Iran, world powers set for showdown in Moscow
World powers resume crisis talks with Iran on
Monday amid hope that a crippling oil embargo and pressure from host
Russia will finally force the Islamic Republic to scale back its
nuclear drive. The two-day meeting follows a bruising May session in
Baghdad during which Iran nearly walked out of negotiations aimed
ultimately at keeping it from joining the exclusive club of nations
with an atomic bomb.
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World Food Programme chief in Rio for UN summit
UN World Food Program chief ErtharinCousin
arrived here Sunday to attend a United Nations summit on sustainable
development and discuss plans to fight world hunger with governments
and the private sector. "WFP believes that there can be no
sustainable development when so many people have been left on the
sidelines of mainstream development, and WFP's attendance aims to
ensure that the voices of the most vulnerable populations are
heard," the organization said in a statement.
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