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Despite comments by officials, Iran says doesn't want to leave NPT
Sources: Russia to have Bushehr nuclear site ready by Iran new year
Report: German mediator arrives in Gaza for fresh Shalit talks
Trial of alleged Nazi guard Demjanjuk starts in Germany
Peace Plan: Trading settler Israelis for refugee Palestinians

Despite comments by officials, Iran says doesn't want to leave NPT

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 11:10 AM PST

Despite comments by officials, Iran does not want to leave the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, told Reuters on Monday. ...

Sources: Russia to have Bushehr nuclear site ready by Iran new year

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:45 AM PST

Russia plans to start up Iran's first nuclear power station in March 2010 to coincide with the Iranian New Year, two sources closely involved with the project told Reuters. ...

Report: German mediator arrives in Gaza for fresh Shalit talks

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:37 AM PST

The German mediator involved in negotiations for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit arrived in Gaza on Monday to relay Israel's answer to Hamas' demands in the talks, the Al-Arabiya TV network reported. ...

Trial of alleged Nazi guard Demjanjuk starts in Germany

Posted: 30 Nov 2009 10:33 AM PST

A German court put John Demjanjuk on trial Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, and his lawyer immediately accused the court of bias. ...