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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (2) Save Email Print Reprints Most Popular Most Shared Bankruptcy talk spreads among Calif. muni officials 27 May 2010 House votes to repeal military gay ban 27 May 2010 Corrected: BP halts video of leaking pipe, blames dirty lens | Video 27 May 2010 UPDATE 1-US Senate panel adds no funds for F-35 2nd engine 27 May 2010 House defies veto threat, funds 2nd F-35 engine 27 May 2010 WRAPUP 1-Obama visits Gulf disaster, largest U.S. spill ever 1:01am EDT Apple overtakes Microsoft as biggest tech company 26 May 2010 BP well disaster stuns hardened oil men 27 May 2010 Hon Hai to raise China wages after spate of suicides 1:15am EDT Toll from Jamaica violence climbs to 73 27 May 2010 House votes to repeal military gay ban 27 May 2010 Bankruptcy talk spreads among Calif. muni officials 27 May 2010 2,000-calorie milkshake tops list of worst drinks 27 May 2010 Kitten survives wash and spin in a washing machine 27 May 2010 Apple overtakes Microsoft as biggest tech company 26 May 2010 North Korea vows to rip up military safeguards with South | Video 27 May 2010 BP spill eclipses Exxon Valdez, says government 27 May 2010 Government warns of worst hurricane season since 2005 27 May 2010 Buyers flock as Apple's iPad hits Asia 2:27am EDT Funds seek Midas touch with miners 27 May 2010 Nuclear treaty talks on brink of failure: diplomats Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS Fri May 28, 2010 1:05am EDT Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures in Kerman, 1,064 km (661 miles) south of Tehran, May 26, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Fars News/Hamed Malekpour UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Talks on shoring up the global anti-nuclear arms treaty were on the edge of failure on Friday as the United States and its allies clashed with Egypt over a push to pressure Israel to scrap any atom bombs it has. World For a month the 189 signatories of the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty have been meeting in New York in hopes of agreeing on a plan to shore up the troubled pact, which analysts say has been hit by Iran's and North Korea's atomic programs and failure by the nuclear powers to disarm. The latest draft of a final declaration for the NPT review conference calls for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to organize a meeting of all Middle Eastern states in 2012 on how to make the region free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as demanded by a 1995 NPT resolution. The creation of a WMD-free zone would eventually force Israel to abandon any atomic bombs it has. The Jewish state, which like nuclear-armed India and Pakistan never signed the NPT, is presumed to have a sizable nuclear arsenal but neither confirms nor denies it. Israel is not participating in the NPT meeting. In a radical departure from the previous U.S. administration, President Barack Obama's negotiators had agreed to join the NPT's other four official nuclear powers -- Britain, France, Russia and China -- in backing such a conference while encouraging reluctant Israel to participate. The five permanent U.N. Security Council members and a group of Arab states led by Egypt are close to a deal that would make the 2012 conference happen, delegates say. But the two sides have reached an impasse on the question of whether Israel should be named in the declaration as a problem state. The Egyptians insist the declaration must state explicitly that Israel should join the NPT as a non-nuclear weapon state, but the Americans are refusing, diplomats said. LAST-MINUTE COMPROMISE? One Western diplomat familiar with the talks described the situation as "not looking too hopeful." He said there was a "stark choice for the Arabs -- name and shame Israel or have a conference in 2012 to move forward the 1995 promise ... toward a WMD-free zone in the Mideast." "My bet is their (the Arabs') short-term political needs will trump their long-term strategic interest," he said. Other delegates confirmed the possibility that the NPT review conference would fail to agree on a final declaration because of disagreements on the Middle East question, repeating what happened at the last NPT review conference in 2005. But diplomats said they hoped the United States and Egypt -- the key players in the Middle East negotiations -- would strike a last-minute compromise that salvaged the conference. "We've worked so hard for the past month," one diplomat said. "We've got a strong draft that would strengthen all three pillars of the NPT -- disarmament, non-proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear energy. It shouldn't be thrown away." Western diplomats said Israel had reluctantly agreed to attend the 2012 conference but only on condition that it not be "named and shamed" in the final declaration. Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Tehran's chief delegate, accused the United States of causing the impasse at the NPT talks. Apart from the Middle East WMD-free zone, he said Washington and the other nuclear powers had rejected key demands of Iran and the other non-aligned developing nations. Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh said those demands were for a precise deadline for nuclear powers to disarm, a call for negotiations on a treaty banning the use of atomic arms, and a pledge from the five nuclear powers not to use atomic bombs on states without them, known as a "negative security assurance." "The nuclear weapon states, particularly the United States, have not cooperated to find a solution for these four main issues," Soltanieh told reporters, adding that the NPT talks had reached a deadlock. If the nuclear powers refuse to compromise, "they should be blamed for consequences," Soltanieh said, adding that Tehran was prepared to block a declaration that it viewed as too weak. Since NPT meetings make decisions by consensus, Iran has a virtual veto. (Editing by Bill Trott) World Comments See All Comments (2) | Post Comment May 28, 2010 1:26am EDT IT IS A BRIBED CONSPIRACY SANCTION ON IRAN FOR NOTHING ON BEHALF OF UNBREAKABLE BOND ISRAEL. THEREFORE, MIDEAST NATIONS NEED TO HAVE PERMANENT IMPARTIAL VETO WIELDING MEMBER AT UN SECURITY COUNCIL NOW !!!. IT NEEDS A CHANGE NOW U.S. policy on nuclear Iran underscores bias toward Unbreakable bond Israel, AFTER IRAQ WITH NEVER BEEN FOUND WMD, IT IS CLEAR BY NOW US ANTI IRAN TIRADE RHETORIC DOUBLE STANDARD IS ONLY ON BEHALF OF UNBREAKABLE BOND ISRAEL, NOT THE NON PROLIFERATION TREATY OR THE WORLD, TO MAKE SURE THAT ISRAEL IS THE SOLE NUKES POSSESSOR IN MIDEAST. HISTORY PROVES ITSELF. THERE IS NO SINGLE CREDITABLE EVIDENCE THAT IRAN FLOUTS THE NPT RULES OR DEVELOPS NUKES. US AND ZIONIST MEDIA USING PROPAGANDA LIES TO CREATE ILLUSION AND MAKE BELIEVE THAT IRAN IS TO DEVELOP NUKES. US NEVER CLEARLY STATES WHAT IRAN HAS DONE WRONG WITH NPT. Washington’s “double standard” on Iran, a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), while selling “nuclear technology to Israel and India,” a non-signatory to the NPT. US continues its annual $3 billion assistance to Israel, despite an American law forbidding aid to any country producing weapons of mass destruction. Not only did ISRAEL THREATEN TO SEND SYRIA BACK TO STONE AGE BUT ALSO Israel offered to sell apartheid-era South Africa nuclear warheads in 1975. Iran is a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is at the moment FULLY in compliance with it, has no nuclear arsenal, and does not even have a nuclear weapons program. (The treaty allows countries to enrich uranium for fuel, which is all that Iran is known to be doing). In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted numerous inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran’s civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production. With more than 200 nuclear weapons and the capacity to deliver them against its enemies or use them to buttress its policies, Israel refuses to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty or to open its nuclear facilities for International Atomic Energy Agency inspection. On the other hand, Israel and the United States insist on applying the harshest possible sanctions against Iran, which they fear may be developing nuclear weapons. The United States furthermore is responding to a regional initiative to make the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction by linking it to progress in the peace process, which means a peace customized by and suited especially to meet Israel’s interests, naturally, because Israel is the sole nuclear power in the region. In promoting this deal, imposed by a nuclear Israel on a much weaker region, the United States is affirming that it certainly pays to be a nuclear power — you get things done on your terms — It is making mockery of other nations when the white house spokesman says Iran must assure THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. In fact more than hundred countries support Iran’s right to nuclear technology UNDER NPT but the white house spokesman and the media do not consider that number of countries as international community. Only the bullies are entitled speak for other countries. INDONESIA CERTAIN IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME NOT FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES. OIC backs Iran nuclear declaration The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has backed an Iranian declaration which aims to end a standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program. UN SECURITY COUNCIL SHALL REJECT IRAN SANCTION FOR THE SHAKE OF PEACE, NOT FOR WAR ON BEHALF OF US AND UNBREAKABLE BOND ISRAEL. INSPECTING IRANIAN VESSELS IN HIGH SEA LIKE NORTH KOREA IS AN ACT OF WAR BUT IRAN HAS NOT TESTED NUKES. lipservice12 Report As Abusive May 28, 2010 1:59am EDT Ya know, if you fact check the guy above… He kinda has a pretty good point. trevorgoodchild Report As Abusive See All Comments (2) Add a Comment *We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam and review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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