Purchase photos  Syria's Assad says country will allow access to
chemical sites   DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar
Assad said his government will allow international experts
access to its chemical weapons sites, but cautioned in an
interview broadcast today rebels might block them from reaching
some of the locations.  In an interview with Chinese state TV,
Assad said Damascus is dedicated to implementing a Russia-U.S.
agreement to surrender its chemical weapons to international
control. According to the accord brokered last week in Geneva,
inspectors are to be on the ground in Syria by November.
Damascus met a first deadline under a U.S.-Russia agreement
aimed at swiftly ridding Syria of its chemical arsenal,
submitting last week what supposedly was the full list of its
chemical weapons and production facilities to the U.N. agency so
they can be secured and destroyed.   In the interview with the
Chinese TV filmed Sunday in Damascus, Assad said Syria already
has handed a list of chemical weap