U.S. and France Agree Iran Must Stop Making Nuclear Fuel

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PARIS, Oct. 14 - France's foreign minister said today that Iran should be allowed to have a civilian nuclear power program as long as it acquires the nuclear fuel elsewhere and ends its own fuel processing program. American officials said they agreed.

"There is absolutely no need for them to have the fuel cycle," Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said during a news conference here with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Russia has offered to provide fuel in that circumstance.

With important deadlines pending within days on several major foreign policy issues, including Iran, Ms. Rice stopped here for consultations with President Jacques Chirac of France and Mr. Douste-Blazy. Then she leaves for similar consultations in Moscow and London.

Under discussion are how to deal with the aftermath of the constitutional referendum in Iraq on Saturday; the United Nations investigation into the death of Rafik Hariri, the Lebanese politician, which is to be completed later this month; and another United Nations investigation due to be completed at about the same time, on what sort of involvement Syria still has in Lebanon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/international/europe/14cnd-rice.html

[hadrons]

1. France & Germany played "bad" cop for Iraq ....

so Russia and China will be the "bad" cop for Iran

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2. Its all economic with these people

Money means everything life means nothing.