The New York Times
Invites You To
The Education
Achievement Gap:
Which Way to a
Smarter America?
Tuesday, November 30, 2004, at 5 P.M.
Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
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Join us for a taping of the NPR program
"Justice Talking" and a Town Hall Forum
with New York Times correspondent
Abby Goodnough.
Public education is supposed to be the great equalizer,
leading to opportunities for all Americans. But is it
doing its job? How well is it serving children of color
tand children from low-income families - at a time
when quality education is so important? Join us as
, we explore ways to meet one of the great challenges
of our time - closing the education gap.
Following the taping, New York Times correspondent
Abby Goodnough will moderate a discussion on critical
education issues, with a focus on teaching a diverse
| student population in Oregon.
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Iranian uranium
enrichment halted
in deal with U.N.
Agreement represents victory for Europe; U.S. withholds
position, waits for word from Britain, Germany, France
BY GEORGE JAHN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA, Austria — The U.N. atom
ic watchdog agency gave its support
Monday to Iran’s agreement to sus
pend all uranium enrichment activities,
the key element of a deal with Euro
pean countries aimed at ensuring Iran
does not develop nuclear weapons.
The United States, which has been
pressing for tough U.N. action against
Iran, has not yet given its position on
any deal, saying Monday it was wait
ing for word from Britain, Germany
and France, the nations negotiating
with Tehran. The new agreement ap
peared to represent a victory by the Eu
ropeans after months of stonewalling
by the Iranians.
If the tentative deal announced
Sunday is sealed, it would prevent
Iran from being referred to the U.N.
Security Council, where it could
face sanctions for its nuclear pro
gram. In return for the suspension,
Europe has been suggesting it
would help Iran in developing
peaceful nuclear energy.
The International Atomic Energy
Agency said in a confidential report
that Iran’s promise to suspend
enrichment activities by Nov. 22
would satisfy some of the agency’s
demands. The document did
not specify whether Iran tried to de
velop the technology to make atom
ic bombs, saying suspicions remain
about the nature of nearly two
decades of clandestine nuclear
programs.
Tehran’s deal with the Europeans
only postponed the issue of enrich
ment, committing Iran to a tempo
rary suspension for the time it takes
to work out the details of an aid pack
age with the Europeans. If those ne
gotiations fail, Tehran could resume
enrichment activities.
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei
was “not yet in the position to con
clude that there are no undeclared
nuclear materials” that could have
been used for a weapons program,
the report said.
But, it said, all nuclear material
that Iran has declared to the agency
in the past year has been accounted
for, “and therefore we can say that
such material is not diverted to pro
hibited (weapons) activities.” The re
port was written by ElBaradei.
In an important departure from
previous documents, this one did not
specifically say ElBaradei would re
port to the next IAEA board on Iran.
Instead, it said it would give an ac
counting on the country and its nu
clear activities “as appropriate.”
That wording was expected to be
welcomed by Iran, who for months
has urged the agency to close its file.
The United States, which insists
Iran’s nuclear activities are geared to
ward making weapons, was likely to
be unhappy with any suggestion that
future pressure would ease.
The United States, which once la
beled Iran part of an “axis of evil.”
demanded that Iran permanently
suspend or altogether scrap its en
richment ambitions.
Iran insists its interest is only to
generate electricity.
Iran’s key concession is the sus
pension of activities related to enrich
ing uranium, a process that can pro
duce nuclear fuel either for power
generation or for creating bombs.
The IAEA report said Iran had
agreed to suspend the building of cen
trifuges and the processing of uranium
into the gas state that is spun in the
centrifuges for enrichment. The gas
can be enriched to lower levels for
producing electricity or processed into
high-level, weapons-grade uranium.
Iran underlined Monday that its
suspension would be brief, and it
was agreeing voluntarily in an effort
to convince the world its nuclear am
bitions are peaceful.
“Iran’s acceptance of suspension is
a political decision, not an obliga
tion,” Foreign Ministry spokesman
Hamid Reza Asefi said, adding that
decision was best “under the current
circumstances.”
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator,
Hasan Rowhani, said the suspension
would last until negotiations with Eu
rope regarding Iran’s nuclear pro
gram are completed.
Have a morning
adventure in Taiwar
Chinese breakfasts are little
known to the western palate and
that’s a pity. A look at some of a
variety of popular dishes.
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shao bing
fan tuan
dan bing
tsai baozi
sesame
seed bun
rice rollup
egg
pancake
vegetable
bun
baozi steamed
bun
mantou
A Taipei roadside vendor
preparing “fan tuan,” or rice rollups