Heavyweights pressure Iran over nuclear program
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VIENNA  - Officials from Europe&#39;s three heavyweight countries started talks with their Iranian counterparts, offering Tehran a last chance to reassure the world it is not secretly developing atomic weapons.
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China called on Iran on Tuesday to step up its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as world powers raise pressure on Tehran to curtail its nuclear program.
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Experts from the United States and five other powers leading efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program plan to meet within the week following a U.N. report that Tehran has expanded its uranium enrichment program.
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Iran yesterday stepped up its confrontation with European countries as its Supreme Leader threatened to break off negotiations over its suspect nuclear weapons programme.
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BERLIN/PARIS  - A split has emerged in the coalition of Western powers pressuring Iran to freeze its nuclear enrichment program, as France backs U.S. calls for a new round of sanctions while Germany urges restraint.
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Pragmatists in Iran's clerical regime were under pressure from hardliners who lined up to condemn an agreement to suspend sensitive nuclear activities in line with international demands.
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Libya, which last year renounced its  nuclear weapons program, Monday urged Iran to follow suit and  comply with the demands of the U.N. nuclear watchdog to stop  enriching uranium which can be used to make atomic bombs.
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Top officials in Washington are now promoting jitters about Iranâs nuclear activities, while media outlets amplify the message. A confrontation with Tehran is on the second-term Bush agenda.
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TEHERAN - Iranian officials are preparing to hold talks with Germany, Britain and France on over its controversial nuclear programme with Teheran torn between willingness to compromise and the urge to maintain national pride.
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Iran dug in its heels over its nuclear program on Monday as major powers discussed tightening U.N. sanctions against the Islamic republic, which the West fears is attempting to produce nuclear weapons.
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BRITAIN, France and Germany have presented Iran with a package of economic and political incentives as part of a last-ditch attempt to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment program.
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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.
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Iran&#039;s disputed nuclear program was on the agenda as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and foreign ministers from the world&#039;s largest industrial democracies met in run-up to Russia&#039;s debut as host to leaders of the Group of Eight nations next month.
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Western powers are struggling to decide how to react to Iran&#39;s fledgling nuclear programme. Take a hard line, and the Iranian people may side with the hawks in their government, who want to develop nuclear weapons.
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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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Controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme is expected to dominate a security conference in Munich.
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Controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme is set to dominate a security conference in Munich.