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EU's Ashton to meet Iran's nuclear negotiator on May 15
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 2 (Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Istanbul on May 15 as a follow-up to last month's nuclear talks in Almaty, a spokesman for Ashton said on Thursday....Tags: Iran, European Union
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Iran nuclear talks unproductive
WASHINGTON — The latest round of international negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear program concluded Saturday with no sign of progress and the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had...Tags: Barack Obama, China, Politics, Iran, Petroleum Industry
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Iran nuclear talks end without a breakthrough
WASHINGTON -- International negotiations over Iran’s disputed nuclear program broke up Saturday still far from an agreement and with the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had “long...
Tags: Politics, Petroleum Industry, Iran, European Union, Nuclear Policy
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Iran nuclear talks appear headed for a stall
WASHINGTON — Iranian officials did not directly respond Friday to the latest American-backed offer to curb Tehran's disputed nuclear program, raising the possibility that the high-level diplomatic effort may be suspended for at least a few months....Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Kazakhstan
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Iran nuclear talks hit early snag
WASHINGTON -- The latest negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appeared to hit a snag in their opening hours Friday amid arguments over whether Tehran has properly responded to a proposal to work out acceptable curbs on its efforts. At a...
Tags: Politics, Iran, Nuclear Policy, Flu, Iran's Nuclear Program
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North Korea belligerence looms ominously over Iran nuclear talks
More carrot, less stick. That’s the advice of some nonproliferation experts for the United States and its five partners in negotiations that resume Friday aimed at dissuading Iran from building a nuclear bomb. But with threats of nuclear...
Tags: Politics, Iran, Pyongyang (North Korea), Nuclear Policy, Kim Jong Un
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U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...
Tags: Brookings Institution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Iran
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Iran agrees to further nuclear talks after 6 nations ease demands
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.WASHINGTON — Six world powers won Iran’s promise for further negotiations over its disputed nuclear program after easing their demands for curbs on an effort they fear is aimed at giving Tehran the ability to make a bomb. After the final...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Politics, Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Kazakhstan extends ban on hunting endangered antelope
L.A. UnleashedALMATY, Kazakhstan — Authorities have extended a ban on hunting the endangered saiga antelope in hopes of boosting the animal's dwindling numbers. A government decree published Tuesday says the ban will remain in effect through 2020. Conservation... -
U.S., China vie for oil, allies on new Silk Road
Tribune foreign correspondentThe wind-raked scrub of this barren plateau reveals little hint of the revolution gurgling 9 feet beneath. China's first international oil pipeline, buried in the Kazakh steppe, is a milestone for the world's newest empire--one forged not in the name...Tags: Communist Party of China, San Francisco, Politics, Egypt, Natural Resource Industry
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Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs feel pressure of petro-politics
Tribune foreign correspondentOn this city's dusty edge, China's rise echoes through the dilapidated Soviet-era apartment blocks that are home to a wary community of Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic group. The Uighurs' fate in Kazakhstan has become entwined with the politics of oil....Tags: China, Politics, Refugee, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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