2014年4月29日星期二

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Ukraine separatists seize second provincial capital, fire on police

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 01:50 PM PDT

Pro-Russian armed men take cover behind a car near the local police headquarters in LuhanskBy Vasily Fedosenko LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Hundreds of pro-Moscow separatists stormed government buildings in one of Ukraine's provincial capitals on Tuesday and fired on police holed up in a regional headquarters, a major escalation of their revolt despite new Western sanctions on Russia. Nevertheless, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by threatening to reconsider Western participation in energy deals in Russia, the world's biggest oil producer, where most major U.S. and European oil companies have extensive projects. Demonstrators smashed their way into the provincial government headquarters in Luhansk, Ukraine's easternmost province, which abuts the Russian border, and raised separatist flags over the building, while police did nothing to interfere. "The regional leadership does not control its police force," said Stanislav Rechynsky, an aide to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, referring to events in Luhansk.


Chemical watchdog to investigate Syria chlorine gas claims

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 08:34 AM PDT

People gather at the site of two car bomb attacks at al-Abassia roundabout in HomsBy Thomas Escritt and Mariam Karouny AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The global chemical weapons watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's toxic stockpile will send a fact-finding mission to Syria to investigate allegations by rebels and activists of chlorine gas attacks, the organization said on Tuesday. The Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said President Bashar al-Assad's government had agreed to accept the mission and had promised to provide security in areas under its control. "The mission will carry out its work in the most challenging circumstances," the OPCW said, referring to the three-year-old conflict between Assad's forces and rebels. Accusations by rebels and Syrian activist of at least three separate chlorine gas attacks by Assad's forces in the last month have exposed the limits of a deal which Assad agreed last year for the destruction of his chemical arsenal.


U.S. offers $5 million for Chinese businessman accused of Iran dealings

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:50 PM PDT

A general view of an oil dock is seen from a ship at the port of Kalantari in Iran January 17, 2012.The United States offered a reward of up to $5 million on Tuesday for a Chinese businessman accused of supplying missile parts to Iran, and targeted companies from China and Dubai for allegedly helping Iran evade weapons and oil sanctions. In a signal Washington will keep pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, the U.S. Treasury Department said it was sanctioning eight of Chinese businessman Li Fangwei's Chinese companies for allegedly procuring missile parts for Iran. The U.S. State Department said it was offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Li, who is also known as Karl Lee. Li has been the target of U.S. sanctions in the past for his alleged role as a principle supplier to Iran's ballistic missile program.


Firm says finds plane debris in Bay of Bengal: CNN

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 12:24 PM PDT

A woman places a candle after a candlelight vigil for the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 in central Kuala Lumpur(Reuters) - A private company said it had found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, CNN reported. The Joint Agency Coordination Center managing the multinational search for the missing plane dismissed the possibility, saying it continued to believe that the plane came down in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia. The Bay of Bengal is located between India and Myanmar, thousands of miles from the current search area.


Israel, Palestinians at U.N. accuse each other of sabotaging peace

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:34 PM PDT

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor addresses the United Nations General Assembly during a meeting at U.N. Headquarters, in New YorkBy Mirjam Donath UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian envoys on Tuesday took advantage of a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Middle East to publicly blame each other for the latest breakdown in the fragile peace negotiations as the deadline for a deal expired. Robert Serry, the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, told the 15-nation Security Council that Israeli and Palestinian leaders should "convince each other anew they are partners for peace." Both Israel's U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor and Palestinian U.N. observer Riyad Mansour expressed a commitment to peace.


U.N. renews Western Sahara mission, but without rights monitors

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:25 PM PDT

Ki-moon talks to the media in BrusselsBy Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council renewed a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara for another year on Tuesday, and urged all sides to respect human rights, but it did not call for the United Nations to monitor abuses as rights groups have advocated. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, like the rights advocacy groups, has called for the U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as MINURSO, to monitor and report on human rights abuses in the territory, traditionally backed by France, Morocco has long rejected the idea.


Apple versus Samsung case goes to California jury

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:56 PM PDT

ADDS ID'S, UPDATES CAPTION INFO - Apple attorneys Harold McElhinny, left, William Lee, center, and Rachel Krevans walk with others to a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif., Monday, April 28, 2014. A federal court has delayed by a day closing arguments in the Apple and Samsung trial because of an appeals court ruling in another case on a related patent issue. Dueling expert witnesses were called back to the stand Monday in a San Jose federal courtroom to discuss whether the ruling in a legal dispute between Apple and Motorola has any effect on the Apple and Samsung trial. Lawyers will now deliver closing arguments Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — It was Apple versus Samsung but Google loomed large Tuesday during closing arguments at the monthlong federal trial involving claims of patent infringement exchanged by the world's two largest smartphone makers.


Senator presses Kerry on safety of journalists

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:49 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalists risk their lives to provide information that shapes U.S. policy, says a Democratic senator who is pressing Secretary of State John Kerry on ensuring the safety of foreign reporters and determining the fate of U.S. freelancers missing and believe kidnapped in Syria.

