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U.K.’s ‘special relationship’ with U.S. under microscope at G8

“The British and the British media have to be very careful in shouting too loudly about this. It's America's worst environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf, and if you are too defensive about this the mud sticks.”

BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram quoted in the Times Colonist. Read more:

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/special+relationship+with+under+microscope/3181535/story.html

 

Iran Update: Number 143

  • The United States leads passage of additional U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran.
  • Brazil and Turkey strike deal with Iran for fueling Tehran Research Reactor.
  • IAEA releases new report critical of Iran's cooperation over its uranium enrichment program.
  • Dispute over Iran's nuclear program mars the start of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
  • Iranian-Russian relations strained but Moscow says Bushehr should be operational by August.

SNAP ANALYSIS – Can Middle East WMD-free zone talks happen?

“The decision to convene a conference in two years time to move towards a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction is a major achievement, after 15 years of inaction,” 

BASIC Progam Director Anne Penketh quoted by Reuters. 

Read the full article: http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-48899220100529