Annan urges peaceful end to Iran nuclear standoff
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged   the world on Monday to avoid confrontation with Iran over its   nuclear goals, after Tehran told him it wanted a negotiated   solution but would not halt uranium enrichment before any   talks.
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UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged Iran on Monday to suspend uranium enrichment and called on North Korea to dismantle its weapons program or at least allow inspectors to ensure it is &quot;exclusively peaceful.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday that the international standoff over Iran's disputed nuclear program must be resolved peacefully and he cautioned against the imposition of sanctions.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan held   talks in Iran on Saturday to seek help in shoring up a   Hizbollah-Israel ceasefire and to discuss Tehran's nuclear   standoff with the West.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said he had urged Iran on Friday for swifter cooperation in resolving questions about its atomic activity, which the West fears will yield atomic bombs.
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Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear standoff with world powers but this must recognize an Iranian right to a peaceful nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday.
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U.N. Secretary of State Kofi Annan, visiting Iran Saturday, raised concerns with officials over an exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust that opened in response to Muslim outrage over the Prophet Muhammad caricatures.
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TEHRAN -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan began meeting with Iranian leaders yesterday to press them to help cut off weapons shipments to Iran's Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, and to compromise in its nuclear confrontation with the West. The visit occurred two days after Iran ignored a UN Security Council deadline for the Tehran government to suspend uranium enrichment, paving the ...
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Challenged by the UN nuclear chief to prove their atomic programs are peaceful, North Korea said it would scrap its ``nuclear deterrence&#39;&#39; if the United States ended its hostile policy and Iran said negotiations with three European
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Kofi Annan, in his last major speech as UN secretary general, urged the United States yesterday to shun go-it-alone diplomacy and collaborate on its world challenges, including the Iraq war.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that Iran wanted to find   a negotiated solution to its nuclear dispute with the West but   would not freeze uranium enrichment before talks.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday called for an end to the violence in Ivory Coast, which has killed nine French troops and an American.
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The chief of the United Nations nuclear agency urged Iran and North Korea on Monday to prove their nuclear programs are peaceful and also called for tighter controls to halt the globe&#39;s &quot;extensive illicit market&quot; in nuclear materials.
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The chief of the United Nations&#39; nuclear agency appealed to Iran Monday to suspend its nuclear activities and expressed concern that efforts to halt
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Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear stand-off but parties must recognize the country's right to peaceful nuclear power, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday.
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LAPPEENRANTA, Finland  - The European Union agreed   on Saturday to try to clarify Iran's stance on halting uranium   enrichment within two weeks and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan held talks in Tehran to try and settle the standoff.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said after meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday that he believes Tehran is taking &quot;very seriously&quot; an offer of incentives to roll back its disputed nuclear program.