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...Security Council for possible sanctions. But the IAEA report did criticize Iran for its long-standing "policy of concealment" and said the agency could not rule out the possibility of a secret weapons program. Iran struck a deal with the European Union earlier in the week to suspend its controversial uranium-enrichment activities by this Monday. According to Western diplomats, as the deadline neared, Iran stepped up its production of uranium hexafluoride, a gas that can be used to make nuclear arms. European negotiators will meet with Iran again next month, and sources tell TIME they plan to push hard...
...when he's dead." That tempered response reflects a new mood of conciliation. With Palestinians preparing to vote on Jan. 9 for a new President, Israel last week signaled that it will allow Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem to vote. Israeli President Moshe Katsav said Israel might suspend construction of its separation wall if the Palestinians halt terror attacks. And the Fatah wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization...
...power can resolve the dangerous standoff over Iran's ongoing efforts to enrich uranium, a process which the U.S. and Israel insist is a bid for nuclear arms. Last week some E.U., Iranian and U.N. officials were hailing as a potential breakthrough an agreement in which Iran would suspend its enrichment activities in exchange for additional nuclear technology and guaranteed fuel deliveries for a civilian nuclear capability. But at week's end, the optimism was fading. German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that there had been no breakthrough, and French negotiators said they were "still analyzing" the latest Iranian counterproposal...
...that Iran "is seriously embarked on an effort to develop nuclear weapons" and compared the country to North Korea. While a deal would avert a showdown between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Association at its meeting in Vienna later this month, Iran would still not have agreed to suspend enrichment indefinitely, which the U.S. insists it must do to avoid the case being referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible economic sanctions...
What is the insurgents' purpose in going after humanitarian workers like Margaret Hassan, care's longtime country director in Iraq, who was taken hostage last week? As it turns out, the tactic has sometimes been used successfully by the Taliban in Afghanistan, forcing aid organizations to suspend operations and driving a wedge between the people and those trying to bring improvements to the country. That seems to be the thinking of insurgents in Iraq who have been targeting aid workers for abduction in recent months and who are now believed to be holding Hassan. "Please, please...