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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (7463)	6/1/2006 3:45:18 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

Hope she is the repub candidate in 08

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (7463)	6/1/2006 3:57:54 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Idiot alert! ***************************** Chavez said in a speech. "$50 is a fair price, but as a minimum. That's how we see it... Let's give it a $50 floor and search for equilibrium." He said the price "ceiling would be infinity." Chavez, a harsh and frequent critic of Washington, called President Bush a "threat to the world" and predicted his U.S. "empire" would end within a century. biz.yahoo.com

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (7463)	6/2/2006 11:48:47 AM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 14758

Rice warns Iran it doesn't have much time By GEORGE JAHN and ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 25 minutes ago news.yahoo.com The United States warned Iran it will not have much time to respond once offered an international package of rewards designed to encourage Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment, suggesting that the window could close and be replaced by penalties if it doesn't act quickly. "It really needs to be within weeks," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told NBC television, referring to a response to a package of perks and penalties from six world powers aimed at halting Iran's enrichment activities. The package, agreed upon Thursday by the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany, carries the threat of U.N. sanctions if Tehran remains defiant over what the West calls a rogue nuclear program that could produce a bomb. A short statement issued Thursday night did not mention economic sanctions, but officials said privately that Iran could face tough Security Council sanctions if it refuses to give up uranium enrichment and other disputed nuclear activities, U.S. officials said. The formal offer of talks is expected to be made by France, Britain and Germany — the three EU nations that previously negotiated with Tehran. A senior U.S. state department official said he expected Tehran would be invited to begin new negotiations "within a matter of days." Russia and China, which both hold vetoes in the Security Council, might also join in any future talks with Iran. In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that Tehran "will not face a deadline to respond to the proposal of the six nations" — but said he expected Iran to give an answer within a few weeks of receiving the offer, the ITAR-Tass news agency said. The United States, in a major policy shift, conditionally agreed this week to join those talks. It would be the first major public negotiations between the two countries in more than 25 years. Rice suggested in separate comments to National Public Radio that she was ready to meet her Iranian counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, if Tehran agrees to suspend activity that can lead to the production of nuclear arms, and to negotiate the details of the deal. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Friday that signs for success were strong: "We are hopeful that the Iranian side, acting with a sentiment of responsibility and fastidiousness, will examine the proposal and that a positive approach will emerge," he told a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, during a visit to Ankara. "The fact that the United States will sit at the table is important," Steinmeier said. "We hope that the two countries will reach such a decision." U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns on Thursday called the meeting's outcome "a step forward in our quest to deny Iran nuclear weapons capability." The group's statement contained no details of incentives Iran could be offered, and only threatened unspecified "further steps" in the Security Council if Tehran refuses them. Diplomats previously have said the package includes help to develop legitimate nuclear power plants and various economic benefits. They feared Iran might reject an offer of talks if the threat of sanctions was explicit, officials involved in the discussions said on condition of anonymity because the negotiations, also attended by EU's foreign policy chief, were private. "We are prepared to resume negotiations should Iran resume suspension of all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities" as previously required by the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said. If Iran returns to the talks, "we would also suspend action in the Security Council," Beckett said. The Security Council, which can levy mandatory global sanctions and support its mandates with military force, has been reviewing Iran's case for two months. Its permanent, veto-holding members have been at odds over the possibility of sanctions, with Russia and China opposed. Iran insists its nuclear work is peaceful and aimed at developing a new energy source. Mottaki, Iran's foreign minister, on Thursday welcomed the idea of direct talks but rebuffed the U.S. condition that Tehran must suspend uranium enrichment before talks can begin. But John Negroponte, the head of national intelligence for the U.S., said Tehran could have a nuclear bomb in as little as four years. "The estimate we have made is that some time between beginning of the next decade and the middle of the next decade they might be in a position to have a nuclear weapon," he told the British Broadcasting Corp. radio. * * *