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...back again then took up to 40 days by car. To unify his domain and its population, estimated at 1 million people, Bongo was determined to create iron paths through the jungle. The railway would also, he decided, give access to valuable hardwood and deposits of manganese and uranium...
...Gravity holds chairs to the floor and planets in their orbital paths. The strong force binds together the protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus. The weak force causes subatomic particles to shoot out of the nuclei of atoms during the radioactive decay of such unstable elements as uranium...
...australian diplomat will admit, managing the bilateral relationship with China is a relentless, high- energy task. The volume of issues that are in play at any time - for instance, trade and investment, uranium sales, human rights, tourist visas, students, intellectual property, military exercises, official delegations and Taiwan - makes for a great deal of bureaucratic and political work. Factor in the increasing intensity of engagement across the board (as well as the pace of globalization more generally) and it's clear that Canberra's China nannies are a busy bunch. A single incident or issue - hardball iron-ore price negotiations...
...year cat-and-mouse game with the U.S., European Union and U.N. over Iran's nuclear program, the world has reason to be skeptical of Rafsanjani's emollience. Iranian and European negotiators averted a possible crisis last month in Geneva when Iran agreed to shelve plans to resume uranium-enrichment activities in exchange for a European pledge to present a detailed package of economic incentives after Iran's presidential election. Rafsanjani--who stepped up Iran's nuclear efforts in the '90s with the construction, assisted by the Russians, of the Bushehr power plant--says he supports the talks but warns...
...While insisting that no options have been taken off the table, the Bush administration is, for now, emphasizing the threat of UN sanctions if Iran refuses to end uranium enrichment. The problem for Washington: Iran is arguably within its NPT rights to enrich uranium, and isn't nearly as isolated as the U.S. would like. Russia continues to help Iran build its nuclear infrastructure; China has committed some $70 billion in projected investments in Iranian oil and natural gas; and despite the presence of 140,000 U.S. troops in neighboring Iraq, the new government in Baghdad is closer to Tehran...