Envoys: UN needs more power to find any Iran nukes
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VIENNA - There is little hope UN inspectors will find any secret Iranian atomic weapons program without increased inspection powers, Western diplomats and a nonproliferation expert said on Thursday.
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The United Nations needs greater  investigative powers to probe its own activities and root out  fraud, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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The United States said on Wednesday   that Iran's request for talks fell short of the U.N. Security   Council's demand for it to halt its nuclear program.
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In an effort to pressure Iran into suspending uranium enrichment, six key U.N. ambassadors began a week of negotiations on possible new sanctions but agreement was still elusive.
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ISFAHAN, Iran  - Six envoys representing the Non-Aligned Movement of developing nations visited a nuclear facility in Iran on Saturday as part of Tehran's attempt to be open about its disputed atomic program.
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The United Nations needs greater investigative powers to probe its own activities and root out fraud, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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Several non-permanent U.N. Security  Council members are holding up agreement on a new sanctions  resolution against Iran over its nuclear program, said France's  envoy to the United States on Friday.
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Ambassadors from the world's major powers met Monday to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment as they prepare to draft a new U.N. resolution.
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Several non-permanent U.N. Security Council members are holding up agreement on a new sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program, said France's envoy to the United States on Friday.
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Iran slammed UN efforts to rein in its nuclear programme Wednesday but both the United States and Europe called for tough action at a UN atomic watchdog meeting that brought new sanctions closer.
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VIENNA, Austria - Buoyed by growing European support, the United States lobbied the U.N. atomic watchdog agency Monday to send Iran before the U.N...
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The five permanent Security Council members and Germany began work Monday on a new U.N. resolution to pressure Iran to suspend parts of its nuclear program, but said they were still committed to seeking a diplomatic solution.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog called at talks in Tehran on Friday for swifter cooperation in resolving questions about its atomic activity, which the West fears will be used to produce atomic bombs.
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"This will not bear fruit and will mostly work against them and we will continue our constructive cooperation with the (International Atomic Energy) agency"  The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat said.The senior diplomat, who briefed reporters Monday on condition that he not be identified by name, said an agreement was very close and should be finalized by the six nation's foreign ministers at a meeting in Berlin, Germany.Analysts and the meeting's German host were more cautious about what the talks could produce. Momentum for a third resolution has slowed since a U.S. intelligence assessment last month indicated Tehran had stopped active work on a nuclear weapons program in 2003. Read more
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Iran called Wednesday for talks with the United States &#151; but despite a U.N. Security Council deadline did not budge on council demands that it mothball its uranium enrichment program or face harsher sanctions.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in Tehran on Friday he had called for swifter Iranian cooperation in resolving questions about its atomic activity, which the West fears will yield atom bombs.
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The United States lobbied its allies Monday to have Iran hauled before the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program as the world body's atomic watchdog agency considered how tough a line to take in pressuring Tehran to meet its demands.