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Iran to send uranium to Turkey in nuclear fuel dealTehran (AFP) May 17, 2010 Iran agreed on Monday to ship the bulk of its low enriched uranium abroad in a fuel swap deal backed by Turkey and Brazil that could blunt calls for sanctions over Tehran's sensitive nuclear programme. The agreement, which commits Iran to depositing 1,200 kilograms (2,640 pounds) of its low enriched uranium in Turkey in return for nuclear fuel for its Tehran reactor, was signed in the Iranian capital by the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Brazil. Iran said that with the signing of the deal ... read more |
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Baghdad (AFP) May 16, 2010Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday failed to grasp first place in Iraq's parliamentary election from his arch-rival Iyad Allawi after a painstaking recount dismissed claims of massive ballot fraud. Maliki, the incumbent Shiite premier, had alleged that he lost thousands of votes, but election commission officials told AFP that a 12-day manual count of ballots cast in Baghdad had shown n ... more  
Riyadh (AFP) May 15, 2010Arab states want to see progress in US-guided Palestinian-Israeli peace talks by September, former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal said on Saturday. "The Arab world has given (US President Barack) Obama until September to get things done," Turki, also a former Saudi ambassador to Washington, told an audience of businessmen, journalists and diplomats. "It is not enough to ... more  
London, UK (SPX) May 17, 2010Bats' remarkable ability to 'see' in the dark uses the echoes from their own calls to decipher the shape of their dark surroundings. This process, known as echolocation, allows bats to perceive their surroundings in great detail, detecting insect prey or identifying threatening predators, and is a skill that engineers are hoping to replicate. A team of British researchers has worked with s ... more |
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Taiwan's ex-security chief confirms secret China channelsTaipei (AFP) May 16, 2010 Taiwan's former security chief has confirmed for the first time that Taipei and Beijing used secret communications channels from 2008 as they worked to thaw glacial ties, it was reported Sunday. Su Chi, who was chief of the National Security Council until earlier this year, said in an interview with the Taipei-based United Daily News that the sensitive channels helped build trust between the longtime foes. He said the National Security Council did not talk directly to authorities on the mainland ... read more |
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