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...honor its commitments. Iranian diplomats even delayed the start of the day's talks in Vienna on the agreement, insisting that it was unnecessary for the French to be in the room. Eventually the talks went ahead with French delegates present, but Iranian officials insisted that they would not accept France as a supplier. The New York Times reported that a face-saving compromise was being developed that would see Iran make a deal with Russia, which could separately subcontract work out to France. (See pictures of people around the world protesting Iran's election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Iran's Diplomatic Snub of France | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

...which gives it a seat at the main nuclear talks with Iran. (Those talks began in Geneva on Oct. 1; the Vienna session was a technical meeting on the terms of a processing deal.) Iran isn't refusing to negotiate with France in the room but simply declining to accept it as a supplier of processed uranium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Iran's Diplomatic Snub of France | 10/21/2009 | See Source »

Some democracy activists argue that Saudi rulers could do more, but use religion as an excuse for the slow pace of reform. "The idea is to delay the reforms based on the idea that society wouldn't accept drastic changes," says Mohammad al-Qahtani, a reform advocate and professor at the Saudi Foreign Ministry's diplomatic training institute. Awadh al-Badi, a political scientist at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, says the reason that King Abdullah and the royal family are still cautious on women's rights is that they themselves are products of Saudi culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Rights, and Challenges, for Saudi Women | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...called on all citizens to commit to a cause greater than themselves. The president observed that the price of freedom is “a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly...

Author: By Drew G Faust | Title: Harvard and Public Service | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...hope that together we can accept the invitation of presidents, current and past, to dedicate our collective energy as a university community to the solution of the world’s critical problems and to the pursuit of the common good...

Author: By Drew G Faust | Title: Harvard and Public Service | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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