The U.N.'s top diplomat in Iraq,Ad Melkert, echoed the council's call, saying the delays are contributing to uncertainty and creating conditions that could be exploited by elements opposed to the country's democratic transition.
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Although there were no machines for detecting them systematically before 1935, cosmic rays have left their footprints in the geological record by creating radioactive elements such as the carbon-14 used in carbon-dating.