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Uranium deal: “A breakthrough? Perhaps…”

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Published 21 October, 2009, 21:45

Journalist and novelist Afshin Rattansi says Iran will be asked for more concessions. “Hillary Clinton is already talking about the need for more inspectors... I wonder what the Iranian people will think about that.”

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Texas nationalists in fight against illegal immigrants Texas nationalists are urging Governor Rick Perry to take action to stop the US federal government from sending illegal immigrants to the Lone Star State.

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Karzai inaugurated while violence continues in Afghanistan While the Afghan leader’s inauguration went ahead in the capital, elsewhere in the country violence continued with the death of two American serviceman and ten civilians. Can Hamid Karzai really arrest this situation?

Obama wants to tax plastic surgery A new proposal to reform the American healthcare system could see a five per cent tax on plastic surgery. Can this measure really help Obama’s vision become a reality?

US Congressman’s links with Iran: new blow for two countries’ ties There has been another blow to American-Iranian relations as new information shows that a US congressman’s links with Iran may have been the reason he resigned from the House of Representatives in 2006.

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How long can US finance war in Afghanistan? The US administration has made estimates of the future financial cost of war with the Taliban. What will the expense of the counterterrorism operations be to US taxpayers?

Republican rapper: “I don’t trust politicians, they are greedy crooks” US rapper Hi-Caliber used to rap about everyday life, but after 9/11 he found God and became conservative. He now rhymes about burning social and political issues that, he says, many are too afraid to talk about.

"Medvedev’s openness – key to a new Russia" In his address to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia needs the input of its entire population to remain strong and develop further.

“Russia should not pose as superior to other nations” Prioritizing the economy, modernizing the industrial sector, and cooperative foreign policy with international partners were the key issues pointed out by three Russian analysts in response to the presidential address.

Berlin Wall’s fall was the last nail in Cold War’s coffin – Gorbachev The Germans confirmed their loyalty to democracy and the Wall’s fall was only a matter of time. Everybody won from the Cold War era confrontation finishing, former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev told RT.

Russia-EU relations the cornerstone of overall European development – Medvedev As Germany is preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Dmitry Medvedev has talked to Der Spiegel magazine about the significance this event had had for the whole Europe.

“France was afraid of a united Germany” French people, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, were somewhat afraid of the united Germany, but then realized there was no danger if the country was democratic and free, believes novelist and historian Marek Halter.

“Russia-US to sign nuclear agreement by December” Russia and the US hope a new deal to reduce nuclear stockpiles will be agreed upon by December. Former US ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt discussed the new treaty with RT.

“CIA prevented prisoner deaths to prolong torture” The CIA took measures to make sure their tortured prisoners did not die – in order to continue further torturing, according to human rights lawyer John Sifton.

“We may see a degradation of internet service” The US congress should make no law regarding internet regulation says Jim Harper of the Cato Institute, who discussed with RT the decision by the FCC to start exploring possible internet regulation.

“Iran distrusts the Western countries” Iran will come back to the negotiating table, says Vladimir Sotnikov, from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, who believes the Supreme Ayatollah is making all the decisions and not the president.

"Russia convinced USA only dialogue would work with Iran" “Americans have been skeptical for some time,” says Vladimir Orlov, director of a Moscow-based think-tank. “Now, I think, Russia – together with Iran, together with France – should say: yes, this is how it should work.”

Agreement with Iran – “Not victory but a step in right direction” “The unity between the member-countries of the Group of Six… is a clear signal to Iran that it needs to show more flexibility,” the head of Russia’s State Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Konstantin Kosachev, told RT.

Obama’s policy helped Iran and the West to agree – Iranian scientist “President Obama’s policy of change included settlement of disputes with Iran… through negotiations and peaceful means,” explains Pirouz Majtahed-Zadeh, an Iranian political scientist specializing in geopolitics.

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