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To: mishedlo who wrote (6900)	6/1/2006 4:40:27 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217662

"significant" package of incentives to convince Tehran to halt uranium enrichment, World Powers Reach Agreement Over Iran Nuclear Program Thursday, June 01, 2006 •U.S., Iran at Odds Over American Offer to Discuss Iranian Nuclear Program•Iran: United States Talk Offer 'Propaganda Move'•Oil Drops on U.S. Offer to Iran•U.S.: Iran Must Stop Uranium Enrichment Before Talks •United States Cautious of Iran's New Diplomacy•Bush, Putin Discuss Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program•Iran Minister: Tehran Ready to Resume EU Nuke Talks•White House: U.S. Won't Negotiate Directly With Iran•U.S. Doesn't Owe Iran Security Assurances, Rice Says•Olmert: Iran's Atomic Bomb Not Far Off VIENNA, Austria — Six world powers meeting to discuss the crisis over Iran's nuclear program agreed Thursday on a "significant" package of incentives to convince Tehran to halt uranium enrichment, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said. "I am pleased to say we have agreed a set of far reaching proposals," she said. "We believe they offer Iran the chance to reach a negotiated agreement based on cooperation." "If Iran agrees not to engage in negotiations, further steps will have to be taken," Beckett said after a meeting between the foreign ministers from France, Britain, Germany, the United States, Russia and China. She said that U.N. Security Council action against Iran would be halted if Tehran agrees to stop uranium enrichment. "We urge Iran to take the positive part but consider seriously our substantial proposals which would bring significant benefits to Iran," Beckett said, adding that they would now approach Tehran with the proposals. On Wednesday, the United States said it would join direct talks with Iran if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment — a major reversal of a decades-long U.S. policy of avoiding formal high-level contact with Tehran. But Iran remained defiant. "Iran welcomes dialogue under just conditions but (we) won't give up our (nuclear) rights," state-run television quoted Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki as saying earlier Thursday in Tehran. Earlier Thursday U.S. President George W. Bush warned that the standoff is headed for the U.N. Security Council if Tehran continues to refuse to halt uranium enrichment. "We'll see whether or not that is the firm position of their government," Bush said after a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House. "If they continue their obstinance, if they continue to say to the world `We really don't care what your opinion is,' then the world is going to act in concert." "The United States is going to take a leadership position in solving this issue," Bush said of the decision to engage Tehran if it meets the conditions on enrichment.

To: mishedlo who wrote (6900)	12/28/2017 6:07:06 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217662

hello mish, noted the read you wrote. very interesting. if you recall, am based in hong kong. had a week ago visited singapore for workation. given that hong kong is and had for some time been ranked #1, and singapore #2 by cato, i share a one liner observation based on nothing more than impressions should we of this planet be visited by aliens from out there of indeterminate disposition, the world best be served by folks from hong kong. in a military episode, hk folks would make better rebellion members and singapore folks would make better main stream soldiers. re your take on china and economic freedom, my read is that given the chinese can survive hong kong and singapore well enough, they can survive china better, simply because there are more of them in china, thus you may have to disagree for the coming 30 years. it may be that the direction of scoring is as or more important than the absolute score. the read on south america and africa probably correct, especially as applied to brazil :0)))) themaven.net Economic Freedom: Best and Worst Countries, US Timeline History Mike Mish Shedlock The Fraser Institute ranks countries based on economic freedom. In 2010, the US fell out of the top 10. It's now 11. The Economic Freedom report is copublished by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute in Canada and more than 70 think tanks around the world. An interactive map hows a changing timeline from 1975 to today. The 21st edition of Economic Freedom of the World and this year’s publication ranks 159 countries and territories for 2015, the most recent year for which data are available. Economic Freedom Components Size of Government Legal System and Property Rights Sound Money Freedom to Trade Internationally Regulation Point number 3 considers inflation, money growth, and freedom to own foreign currencies. about access to sound money. It's important that "individuals have access to sound money: who provides it makes little difference." US 3 - 1975 US 4 - 2000 US 5 - 2001 US 6 - 2003 US 8 - 2009 US 11 - 2011 US 13 - 2014 US 11 - 2015 (current report for 2017) Venezuela, in hyperinflation, and ruled by a de facto dictator, is at the bottom of the list in position 159 with a score of 2.92 out of 10. China is 112 with a score of 6.40 out of 10. South America and Africa are primarily basket cases. Hong Kong and Singapore beat the US by nearly one point. Many people think China is on the way to world domination. I disagree, and economic freedom is a key reason