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1. Iran and EU agree new nuclear talksIran has agreed to hold talks on its controversial nuclear program. The talks are to take place in Geneva on 6 and 7 December, said the EU's foreign policy chief, Baroness Ashton. They will be the first high-level direct talks with Iran on the nuclear issue since October 2009.Western powers fear Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Tehran insists its uranium enrichment program is peaceful. Western countries have called on Iran to stop all enrichment of uranium amid accusations that the country is pursuing a secret nuclear weapons program. Iran's defiance has led to sanctions on the country. As a member state of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran says it has the right to enrich uranium to produce nuclear fuel. 2. Colombia and Farc negotiators launch Norway peace talks Negotiators from the Colombian government and the left-wing Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) have set the stage for their first direct talks for a decade. After almost 50 years of conflict, the two sides launched the peace process at a hotel in Norway, involving intermediaries from both Norway and Cuba, the two countries acting as guarantors of the process. A joint declaration by both sides was read out, agreeing to launch the talks in Norway and then move on to the Cuban capital Havana next month. Colombian chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle told reporters that Thursday's talks were "a very important historical moment" and the second part of a process that began with exploratory negotiations in February. Three attempts have already been made to end the conflict, the last initiative falling apart in 2002, three years after it began. The timetable for the talks has been put back several times because of logistical problems, including bad weather in Colombia. 3. Syria opposition signs unity deal Syrian delegates at opposition talks in Qatar say they have signed a hard-fought agreement to form a new coalition of forces fighting to end the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Leading dissident Riad Seif said the groups signed a 12-point agreement to establish a coalition. Seif had drawn up the U.S.-backed reform proposals on which Sunday's agreement was based. Opposition figures said the group's president and deputy would be elected during an evening session later on Sunday. The deal came after the Syrian National Council, which had formerly been seen as the main representative of the opposition, heeded Arab and Western pressure to agree to a new structure embracing groups that had been unwilling to join its ranks. 4. Columbia: Farc peace talks in Cuba adjourned for a week The Colombian government and the Farc have concluded the first stage of peace talks aimed at ending five decades of conflict. Top government official Humberto de la Calle said the talks in Cuba were “advancing as expected”. Farc negotiators said the atmosphere was “very good”, but stressed that there should be no rush to reach a peace agreement. The talks are scheduled to resume on 5 December. 5. Kan agrees Vietnam nuclear deal Naoto Kan, Japan’s prime minister, has stepped up his efforts to promote overseas trade by concluding an agreement to build two civil nuclear reactors for Vietnam and to co-operate with Hanoi on the exploration and refining of rare minerals. Mr Kan met Nguyen Tan Dung, his Vietnamese counterpart, on Sunday after a summit of Asian leaders in Hanoi. A Japanese government spokesman said the two leaders held “fruitful discussions encompassing political, security, economic and other issues”, including development assistance and possible Japanese projects involving high-speed rail and metro systems. 6. Britain and Kuwait strike military deal Britain will supply homeland security expertise and equipment to Kuwait under a deal that has yet to be announced, UK press reported. Kuwait’s Emir, who is currently in the UK on a three-day state visit, on Wednesday signed an agreement to ease restrictions on immigration between the two countries. The deal is likely to concern human rights groups at a time when political tensions have intensified in the Gulf state. The UK has deep ties with Gulf Arab states, whose citizens often travel to Britain. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah held talks with Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday. Cameron praised the “long-standing friendship between the UK and Kuwait”. Discussions included defence matters and a range of regional issues including Iraq, Bahrain and Syria. The two countries established a joint working group, which will meet twice a year in Kuwait and London in a bid to boost economic ties. The group will look to work together on such areas as investment, trade, education, healthcare, security and military fields. 7. Putin in Iran for landmark visit Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Iran for a historic visit, the first by a Kremlin leader since Stalin joined a summit there in World War II. Mr Putin attended a summit of heads of countries in the Caspian Sea area and is set to meet Iran’s leaders. Iran’s nuclear programme is topping the agenda, with the BBC’s Jon Leyne in Teheran saying Iran is seeking Russian help fending off new UN sanctions. Iran’s refusal to end uranium enrichment has led to the US and other Western countries pressing for a new round of sanctions. Washington is convinced that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons – a charge Iran denies - and has refused to rule out the use of force to resolve the issue. 