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| | China press urges Iran to return to talks |
 | | China's state-run press on Friday urged Iran to halt nuclear work and return to talks, but warned against taking Tehran to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions, backing Beijing's efforts to foster compromise. |
 | | China's Foreign Ministry has yet to publicly respond to the E.U. draft, but on Thursday its spokesman, Kong Quan, repeated that Beijing wants the standoff defused by talks between Iran and the "EU3" -- Britain, Germany and France -- who called off talks after Tehran broke U.N. seals on uranium enrichment equipment on January 10. |
 | | On Monday, China, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States met in London to discuss the crisis. |
| www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2006-01/20/content_514126.htm (351 words) |
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