Powers should not isolate Iran: Annan
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The international community should not  isolate Iran, which has indicated it will cooperate in the  reconstruction of Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General  Kofi Annan told a Spanish newspaper.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday cautioned against terrorism-fighting approaches that he said could generate problems in the long run.
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Iran has failed to meet a U.N. Security   Council demand that it suspend uranium enrichment, six world   powers agreed on Thursday, but there was growing opposition to   U.S. calls for sanctions.
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Russia is against reporting Iran to the United Nations Security Council for what the United States and some other countries say are breaches of U.N. nuclear rules, a top Kremlin official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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Iran's top nuclear negotiator dismisses threats of force against it, as the UN prepares to make a crucial report.
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PARIS, Sept. 12 -- Iran has proposed extensive negotiations with Western powers to resolve the stand-off over its nuclear program, but it is threatening to cut off talks and other cooperation if the case against it proceeds in the U.N. Security Council, as advocated by the United States.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan was at pains to avoid controversy during a visit to Britain, one of the chief proponents of a war in Iraq that Annan recently described as illegal.
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Russia is against reporting Iran to the United Nations Security Council for what the United States and some other countries say are breaches of UN nuclear rules, a top Kremlin official was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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A stepped-up US campaign against insurgents must not be allowed to alienate the Iraqi public, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but won't halt uranium enrichment ahead of talks, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Sunday after meeting the Iranian leader.
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Middle Eastern leaders are worried the   current standoff between Iran and the West over Tehran's   nuclear ambitions could degenerate into war, U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Sunday.
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Iran's supreme leader says the US should not use the nuclear stand-off to bring Iran to its knees.
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A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that Iran has no fear of being sent to the U.N. Security Council for violating the non-proliferation pact, though it would be a setback in its cooperation with the U.N.
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It's not going to be pretty folks.  Mr. Sarkozy praised the current diplomatic initiative by the world's powers, a two-pronged approach that threatens tougher United Nations-mandated sanctions if Iran does not stop enriching uranium for possible use in a nuclear weapon, but holds out the possibility of incentives if Iran complies.   That approach, he said, "is the only one that can enable us to avoid being faced with an alternative that I call catastrophic: an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran."
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not   be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear   programme, but Russia said using force against Iran must be   ruled out and also questioned the need for sanctions.
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French President Jacques Chirac, seen here, has urged world powers not to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, at the same time calling on Tehran to give up uranium enrichment ...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders his country will defy any further U.N. Security Council resolutions imposed by "arrogant powers" seeking to curb its nuclear program, accusing them of lying and imposing illegal sanctions against Tehran.