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First new nuclear power plant 'will be completed before 2020'
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The Indian parliament will hold a vote of confidence in the Congress party-led government that could decide the fate of a nuclear deal with the US. (article 2)
The United States has proposed a mechanism for verifying North Korea's claims about its nuclear past, Washington's top envoy to the nuclear talks said Monday. (article 3)
The proposal was made in Beijing last week, and the U.S. is waiting for a response from Pyongyang, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters. (article 3)
The Government today gave the go-ahead for a new generation of nuclear power plants, provoking a sharply polarised response from the supporters and opponents of nuclear energy. (article 1)
Announcing the plans in Parliament, John Hutton said that the proposals made sound commercial and environmental sense, and hoped that the first new nuclear power station would be completed well before 2020. (article 1)
" Set against the challenges of climate change and security of supply, the evidence in support of new nuclear power stations is compelling. (article 1)
The informal meeting follows North Korea's release last month of a long-delayed accounting of its nuclear programs leading the United States to begin the process of removing the communist country from a U.S. terrorism blacklist and easing some trade sanctions. (article 4)
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Source articles
- First new nuclear power plant 'will be completed before 2020' (timesonline.co.uk, 07/21/2008, 1126 words)
- India MPs to hold confidence vote (BBC News, 07/22/2008, 519 words)
- ABC News: U.S. Offers Nuclear Proposal to NKorea (ABCNews, 07/21/2008, 331 words)
- Vital to verify N.Korea nuclear issues: U.S. envoy (Washington Post, 07/21/2008, 363 words)
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