French leader proposes Iran compromise
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President Jacques Chirac proposed a compromise Monday to kickstart talks between Iran and the international community, suggesting the threat of U.N. sanctions be suspended in exchange for Tehran halting its uranium enrichment program.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed holding talks between Iraqi factions in France similar to those it hosted in July for Lebanon, in an interview published Sunday in the Al-Hayat daily.
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The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.
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The six powers seeking a U.N. resolution on Iran's nuclear program are nearing agreement on a text, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday.
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Everything must be done to  avoid the prospect of war with Iran, French Prime Minister  Francois Fillon said on Monday, a day after his foreign  minister said Paris should prepare for that possibility.
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Everything must be done to  avoid the prospect of war with Iran, French Prime Minister  Francois Fillon said on Monday, a day after his foreign  minister said the country should prepare for that possibility.
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French President Jacques Chirac said  on Tuesday Iran must suspend uranium enrichment, a process  which can produce fuel for power plants or bombs, before talks  aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff can go ahead.
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World power foreign ministers should agree on a new draft sanctions resolution against Iran at a meeting in Germany on January 22, a French diplomatic source said on Monday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveils plans to give French employers incentives to allow overtime.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday called for a European energy policy and said France&#39;s eurozone partners should join it in a plan to pass on surplus tax receipts to consumers.
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Tehran hoped to reach a compromise at  talks on Saturday over its nuclear program with Britain,  Germany and France, which are trying to persuade it to stop  enriching uranium, an Iranian negotiator said.
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By Francois MurphyPARIS - French President Jacques Chirac said on Monday talks with Iran on its nuclear ambitions should be pursued since U.N. sanctions have never worked well, a fresh hint of EU misgivings ...
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ANGOULEME, France  - Everything must be done to avoid the prospect of war with Iran, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Monday, a day after his foreign minister said Paris should prepare for that possibility.
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"We must negotiate right to the end"  The French government has asked the country's biggest companies not to invest in Iran, as the tension mounts over Tehran's nuclear ambitions ahead of a meeting this week of the world's big powers. via MSN Money
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âA nuclear-armed Iran is for me unacceptable,â President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said in a speech today.
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French President Jacques Chirac told reporters an Iran that possessed one or two nuclear weapons would not pose much of a danger and then retracted many of his comments, the International Herald Tribune said on Thursday.
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Iran is considering an offer by key European nations to resolve the stalemate with the International Atomic Energy Agency on its uranium-enrichment program.