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Iranian leader steers clear of talking uranium in Niger
Niamey (AFP) April 16, 2013
The leaders of Iran and Niger on Tuesday said they had engaged in "fruitful" discussions but had not talked about uranium during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's two-day visit to the world's fourth-largest uranium producer. "Niger is a uranium producer, but as surprising as it may sound to you, we did not touch upon that," Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said during a press conference in Niamey. "The specific question of uranium has not been discussed." Western powers suspect Tehran ... read more

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