Ban Ki-Moon seeks a delay in US attack on Syria

Ban Ki-Moon has asked for a four-day delay in the US attack on Syria in order to give UN chemical weapons inspectors enough time to finish their inspection.

"They are working very hard, under very, very dangerous circumstances,"
Ban told a news conference in The Hague where he was attending centenary
celebrations for the Peace Palace.

"Let them conclude their work for four days, and then