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Bush And Singh Discuss Nuclear Pact
Washington (AFP) Jul 11, 2007 US President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday discussed the US-India nuclear agreement and efforts to promote global trade, the White House said. The two leaders "spoke by phone this morning and discussed the transformation of our bilateral relationship, including the civil nuclear cooperation initiative," said national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe. "They also agreed on the need to provide leadership to achieve a successful Doha round," he added, referring to the stalled negotiations on global free trade. "The president noted the one-year anniversary of the July 11, 2006, Mumbai train bombing and praised the leadership of Prime Minister Singh in dealing with terrorism," said Johndroe. India and the United States have been discussing the fine print of the accord for two years after Washington agreed in principle to reverse three decades of US sanctions on nuclear trade with India. The outlines of the deal were agreed even though New Delhi refuses to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and had tested nuclear weapons in 1998. Under the deal, India is to separate nuclear facilities for civilian and military use and set up a regime of international inspections in return for technology and nuclear fuel supplies. Despite several rounds of talks, India has stood fast against accepting any curbs on its reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. India also wants assurances that Washington will continue to supply fuel for its atomic plants in the event New Delhi conducts further nuclear weapons tests.
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Energy Company Under Fire For Covering Up Nuclear Plant Problem
Berlin (AFP) Jul 08, 2007German authorities on Sunday slammed Swedish energy giant Vattenfall Europe for waiting several days to declare problems at a nuclear power plant in northern Germany. The Brunsbuettel plant in the state of Schleswig-Holstein had to be temporarily shut down on June 28 because its capacity was overloaded. |
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