Word: nuclearization
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...Still, Singh and the Congress Party have lived to fight another day. The confidence vote was called to resolve a bitter dispute over the administration's support for a civilian nuclear-technology agreement between India and the U.S. India's two main leftist parties pulled out of Singh's coalition government over the pact, which they say makes India subservient to U.S. strategic interests. Singh, who argued nuclear power is needed for continued economic development, can now push ahead with the deal, which still needs the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.S. Congress...
...question is: How much did the Congress Party trade away to save the nuclear accord - and its political skin? The party has been positioning itself as willing to take a principled stand on important national issues. But that image-polishing may have been undermined by the swirl of allegations of backroom dealing and the dismal spectacle surrounding the confidence vote. Singh's coalition government may be secure for now, but the Congress Party will face another test next year in parliamentary elections. Politicians can only hope India's long-suffering voters are willing to turn a blind...
...Delhi RIDING OUT THE STORM India's Congress Party--led government celebrated after surviving a July 22 no-confidence vote, salvaging a nuclear deal with the U.S. that could ease the country's energy shortage. Opponents said the deal threatened Indian sovereignty by catering to American demands. The victory was tainted by allegations of bribery from three opposition-party members who claimed that government supporters had offered them money to abstain from voting...
...Geneva Different Policy, Same Results In its highest-level negotiations with Tehran since 1979, the U.S. sent a top diplomat to join international talks in Switzerland intended to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions. The talks stalled, however, when Tehran refused to temporarily halt its nuclear program in exchange for a freeze on any new international sanctions...
...while Obama said that a nuclear Iran would be "game-changing," and that he wouldn't take any option off the table to prevent that from happening, he stopped short of saying that he's in favor of the United States using force to stop the Iranians - which is what many Israelis yearn to hear. And the presumptive Democratic nominee also met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah - a trip that Republican nominee-to-be John McCain did not make when he was in Israel a few months...