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IN THIS ISSUE:  India Rejects US Timeline for Nuclear Deal, Agence France-Presse India Seeks Uranium from Namibia for Enhancing Nuke Energy, The Hindu U.S. Initially Unconcerned About Erroneous Shipment, The Washington Post Coming Weeks Key on N.Korea Nuclear Declaration -US, Reuters Iran Threatens Legal Action over U.N. Sanctions, Reuters Analysis: French Energy Giant EDF May Lead British Nuclear Power Plant Update, The Times Russia and Japan Form Nuclear Alliance, RIA Novosti |
India Rejects US Timeline for Nuclear Deal Tuesday, March 25 India said Tuesday it could not commit to any US timeline for finalization of a landmark nuclear deal caught in a deadlock among its ruling coalition partners. Foreign Minister Pranap Mukherjee said New Delhi needed "more time" to forge an agreement on the deal despite a tight 2008 US legislative calendar ahead of the November presidential polls. India Seeks Uranium from Namibia for Enhancing Nuke Energy (The Hindu) Thursday, March 27 U.S. Initially Unconcerned About Erroneous Shipment (Josh White and Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) Thursday, March 27 Coming Weeks Key on N.Korea Nuclear Declaration -US (Arshad Mohammed, Reuters) Tuesday, March 25 The next few weeks will be critical in determining whether North Korea will provide a complete and correct declaration of its nuclear programs, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said on Tuesday. Speaking to a group of reporters, analysts and former officials, Hill sought both to keep up diplomatic pressure on North Korea to produce the declaration as well as to emphasize the benefits it would get for eventually giving up all nuclear weapons and programs under a 2005 multilateral agreement. Iran Threatens Legal Action over U.N. Sanctions (Patrick Worsnip, Reuters) Wednesday, March 26 Iran has threatened legal action against Western states to seek compensation for losses it said it had suffered from U.N. Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. The threat came in a 20-page letter from Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. It rejects as illegal the latest sanctions resolution, passed on March 3, and says Tehran would not comply with it. Analysis: French Energy Giant EDF May Lead British Nuclear Power Plant Update (Robin Pagnamenta, The Times) Wednesday, March 26 Russia and Japan Form Nuclear Alliance (Tatyana Sinitsyna, RIA Novosti) Thursday, March 27 Paris is in shock: nuclear giants Atomenergoprom and Toshiba have decided to form an alliance in civilian nuclear power operations, including power plant construction and fuel production. The two companies signed a framework agreement last week, under which the Russian company will enrich uranium produced in Kazakhstan, while Toshiba will produce nuclear fuel and undertake the designing and engineering of nuclear power plants. |