N.Korea wins time as nuke deadline slips
North Korea won a few more days to start shutting
down its nuclear programme Sunday after missing a first key
deadline, even as the United States and Japan piled pressure on the
regime to comply.
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Iran seeks offers to build two new nuclear power plants
IRAN on Sunday launched a tender for offers to
build two new nuclear power stations alongside a still unfinished
facility in the southern city of Bushehr, despite increasing Western
pressure over its atomic drive.
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Maoists threaten to quit if polls are delayed
Nepal’s prime minister summoned the leaders of
the eight parties in the ruling coalition to an emergency meeting
Sunday to discuss election dates after the former rebels warned they
would have no reason to stay in the government if elections are not
held by the deadline set in a peace deal.
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