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...Germany. France has revolutions, but no change. In Germany, it is the other way round. While the government is in a stalemate, the economy is adapting in strangely un-German ways because it has no other choice. Germany's "China" is right next door, in the new Europe to the east, where productivity is almost as high as in Germany, but wages are one-sixth of what they are in Berlin and Bavaria...
...responded angrily to the vote. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called it "political, illegal and illogical." About 180 out of 290 lawmakers in Tehran said that their government should now limit cooperation with the IAEA. Iran has also threatened not to ratify an agreement that would have allowed more intrusive UN inspections and to start enriching uranium despite international pressure not to do so. Opponents of taking the matter to the Security Council worry that, if pressed further, Iran might throw out inspectors altogether and withdraw from its obligations under the NPT as North Korea did last year and Saddam Hussein...
...UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolved on Saturday to find Iran in "non-compliance " with its obligations under the Nuclear non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) over its nuclear program, a finding that could lead to Iran being referred to the United Nations Security Council. The resolution does not stipulate when Iran will be reported to the UN's top enforcement body, although the issue is likely to come to a vote at the next meeting of the IAEA board in early November. Only one board member - Venezuela - voted against the resolution, which was supported...
...nuclear energy program could set a precedent that would affect programs elsewhere. China Russia and India also have economic ties with the oil rich country. However, the decision by these countries to abstain from the IAEA vote appears to represent a softening of their opposition to tougher UN-led action...
...nuclear program. In a wide-ranging interview with TIME on Monday, the secretary of state indicated that Washington is confident of carrying the support of a majority of the 35 members of the board governing the International Atomic Energy Agency for a resolution to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its failure to disclose numerous aspects of its nuclear program. Still, Rice noted, U.S. and European representatives at the IAEA board meeting that opened Monday in Vienna are holding their fire in the hopes garnering near-unanimous support for the move in a body that typically operates...