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Wed 11 Nov 2002'Oil for food' scheme faces closure over list of banned itemsIRAQ: On the eve of the resumption of weapons inspections in Iraq, another team of inspectors may be on its way out.The United Nation's oil-for-food programme, which has employed a team of inspectors since 1996 to supervise the exchange of oil for humanitarian aid, has had its mandate extended by just nine days.