China and Iran warm to Russian nuclear proposal

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Bush will be pissed at this, Rove told him he need a war as a distraction once Alito is in place.



By Lindsay Beck and Ben Blanchard Thu Jan 26, 1:41 PM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and

Iran expressed support on Thursday for a Russian proposal to resolve Tehran's standoff with Western governments which suspect it of secretly planning to build a nuclear bomb.
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Top Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, on a one-day trip to Beijing to seek China's support, said the Russian proposal -- that Iran's uranium fuel be enriched on Russian soil rather than in Iran -- needed further discussion.

Tehran has previously shown little interest in the idea, intended to ensure it does not covertly divert enriched fuel toward a weapons program. It has repeatedly insisted it has no plans to build bombs but has the right to enrich uranium fuel on its territory for nuclear power generation.

more at... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060126/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc