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	World powers to discuss Iran sanctions - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Six world powers agreed to discuss possible UN Security Council sanctions to punish Iran for failing to halt its nuclear program, but said they were still open to negotiations with Tehran.
		The United States, which has accused Iran of trying to build a nuclear bomb, portrayed the agreement with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China as a decision by the six powers to impose sanctions, with just their scope now to be determined.
		A senior US official told reporters the six powers were discussing imposing "graduated sanctions" against Iran, starting with measures against its nuclear industry.
	www.theage.com.au /news/World/World-powers-to-discuss-Iran-sanctions/2006/10/07/1159641563055.html (0 words)

	World powers to discuss possible Iran sanctions
		LONDON - Six world powers agreed on Friday to discuss possible U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran for failing to halt its nuclear programme but said they were still open to negotiations with Tehran.
		World powers meeting in London on Friday are likely to agree on the principle of imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program but not to approve specific language, a U.S. official said.
		The six powers said in a statement after the London meeting they were "deeply disappointed" Iran was not prepared to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities but that they would continue efforts to find a negotiated solution.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2006-10/07/content_702559.htm (834 words)

	World War I - MSN Encarta
		World War I, military conflict, from August 1914 to November 1918, that involved many of the countries of Europe as well the United States and other nations throughout the world.
		World War I was one of the most violent and destructive wars in European history.
		The immediate cause of the war was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by a Serbian nationalist.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569981/World_War_I.html (1326 words)

	Richard Powers: American Novelist
		Powers was born 18 June 1957 in Evanston, Illinois, the fourth of five children, two older sisters and a brother and one younger brother.
		Powers moved to Boston in January 1980 and worked as a computer programmer and freelance data processor, skills he had developed ruing his off-hours learning the massive computer network systems at Illinois.
		Powers would use this academic experience to fashion Galatea 2.2, an ingenious retelling of the Pygmalion story using a bizarre university computer experiment in which an eccentric neurologist, assisted by a young, successful writer named Richard Powers, attempts to teach a computer network to respond to literature.
	www2.english.uiuc.edu /powers/bib (847 words)

	Allied Powers - MSN Encarta
		Allied Powers, name given to any of several alliances of countries in military opposition to another group of countries.
		In World War I (1914-1918), the Allied and Associated Powers consisted of 28 nations, including Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States; they were opposed by the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
		In World War II (1939-1945), the Allied Powers, including Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, opposed the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761586828/Allied_Powers.html (211 words)

	Post WWI scenario with Central Powers victory? - World Affairs Board
		In many ways the First World War was the making of the USA into a major power, certainly it was not one before the outbreak of war.
		Europe was where the power and wealth lay until they collectively commited suicide in four and a quarter years of total war that left much of the continent in ruins.
		The periphal powers would have failed - they were always empires on borrowed time and the war simply hastened their demise...
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?p=276132 (2137 words)

	World powers mull Iran sanctions - Boston.com
		Foreign ministers from six world powers convene in London on Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, with the United States, backed by Britain, suggesting it is time to consider a sanctions resolution against Tehran.
		LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from six world powers convene in London on Friday to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, with the United States, backed by Britain, suggesting it is time to consider a sanctions resolution against Tehran.
		Tehran says the program is only for power generation but the West suspects it wants to make a nuclear bomb.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/10/06/world_powers_mull_iran_sanctions (562 words)

	Axis powers of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hungary suffered much the same fate as Germany, with the victorious powers stripping the kingdom of more than 70 percent of her pre-war sovereign territory, which was then distributed to neighbouring states, some newly created, largely on the basis of ethnicity, in accordance with the Treaty of Trianon).
		With the major powers of Europe distracted by Germany's occupation of Czechoslovakia, Mussolini sent an ultimatium to the Albanian King Zog on March 25, 1939, demanding that Zog permit the country to be occupied by Italy as a protectorate.
		The minor Axis power of the National Government of Salvation was formed in German-occupied Serbia with general Milan Nedić as prime minister on September 1, 1941.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Axis_Powers (6876 words)

	Great power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The conclusion of World War I and the resulting Treaty of Versailles saw the United Kingdom, France, Italy and the United States (otherwise known as the Big 4) as the chief arbiters of the new world order.
		Middle power has emerged as a term for those nations which exercise a degree of global influence, but insufficient to be decisive on international affairs.
		Regional powers are those whose influence is confined to their region, major power and global power have emerged as synonyms of 'Great power'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_power (2519 words)

	World Public Opinion
		Majorities in nine major nations, including the United States, say that a world system dominated by a single world power is not the best framework for ensuring peace and stability in the world.
		Despite their status as the world’s sole super power today, Americans also rejected the model of a world order based on a single world power.
		Though majorities in all nine countries agreed that the United States is a world power today (on average 81%), there is a striking lack of consensus about whether it will be a world power in the year 2020.
	www.worldpublicopinion.org /pipa/articles/views_on_countriesregions_bt/208.php?nid=&id=&pnt=208&lb=btvoc (1139 words)

	World Powers Unite Against Palestine.
		And yet this is what the so-called “international community,” a few powerful governments, feel entitled to do to Palestinians because those governments disagree with the policies of the elected Hamas authority.
		The world’s Jews are being whipped into a frenzy with a massive disinformation campaign that’s basically just about creating a distraction.
		The Bush Administration does not understanding the dynamics that are unfolding right now, courtesy of the global justice movement (my favored rubric for the non-neoliberal world (as opposed to the use of the term non-western – which doesn’t leave room for gaining ground in the non-local information environment)).
	www.gnn.tv /threads/16098/World_Powers_Unite_Against_Palestine (542 words)

	Amazon.com: Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?: Books: Brian Michael Bendis,Michael Avon Oeming,Pat Garrahy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In their world, powers are common, and the city is full of costumed heroes and villains.
		Powers is a very interesting graphic novel, i really enjoyed the overall style, the writting and the art work, the coloring is beautiful.
		Bendis kicks off a new series that's a new and interesting take on the superhero comic: in the Powers world, a sizable portion of the population (still a minority, but a much larger one than in most universes) have superpowers, though many of them don't seem to be able to handle them very well.
	www.amazon.com /Powers-Who-Killed-Retro-Girl/dp/158240223X (2063 words)

	swissinfo - World powers to discuss Iran sanctions
		LONDON (Reuters) - Six world powers agreed on Friday to discuss possible U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran for failing to halt its nuclear programme but said they were still open to negotiations with Tehran.
		The six powers said in a statement after the London meeting they were "deeply disappointed" Iran was not prepared to suspend its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities but that they would continue efforts to find a negotiated solution.
		Long-running divisions among the world powers were evident before the meeting.
	www.swissinfo.org /eng/international/ticker/detail/World_powers_agree_to_consult_on_Iran_sanctions.html?siteSect=143&sid=7134749&cKey=1160165512000 (1617 words)

	People's Daily Online -- World powers' relations feature cooperation, competition in 2006
		Apart from traditional diplomatic means, the big powers have shifted part of their efforts to focus on unconventional diplomacy, characterized by cooperation in energy, economy and cultural exchanges.
		As the world is faced with a global energy shortage, Russia has realized that energy would play an ever-important role in fine-tuning and dealing with its relations with other countries.
		To summarize, amid all the hustle and bustle in the world's political landscape, one thing is certain that the world's powers will continue along the irreversible path of cooperation while jostling for their own interests and power.
	english.people.com.cn /200701/03/eng20070103_337857.html (707 words)

	World Powers Fail to Reach Iran Accord, World Powers Report 'Substantive Progress,' but Fail to Reach ...
		In Thailand, parades prayers and fireworks mark the 79th birthday of the world's longest reigning monarch.
		The Russians also remain resistant to a measure expanding the powers of the International Atomic Energy Agency to monitor Iran's nuclear program, considering that a "provocation" to Iran, the diplomat said.
		The draft resolution would exempt a nuclear power plant being built by the Russians at Bushehr in Iran, but not the nuclear fuel needed for the reactor.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/12/06/ap/world/mainD8LR2AHG0.shtml (717 words)

	BakuTODAY.net - World powers await Iran response to nuclear proposals
		Iran weighed its response to landmark proposals by key world powers designed to ease fears over its nuclear program, as US spy chief John Negroponte warned that Tehran could have atomic weapons within a decade.
		Hailing what she called the "far-reaching" proposals, Beckett urged Tehran to respond positively to the benefits on offer in order to allay fears that it is seeking weapons and avoid UN Security Council punishment.
		The agreement by six of the world's most powerful countries caps months of diplomacy during which the United States has tried to meet Russian and Chinese demands to avoid escalating the showdown over Iran's nuclear program.
	www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=21750 (853 words)

	The pawns who pay as powers play - World Affairs Board
		Sheikh Rashid is leader of the Pakistan Muslim League and minister for information in the administration of President General Pervez Musharraf, with whom he enjoys a very cozy relationship.
		Sheikh Rashid's world was rocked recently when Kashmiri militant leader Yasin Malik, on a visit to Pakistan, praised Sheikh Rashid's services for the mujahideen fighting in Kashmir and recalled that he used to provide military training to militants.
		KK: In Afghanistan's case, a similar game was carried out on a massive scale when Muslim youths from all over the world were brought in by Pakistan and the US [to fight against the Soviets in the 1980s].
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=6664 (2475 words)

	World powers to discuss Iran in London Wednesday - Boston.com
		Senior officials of six world powers will meet in London on Wednesday to review Iran's nuclear plans following renewed talks between the European Union and Tehran, Britain said on Monday.
		EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana urged the United States on Friday to speak directly to Iran to ease an international standoff over its nuclear program, and said Tehran was ready for such talks.
		Iran says it is developing nuclear technology for power generation, but the West suspects it may be trying to build a bomb.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/04/30/world_powers_to_discuss_iran_in_london_wednesday (290 words)

