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Matthew Cordell - September 16, 2008 - 10:03 am

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>>Iran - <!--top1Content-->The IAEA announced yesterday that it had reached a "dead-end" in its efforts to ascertain whether there is a military dimension to Iran's nuclear program. In addition, the agency reported that Iran had increased the number of centrifuges it operates by a factor of six since May and now had roughly 300kg of low enriched uranium, an amount that some analysts saw is half of what they'd need to produce a nuclear weapon. China called on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA, but stopped short of joining those looking for new sanctions.<!--top1ContentEnd-->

>><!--top2-->Ukraine<!--top2End--> - <!--top2Content-->The Ukraine's governing coalition officially collapsed today due to infighting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko. In the next 30 days either a new coalition must be formed or elections will be held. There have been three such votes in three years. Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc pulled out of the coalition on September 3 after Tymoshenko joined with the pro-Russia opposition to curtail the powers of the President.<!--top2ContentEnd-->

>><!--top3-->Georgia<!--top3End--> - <!--top3Content-->Today in Tblisi, NATO's secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that Georgia remains on a "trajectory" toward eventual membership, a move likely to keep tensions high with Russia. The NATO SG was in Tblisi along with the alliance's 26 other ambassadors to inaugurate the NATO-Georgia commission. It is unclear whether Georgia will be given a "Membership Action Plan" when NATO meets in December.<!--top3ContentEnd-->




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