US says Iran racing to beat uranium deadline
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Iran is racing to produce large amounts of a uranium compound that can be used to make nuclear weapons before a deadline next week to halt all uranium-purification work, US officials said Friday.
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France, Britain and Germany have met a key U.S. demand by proposing a November deadline for Iran to dispel concern that it has a covert atom bomb program, according to a draft resolution seen by Reuters.
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The United States and Europe appeared close to agreement ahead of a meeting Monday of the UN nuclear watchdog over setting a deadline for Iran to allay suspicions it is secretly making atomic weapons, but Tehran insisted on its right to develop peaceful
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VIENNA - Buoyed by growing European support, the United States is lobbying the United Nations atomic watchdog agency to haul Iran before the Security Council for refusing to freeze programmes that can produce nuclear weapons.
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Iran vowed on Thursday never to shelve   its nuclear program, defying the threat of sanctions hours   before a U.N. deadline to stop work the West fears could lead   to atomic bombs.
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The United States on Thursday pressed Iran to respond to demands that it comply with the UN nuclear watchdog after three European nations made a last-chance proposal to entice Tehran into compliance.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Iran Thursday to change tactics and freeze uranium enrichment, but Tehran remained defiant ahead of talks on its nuclear programme with the European Union.
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The nations seeking to halt Iran's nuclear activities are working out a new deadline for the Islamic republic and have authorized the European Union's foreign policy chief to go anywhere at any time to meet ...Comment
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The United States and Iran were headed  for a diplomatic showdown at the U.N. nuclear watchdog, with  Washington demanding Tehran be threatened with tough action if  it resumes atomic work it could use for bombs, diplomats say.
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A defiant Iran kept on enriching uranium in advance of the U.N. Security Council's Thursday deadline for Tehran to freeze such activity or face the threat of sanctions, U.N. and European officials said.
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IRAN is defying the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) while engaging in an &quot;unrelenting push toward nuclear weapons capability&quot;, the US said today.
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Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.
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Iran loomed as the second Bush administration&#39;s most urgent foreign policy challenge yesterday, as Colin Powell, the outgoing Secretary of State, warned that the country was
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The United States pressed Iran to meet the demands of the UN nuclear watchdog after the three big European countries made a last-chance offer to make Tehran comply.
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The United States accused Iran Wednesday of threatening global peace with its plans to process 37 tons of raw &quot;yellowcake&quot; uranium, which one Western nuclear
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A defiant Iran faces the threat of U.N.  Security Council sanctions after the world body's atomic  watchdog said Tehran refused to stop work on its nuclear  program by a Thursday deadline.
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The United States accused Iran Wednesday of threatening global peace with its plans to process 37 tons of raw "yellowcake" uranium, which one Western nuclear expert said would be enough to build five atomic bombs.