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...directing more of its concern last week toward Iran, which was ordered to stop working on uranium enrichment, and South Korea, which admitted conducting nuclear experiments and other possible violations of its nonproliferation pledges. Until South Korea explains what its scientists are up to, North Korea said it would boycott the next round of multinational talks, due to start this month, on its own nuclear program. --By Donald Macintyre. With reporting by Kim Yooseung
...parties involved in the provisional government. Such an arrangement would certainly improve Allawi's chances of making a good showing, although Sistani's having none of it. He views such a plan as an attempt to manipulate the election, and has warned he will call for a boycott if it goes ahead. Given the fact that the most influential body of Sunni clerics has already signaled its own intention to boycott, an election opposed by Sistani would almost certainly fail. The immediate impact of Sistani's rejection will likely be to persuade the major Shiite religious parties in Allawi...
...broke up briefly with rebels staging a 24-hour boycott at week's end: rebel leaders accused Khartoum of a hand in the deaths of dozens of civilians even as negotiations took place. Khartoum remained confident that it would not face sanctions. - By Simon Robinson By a Whistle CZECH REPUBLIC The coalition government of new Prime Minister Stanislav Gross survived a mandatory vote of confidence in parliament, winning by just 101 votes to 99. Gross replaced fellow Social Democrat Vladimír Spidla, who resigned in June following the party's poor performance in European elections. Gross...
...Leaving A Message Mobile-phone users in Lebanon switched off their handsets for 24 hours to protest the high cost of calls. Organizers of the mass switch-off claimed more than half the country's users joined the boycott...
...terms, those are rejected by important Iraqi constituencies. For example, the radical cleric Moqtada Sadr has made clear that he will use his street support to challenge any effort to curb or limit his influence at the ballot box. And up in the north, the Kurds are threatening to boycott the poll unless they're guaranteed the minority veto over a new constitution as promised by Bremer - a guarantee Allawi can't give without alienating the most important Shi'ite leaders. Given the security situation, and also the fact that many of the key leaders of the new government have...