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Peace Process? What Peace Process?
By: P. John
Let’s get straight to the point.
Whatever the euphoria surrounding the recent prisoner exchange and Gadaffi’s death, the Middle East Peace Process is still out there and nothing is happening. Indeed if international pressure forces the two sides back to the negotiating table, with the same cast of characters and no new ideas, the whole peace process could find itself completely dead and buried.
Iran agrees on a nuclear fuel swap deal with Turkey
Following the Iranian agreement on the nuclear fuel swap deal, Iranian President Ahmadi Najad asked from the world powers to consider the Iranian [singlepic id=191 w=260 h=180 float=right] agreement a good Iranian intention that should lead to new talks with Iran.
The deal states that Iran agrees to swap 1200 kg of its low enriched uranium for higher enriched nuclear fuel that will be used in the Iranian medical research reactor. Turkey will host the exchange and will supervise on the whole process. The efforts of both Brazil and Turkey resulted in the Iranian agreement which is still not clear.
