Washington Post: Helen Limachi walked out of a gleaming new hospital in this wind-swept city satisfied with the care her 4-month-old son, Fabricio, had received for his ailing hip.
Iranian cash builds bonds with Bolivia
Iran to export liquefied gas to Argentina, Cuba, Press TV says
Bloomberg: Iran plans to export liquefied natural gas to Argentina and Cuba as part of a joint venture with Venezuela, state-run Press TV reported, citing a top industry official.
Scientist’s death dominates nuclear talks as Iran blames agents
Bloomberg: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki blamed foreign agents for killing a nuclear scientist as Iran’s diplomats met European and U.S. officials for the first talks in a year on the Persian Gulf nation’s nuclear program.
Obama covers N.Korea, Iran in call with China’s Hu
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama called Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday night to discuss peace on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea shelled a South Korean island last month, the White House said in a statement.
Yellowcake plays a crucial role
Wall Street Journal: The production of yellowcake, a coarse powder, is the first step in a complex process that converts uranium ore into either the fuel for a nuclear-power reactor or the uranium metal used in an atomic weapon.
Iran touts nuclear advance ahead of U.S. talks
Wall Street Journal: As the U.S. and Iran prepare for Monday’s first diplomatic meeting between the two sides in more than a year, Tehran announced delivery of its first shipment of homemade “yellowcake” uranium—a troubling sign for Western governments seeking to contain the nation’s nuclear ambitions.
Student Day protests planned in Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 06 – From the Grapevine… In advance of Students Day (7 December), hundreds of students at Tehran University’s Technical Faculty on Monday gathered and chanted “Death to the dictator” and “Students die, but will not accept humiliation”.
Robert Gates to discuss Iran with Oman’s ruler: official
Reuters: Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Oman Sunday for talks with Sultan Qaboos bin Said and was due to visit an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea that conducts operations supporting the war in Afghanistan.
German journalists held in Iran ‘are not spies’
AFP: Two German journalists arrested in Iran in October are not facing charges of spying, a senior aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted in a German newspaper Sunday as saying.
Nuclear chief says Iran to process own raw uranium
AP: Iran announced Sunday that it has delivered its first domestically mined raw uranium to a processing facility, claiming it is now self-sufficient over the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