	BBC News \| AMERICAS \| World powers protect polar bears
		The world should be a safer place for polar bears after an agreement signed in Washington on Monday between the United States and Russia.
		That is why, says David Cline from the World Wildlife fund, the agreement between Russia and the US is "extremely important".
		Hunting is prohibited near bear dens, as well as in what is known as the "polar bear nursery", a Russian island 136 km (85 miles) north of the Siberian mainland.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/975558.stm (481 words)

	NYTimes Gives 'World Powers' Duty to End Israel's Actions - Failure USA's Fault
		So, those nice "world powers" want to stop the war, quite regardless of what caused it, but that darned old USA has taken sides again.
		With the USA as the only ally to Israel in that group, it's no wonder that these "world powers" are upset at the inability to settle on a policy.
		It's a triumph by the USA and the Bush admin to be one of the voices against the "world powers" and their efforts to stop Israel from defending itself.
	www.conservativecrusader.com /articles/844/1/NYTimes-Gives-World-Powers-Duty-to-End-Israels-Actions---Failure-USAs-Fault/Page1.html (5756 words)

	World powers agree to consult on Iran sanctions - World - smh.com.au
		Six world powers said after talks in London they were deeply disappointed Iran was not prepared to suspend uranium enrichment and would now consult on sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
		The United States, backed by Britain, has suggested it is time to consider a Security Council resolution to impose sanctions after four months of talks between the EU and Tehran failed to yield an Iranian promise to halt atomic work.
		But Russia and China, two of the six powers, agreed it was "absolutely unacceptable" to threaten force against Iran and that talk of ultimatums was counter-productive, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev was quoted as saying.
	smh.com.au /news/world/world-powers-agree-to-consult-on-iran-sanctions/2006/10/07/1159641561163.html (449 words)

	World powers agree to consult on Iran sanctions - World - smh.com.au
		Six world powers said after talks in London they were deeply disappointed Iran was not prepared to suspend uranium enrichment and would now consult on sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
		The United States, backed by Britain, has suggested it is time to consider a Security Council resolution to impose sanctions after four months of talks between the EU and Tehran failed to yield an Iranian promise to halt atomic work.
		But Russia and China, two of the six powers, agreed it was "absolutely unacceptable" to threaten force against Iran and that talk of ultimatums was counter-productive, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev was quoted as saying.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/world-powers-agree-to-consult-on-iran-sanctions/2006/10/07/1159641561163.html (0 words)

	World Powers Agree on Deal, Wait on Iran \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 02.06.2006
		After agreeing to a landmark package intended to lure Iran to cease its nuclear activities, key world powers are waiting to see what the Islamic nation has to say.
		The agreement by six of the world's most powerful nations caps months of diplomacy during which the United States has tried to meet Russian and Chinese demands to avoid escalating the showdown over Iran's nuclear program.
		One diplomat said that the powers held to the line of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Iran must suspend all uranium enrichment activities as a condition for talks to resume.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,2041368,00.html (0 words)

	Central Powers during World War 1 - Introduction
		The Central Powers Alliance was described from the German and Austrian side as a "Bund", an association.
		Austria-Hungary precipitated World War 1 and was the first to go to war on July 28th, 1914 with its declaration against the Kingdom of Serbia.
		The Central Powers reached what was to be their full strength on October 14, 1915 with Bulgaria's opportunistic entry into the war against Serbia as massed German and Austro-Hungarian armies attacked from the north.
	www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com /central_powers_introduction.html (228 words)

	BBC News \| WORLD \| Nuclear powers agree to disarm
		The five recognised nuclear powers have given an "unequivocal" undertaking to scrap their nuclear arsenals at an unspecified future date.
		The group's disarmament co-ordinator, William Peden, told the BBC that on the record of the last three decades it was unlikely they would ever give up their weapons.
		The delegates also agreed on a moratorium on weapons testing, further reductions of tactical nuclear weapons and greater transparency by the nuclear powers on reporting about their arsenals.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/756742.stm (511 words)

	World Powers and Big-Picture Plotlines - Treasure Tables
		The power plays, backstabbing, double-dealing, skirmishes and open warfare between the different groups have a definite effect on the game, though — and that’s where your friends come in.
		Are the powers that be kept seperate from each other, so their actions are worked together by the GM or do they all contact each other and do their own backstabbing and whatnot while the GM eavesdrops?
		A month or two ahead of time, figure out the powers of the world, find some people to run them, and let them act and react for a little bit.
	www.treasuretables.org /2006/11/world-powers-and-big-picture-plotlines (2232 words)

	CNN.com - Iran crisis: World powers at odds - Jan 17, 2006
		Their comments revealed a lack of consensus among world powers about how to deal with the mounting crisis.
		Russia's Lavrov said Tehran should first cease the research it resumed last week in defiance of world powers.
		The U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China are the five permanent members of the Security Council and have the power to veto council resolutions.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/01/17/iran.nuclear (1246 words)

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