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Iran Reponds to UN Demands
Iran wants to resume talks about its nuclear program, but nobody thinks it will stop enriching uranium that could provide fuel for an atom bomb.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIran wants to resume talks about its nuclear program, but nobody thinks it will stop enriching uranium that could provide fuel for an atom bomb. We look at the available options--including military action--and at the political dynamics inside Iran. Plus, 11 suspects appear in British court today over the alleged airline terror plot, and a world-class mathematician says no to riches and fame.
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3 storiesEleven Suspects Appear in Court over Alleged Airline Terror Plot
Eleven suspects in the alleged plot to blow up airliners bound for the US were brought to court today in Britain. The charges include conspiracy to murder, and so-called "martyrdom videos" are part of the evidence. Kim Sengupta, defense correspondent for The Independent , was in the courthouse and has the details.
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Iran has until the end of this month for a final response to the UN Security Council 's incentive package for halting the enrichment of uranium that could lead to building a nuclear bomb. Today, Iran met its own deadline, proposing what's described in Tehran as "a new formula," which has not as yet been released to the public.
Read the story38 minRussian Mathematician Refuses Field's Highest Honor
Grigory Perelman, who could be rich or famous for proving the Poincar&eaucte Conjecture , has declined to pick up the Field Medal , the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, at a ceremony in Madrid for solving a problem first posed in 1904. Silvia Nasar, who wrote A Beautiful Mind about another famous mathematician, interviewed the…
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