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More worrying still is that lessons appear not to have been learned. Almost two years after Brazil was awarded the right to host the 2014 soccer World Cup, work has yet to start on its 12 stadiums. A proposed bullet train linking São Paulo and Rio is supposed to be operational in time for the tournament, but the official tender has not been issued yet, and even politicians are now admitting it could be late...
...exclusive interview with the editors of TIME that coincided with Obama's announcement, Ahmadinejad insisted that Iran was not keeping anything from the IAEA. "We have no secrecy; we work within the framework of the IAEA," he said. Still, the Iranian leader seemed nonplussed by the news that Obama was revealing the Qum plant's existence. Ahmadinejad's response meandered from the defensive to the aggressive. "This does not mean we must inform Mr. Obama's Administration of every facility that we have," he said, warning that if Obama brings up the uranium facility, it "simply adds to the list...
...containing only 3,000 centrifuges. (Natanz has 8,308 installed.) And it is still under construction and not yet producing enriched uranium, the officials say. At a news conference later in the day, Ahmadinejad confirmed that the site won't be operational for 18 months and said Iran's work on the facility was not a violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But as in the case of Natanz, the second plant's existence was initially kept secret and only acknowledged when Iran was about to be confronted with evidence of its existence...
...information, says the diplomat, noting that they continue to have "different, conflicting views" from the Western powers about further sanctions. Medvedev said on Sept. 24 in Pittsburgh, "I do not believe sanctions are the best way to achieve results," but added that if incentives don't work, "we'll consider other options...
...press reports this morning, its President Obama, Mr. Sarkozy, and Mr. Brown who are collectively making this announcement. If I were Mr. Obama's adviser, I would definitely ask him to refrain from making this statement because its is definitively of mistake. We have no secrecy and we work within the framework of the IAEA and based on specific regulations and predetermined timeframes, we disclose information about our operations and facilities to the IAEA. We do that on our own initiative, not that anyone forces us to. Now of course, I'm not the person who should be giving this...