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...crisis over Iran's nuclear activities, because it signals an end to European Union efforts to negotiate a compromise that would allow Iran to maintain a nuclear energy program but not the capacity to produce fuel that could also be used for nuclear weapons. Iran has continued to insist that it has an "inalienable right" under the NPT to enrich its own uranium for reactor fuel - enrichment capability is of paramount concern to the West, because it would give Iran the technical means to create weapons-grade nuclear material. That stance hardened with the election of conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
...toes? Yes. But I think a lot of those who are bashing me and questioning my leadership skills are those who are unhappy with our new way of doing things in this city." Given New Orleans' venal reputation, Nagin's assertion is hardly far-fetched. But others insist that it's not Nagin's new way of doing things that troubles them as much as what they call his often impulsive and politically na?ve way of doing things...
...effort to broker a deal in which Iran would voluntarily refrain from nuclear fuel-cycle activities permitted by the NPT but which could be easily converted to production of weapons-grade material, in exchange for economic and political concessions. But that deal has broken down as the Iranians defiantly insist on their right to engage in all activities permitted by the NPT, which why the U.S. and Europe are now pressing for action by the IAEA...
Despite the group's past blunders, charity watchdogs insist the $3 billion giant, mandated by Congress to work with federal agencies to aid victims of natural disasters, has risen to Katrina's various challenges. "The Red Cross has turned over a new leaf,"says Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy. Fund raising has obviously not been a problem. The organization teamed with Google, MSN and Yahoo! to channel money through their websites--and nearly half its Katrina funds arrived via the Internet. Though not as forthcoming with details of its spending as critics would like...
Hurricane Katrina has forced some 1 million people to leave their homes. Their 14-day Red Cross hotel vouchers are starting to expire, and their bank accounts are dwindling. Still, relief workers insist that the displaced masses need stable housing of their own, where they can exert some control over their destinies; they don't need to share a bathroom with your children. "Bringing people into your home doesn't give them a sense of independence or dignity," says Daniel Webster, an Episcopal reverend who has been working with the Red Cross relief operation in Utah...