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Fast Forward Iran: West Must Be Flexible in Nuke Talks
Iran is ready for new talks with global powers on its nuclear programme but the United States and others seeking to rein in its uranium enrichment activities need to be more constructive, Tehran’s ambassador to Russia said on Monday. Barack Obama’s re-election has increased the chances of a revival of talks with Iran involving six…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Sacks: Gaza War ‘Got To Do With Iran’
The BBC issued an apology to British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks after a presenter asked him about the Gaza operation while he thought he was off the air. Sacks presented the “Thought for the Day” on BBC Radio 4 Today on Friday. After the segment, presenter Evan Davies asked the rabbi’s opinion on the conflict…
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Fast Forward Iran Poised To Hike Nuclear Capacity: U.N.
Iran is set to sharply expand its uranium enrichment in an underground site after installing all the centrifuges it was built for, a U.N. report said, a move that could increase Western alarm about Tehran’s nuclear course. It also showed that Iran’s stockpile of its most sensitive nuclear material – which could relatively quickly be…
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Fast Forward Argentina Won’t Release Bombing Talks Info
Argentina’s Foreign Ministry rejected a request from the Jewish community and survivors of the AMIA Jewish center bombing for information about current negotiations with Iran over the case. The ministry’s attorney, Agustin Medrano, said late last week in refusing the request made through the judiciary that “as a process of diplomatic negotiations between States, the…
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Fast Forward Obama Plans Diplomatic Push on Iran Nukes
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he will renew efforts for a diplomatic resolution to Iran’s suspected attempt to build a nuclear weapon, but denied that any talks with Tehran were imminent. Obama told a news conference that reports that emerged before his re-election on Nov. 6 of impending U.S. talks with Iran were…
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Fast Forward U.N. Iran Nuclear Report a Mixed Bag
Iran is believed to have increased the number of centrifuges in an underground nuclear plant by nearly a third in three months, diplomats say, underlining the tough task facing major powers pressing Tehran to curb its atomic activity. But despite a major expansion of its capacity to refine uranium at the Fordow facility, buried deep…
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Opinion $64 Million Question on Iran
It was hardly surprising that Israeli diplomat Barukh Binah refused several times to discuss the nitty-gritty of plans to confront Iran over its nuclear program at a public forum at the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly. Neither was the lack of optimism voiced by any of the three panelists that increased sanctions against…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Next War? Could Be Gaza, Not Iran or Syria
If Israel goes to war with any of its neighbours before this year ends it will be with Gaza not Syria, despite appearances. The Israeli army fired into Syria on Monday for the second day in a row, after a Syrian mortar round from fighting across the disengagement line hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Sunday’s…
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