Two deep-diving Russian miniature submarines today descended more than two and a half miles to the ocean floor beneath the North Pole, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.

One of Russia’s two deep-diving miniature submarines today began its descent more than two-and-a-half miles beneath the ice to the ocean floor beneath the North Pole, RTR television reported.

RUSSIA has insisted that it is ready to use its UN veto in an attempt to avoid war in Iraq.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has reached out for support from the foreign ministers of four UN Security Council nations as US and British diplomats crafted a proposed new resolution on disarming Iraq.