8. Putin accuses EU of “blackmailing” Ukraine Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, on Friday accused the EU of “blackmail” in its effort to get Ukraine to sign a bilateral agreement at a high-stakes summit next week. Speaking in St Petersburg, Mr Putin accused the EU of helping to organise demonstrations against Thursday’s decision by Kiev to suspend talks with Brussels over the trade and political pact, saying that such efforts were an improper attempt to influence domestic decision-making. Mr Putin’s accusation comes after senior EU officials blamed him for turning his Ukrainian counterpart, Victor Yanukovich, against the deal in an eleventh-hour diplomatic offensive that diplomats said included promises of lower gas prices and easing of trade restrictions. The suspension of EU talks was accompanied by a resolution calling for a reopening of talks with a Moscow-led customs union the Kremlin has been offering as an alternative to the pact with Brussels. Ukraine becomes the second of four “Eastern Partnership” countries, which were to have signed or initialled similar deals in Vilnius, to renege. Armenia shocked EU officials in September when it withdrew and signed up for the Russian customs union instead. 9. Iran seeks nuclear talks with more than EU3 Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator indicated yesterday that Tehran was seeking to involve parties other than the UK, France and Germany in negotiations over the fate of its controversial programme. Ali Larjani, the newly appointed head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, hinted at a new Iranian proposal in which Tehran could ask for the inclusion of the United Nations, the European Union and the Non-Aligned Movement in nuclear talks. Iran launched negotiations with the so-called EU3 nearly two years ago, after international concerns over its nuclear programme intensified. Tehran insists its nuclear facilities are for peaceful use but the US and European governments suspect Iran’s aim is to produce nuclear weapons. This week the EU3 cancelled an August 31 meeting with Iranian negotiators, and they have threatened to refer the Iranian case to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions. 10. Olmert 'wants more Syria talks' Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wants to resume indirect peace negotiations with Syria, his spokesman has said. Four rounds of talks were held earlier this year, through Turkish mediators, but were suspended when Mr Olmert resigned over corruption allegations. Mr Olmert, who is to remain caretaker prime minister until elections in February, ‘sees importance in the continuation of the dialogue’. But the Israeli press quoted his office as saying Mr Olmert intended only to boost the diplomatic process, rather than to reach a deal. The development comes amid high tensions between Syria and the US, in the wake of an unconfirmed US military helicopter raid on Syrian territory, which Syria says killed eight people. 11. The present talks hosted in Geneva are the third round since mid-October, and follow a decade of on-off negotiations that have seen the US and its allies steadily ramp up sanctions against Iran, while the Islamic republic has made considerable progress in developing its nuclear programme, particularly uranium enrichment. The Geneva talks are aimed at reaching an interim agreement that would limit and in some cases roll back Iran’s nuclear programme, while setting broad parametres for a comprehensive deal. In exchange, sanctions on Iran would be slightly relaxed, with the release of some funds frozen in bank accounts. “The two sides are really not that far apart. None of the remaining obstacles are insurmountable’, commented Aliu Vaez, senior analyst for the international Crisis Group. 12. Undeterred by Republican threats to block Senate ratification of the New Start nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia, President Barack Obama is stepping up efforts to revive conventional disarmament talks, which Russia suspended in 2007. The American delegation at the Lisbon summit will try to give negotiations for a renewal of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty a crucial push during the two-day NATO gathering, which is set to open later on Friday, according to diplomats of several signatory countries to the 1991 treaty. Security experts say the Obama administration’s determination to salvage the treaty, which came into effect in 1992 after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, shows how much store it places on all aspects of arms control. But it is also part of the administration’s policy of ‘resetting’ its relationship with Russia. Russia suspended its participation in the conventional forces treaty in December 2007 after NATO and the Kremlin failed to bridge their differences over amendments that were negotiated in 1999. Active Vocabulary
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