U.N. one last day for diplomacy to work.

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