Iran agrees to draft nuclear deal--UN Wire--Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Thursday, October 22, 2009
October 21, 2009 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up | E-Mail this | Donate Iran agrees to draft nuclear deal A draft agreement proposed by the International Atomic Energy Agency that will see much of Iran's enriched uranium shipped elsewhere for processing has been accepted by Iran, Russia, France, the U.S. and the UN. Per the available details from the draft, the International Atomic Energy Agency would move a majority of Iran's uranium to Russia for enrichment, then ship it to France for the addition of cell elements to create fuel rods for a peaceful nuclear reactor. Los Angeles Times (10/21) , BBC (10/21)

• Ban looks to ensure fair Afghan election
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• South Asian countries buck emission targets
• HRW: Sri Lanka failing ethnic Tamil civilians
• Pakistani schools closed after twin terror attacks
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UN Dispatch: Though this treaty process is intended to keep arms out of the hands of terrorist groups, child soldiers, insurgents and irresponsible governments, it is being presented by detractors as threatening Americans' constitutional rights to bear arms.
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• Ban looks to ensure fair Afghan election
  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon assured more than 200 election officials in Afghanistan will be replaced before the runoff election in a massive effort to ensure a fair and legitimate presidential election. Those 200 election officials were recruited by Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission, which is tasked with arranging a fair election. CNN (10/21)

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• Israel forms committee to avoid trials over UN Gaza report
  AlertNet.org/Reuters (10/20)

• AU to protect Africa's internally displaced
  The African Union will vote this week on a convention to compel African countries to prevent mass displacements, work toward long-term solutions and guarantee the human rights of displaced peoples within their borders. Africa is home to almost half of the world's 26 million displaced people. Fifteen countries will need to ratify the convention before it comes into effect. AlertNet.org (10/20)

• Africans seek asylum in Israel in dangerous migration
  According to UN and human-rights officials, the number of African migrants seeking asylum in Israel is growing rapidly, with 400 to 600 refugees each month crossing over from Egypt -- one of the deadliest border crossings in the world. The mostly Muslim Africans seek jobs and escape from persecution, risking an Egyptian policy that authorizes border guards to shoot anyone seen trying to cross the border. The Washington Post (10/21)

• Gates Foundation funds unconventional research
  The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced 76 grants of $100,000 to scientists exploring unconventional approaches to global health problems. One of the researchers hopes to develop a method for using chewing gum to detect biomarkers for malaria. The Seattle Times/The Business of Giving blog (10/20) , Google/The Associated Press (10/20)

• Social workers released by bandits in Sudan
  Irish social worker Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki were released by bandits who held them hostage in Darfur for more than three months after their governments refused to pay any ransom for their release. The two said they were moved among four mountain camps during their ordeal and suffered a number of mock executions. The Independent (London) (10/21)

• South Asian countries buck emission targets
  Eight South Asian countries have jointly agreed to refuse legally binding targets on greenhouse gas emissions as part of any agreement reached on a global climate treaty in Copenhagen, Indian officials say. Instead, the countries would like to see a treaty with voluntary reductions for developing countries. The Toronto Star/The Associated Press (10/20)

• HRW: Sri Lanka failing ethnic Tamil civilians
  Sri Lanka needs to speed up the release of 270,000 ethnic Tamils still housed in overcrowded, squalid camps months after the end of warfare, Human Rights Watch says. Sri Lankan officials say the delays are related to the time needed to process individuals for links to the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels and the need to demine villages in the former conflict zone. The Toronto Star/The Associated Press (10/20)

• Inhumane prison conditions worldwide, UN official says
  Most of the 10 million people incarcerated in prisons worldwide are forced to endure conditions that are "violating human dignity," Manfred Nowak, United Nations special rapporteur on torture and other forms of cruel and inhumane treatment and punishment, said. Overcrowding, starvation, lack of medical treatment and physical assault are among the most widespread problems, Nowak warned in a report to the UN General Assembly. The Washington Post/Reuters (10/20)

• Report tracks Uighur disappearances
  More than two dozen Uighur men have disappeared after being seized by security forces after ethnic riots in western China in July, Human Rights Watch says in a report. More than 190 people died and 1,600 were wounded during the violence. Security forces subsequently rounded up hundreds of Uighurs. The New York Times (10/21)

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• New law will give Guantanamo detainees U.S. trials
  CBC.ca (Canada) (10/20)

• Kuwaiti women win ticket to independence
  BBC (10/21)

• Group: Europe leads the world on press freedoms
  Reuters (10/20)

• Pakistani schools closed after twin terror attacks
  Schools and universities across Pakistan were closed for the week after a twin-suicide attack on International Islamic University that killed eight, retaliation for the Pakistani military offensive in South Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan. Militants and Pakistani military sources say the offensive is meeting with heavy resistance. The Guardian (London)/The Associated Press (10/21)

• Gang violence hits new heights in Rio, site of 2016 Games
  Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro shot down a police helicopter just two weeks after the city was named the site of the 2016 Olympic Games -- the first in South America. Brazilian officials fear the perception and reality of drug violence, in particular in Rio, could hamper the efforts of investors looking to raise money for Olympic infrastructure. The gang and drug-war violence of Brazil will be the subject of a new film by Jon Blair, for which he accompanied 850 special-unit police on a mission to recover bodies of traffickers ritually burned after a gun fight between gang and police forces. The New York Times (10/20) , The Independent (London) (10/21)

• Iran takes a swipe at France
  Iranian officials snubbed France at a meeting on a deal to enrich the country's nuclear fuel abroad, arguing French representatives were not needed in the room and insisting France be excluded as a supplier. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has often adopted a tough stance on Iran's nuclear program. TIME (10/21)

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• Little help for Afghan war victims' families
  IRINNews.org (10/20)

• Poland agrees to smarter, lighter missile shield
  The New York Times (10/20)

• U.S. aids Mali in terror fight
  The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (10/20)

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