Chavez defense of Iran nuclear work risks UN seat
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo   Chavez's defense of Iranian nuclear programs during a visit by   the Islamic republic's president burnished his anti-U.S. image   but risked losing support for a U.N. Security Council seat.
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ASSALOUYEH, Iran  - The presidents of Iran and Venezuela launched construction of a joint petrochemical plant on Monday, strengthening an "axis of unity" between two oil-rich nations staunchly opposed to the United States.
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The UN nuclear watchdog&#39;s latest resolution on Iran was followed by Tehran&#39;s cautiously resolute rejection and ushered in the most sensitive period of the issue.
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Iran's foreign minister warned on Friday that the latest punitive move by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency &#151; the suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear aid programs &#151; could affect Tehran's cooperation with the agency.
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VIENNA, Nov 29: Iran escaped UN censure over its nuclear programme on Monday but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an atomic bomb, said it reserved the right to take the case to the Security Council on its own.
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The head of the UN&#39;s nuclear watchdog has called for restraint and caution in dealing with Iran&#39;s nuclear programme. Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the BBC that diplomacy should be given a chance to take effect.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad shored up opposition to a U.S. drive to curb Iran's   nuclear program on a visit to Venezuela on Sunday that cemented   an anti-American front with President Hugo Chavez.
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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez attend the start of a petrochemical plant in Iran.
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The United Nations headquarters went on the defensive Wednesday, highlighting staff members&#39; support for beleaguered Secretary-General Kofi Annan amid calls for his resignation
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Iran and Venezuela looked to cement an   anti-U.S. alliance at the summit of Non-Aligned nations on   Saturday in the face of resistance from countries that have   backed Washington since the September 11 attacks.
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Venezuela's foreign minister on Wednesday rejected accusations by U.S. Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice that President Hugo Chavez's government is meddling in the affairs of neighboring countries.
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A UN Security Council vote on whether to threaten sanctions against Sudan hinged on China and other opponents who fear that the specter of punishment could ruin efforts to end a crisis that has killed more than 50,000 and spawned
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TEHRAN -- Behind Iran's defiant stance on its nuclear program lies an anxious debate over the country's role in the world.
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Some House Democrats are coming to the defense of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan after several Republican lawmakers called for his resignation because of allegations of corruption in the organization's oil-for-food program.
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The Security Council finds itself having to grapple simultaneously with two threats to the spread of weapons of mass destruction &amp;#151; Iran&#039;s refusal to stop enriching uranium and North Korea&#039;s nuclear arms program and missile tests.
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TEHERAN - Iran reacted yesterday with defiance to a tough resolution from the United Nations atomic watchdog, rejecting calls to halt sensitive nuclear activities and threatening to block tough inspections if the issue was referred to the Security Council
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A divided U.N. nuclear watchdog has postponed until Thursday a ruling on Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade plutonium, but is still likely to block such assistance, diplomats said.