Ecuador's president warns indigenous community

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:47 PM PDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Rafael Correa threatened unspecified consequences Tuesday for a fiercely independent indigenous community in Ecuador's Amazon that is harboring three political opponents who face prison for defaming him.

Biden offers reassurance to Latvian prime minister

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden has reassured the prime minister of Latvia that in the face of Russian assertiveness in Ukraine, the United States is committed to the collective defense of NATO allies.

Patton Boggs' latest case vs Chevron over pollution award tossed

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:39 PM PDT

General view of front entrance for Patton Boggs LLC, in WashingtonBy Casey Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Patton Boggs accusing Chevron Corp of "bad faith" litigation tactics while the Washington law firm tried to enforce a multibillion-dollar pollution judgment. In granting Chevron's motion to dismiss the case, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday agreed with a 2013 recommendation by U.S. Magistrate Judge James Francis that Patton Boggs did not have legal standing to sue. The lawsuit was the most recent of three that Patton Boggs had filed against Chevron in connection with its efforts to enforce an $18 billion judgment obtained in Ecuador in 2011. Plaintiffs lawyers led by Steven Donziger had claimed Chevron polluted Ecuador's rainforest.


EPA's U.S. Supreme Court win a boost for pending carbon rules

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:35 PM PDT

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Supreme Court decision on Tuesday upholding U.S. rules that curb air pollution that floats across state lines was seen as a boost for the Environmental Protection Agency's upcoming plan to crack down on carbon emissions from power plants. The top court backed a federal regulation requiring 28 Midwestern and Appalachian states that cause smog and soot-forming emissions to limit pollution from their smoke stacks before it wafts downwind, mostly to eastern states. The D.C. Circuit court in 2012 had sided with the industry and certain states that said the EPA exceeded its authority by issuing a national plan. Lawyers said the 6-2 Supreme Court decision to side with the EPA was a timely boost for the agency as it moves to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from the country's power plants using a different section of the Clean Air Act.

Plotter recalls al-Qaida brainstorming targets

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:33 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoe-bomb plotter Saajid Badat admits he was once in the thick of al-Qaida's plans, winning a hug from Osama bin Laden for his quest to blow up a U.S. plane in midair and brainstorming with the self-professed architect of the Sept. 11 attacks about new English and American targets.

Birmingham on brink after latest defeat

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:22 PM PDT

Birmingham City's supporters celebrate at the Wembley Stadium in London on February 27, 2011An early goal by Callum McManaman was enough for Wigan to take all three points at St Andrew's and confirm a place in the Championship promotion play-offs for the Latics with a game to spare. But for Birmingham, three years after they won the League Cup when they beat Arsenal at Wembley before being relegated from the Premier League, they are now staring at League One football next season following an 18th successive Championship home game without a win stretching back to October. Even a win at Bolton Wanderers in the final game of the season on Saturday might not be enough to save them if other results don't go their way.


Brazil police and suspected traffickers clash

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:18 PM PDT

Relatives of Arlinda Bezerra, a resident of the Alemao slum killed during a weekend shootout, mourn during her burial at the Inhauma cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Bezerra died on Sunday when a stray bullet hit her in the stomach during a shootout between police and alleged drug traffickers. Three cars were torched in retaliation adding to the latest wave of violence in Rio's slums. Tensions have been rising in recent months amid an ambitious security push that sees officers enter slums long held by drug gangs then create permanent police posts. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A gang of suspected drug traffickers ransacked an outpatient clinic in a Rio de Janeiro slum and torched nine passenger buses during a clash with police, authorities said Tuesday.


U.N. chief urges South Sudan's Kiir help end violence, anti-U.N. campaign

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:16 PM PDT

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir speaks during a news conference in JubaU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday to publicly call for an end to a "negative campaign" against U.N. peacekeepers and to bring to justice those responsible for attacks there on civilians and the United Nations. In a phone call with Kiir, the U.N. chief called for "an immediate halt to the vicious fighting and the appalling killing of South Sudanese civilians," according to a statement from Ban's press office. More than 1 million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted in December between troops backing Kiir and soldiers loyal to his sacked deputy, Riek Machar. Thousands of people have been killed and tens of thousands have sought refuge at U.N. bases around South Sudan, the world's youngest country, after the violence spread.


Bolivian troops protest against alleged racism

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:14 PM PDT

Members of the Armed Forces of Bolivia demonstrate in La Paz, after marching from El Alto to demand military reform on April 29, 2014La Paz (AFP) - Bolivian non-commissioned officers marched through La Paz again Tuesday, the second such demonstration in less than a week against the military hierarchy over racial grievances.


EU, Cuba in talks years after human rights row

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:10 PM PDT

EU's European External Action Service (EEAS) Managing Director for the Americas Christian Leffler (L) arrives at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Havana for the beginning of talks with Cuban government, on April 29, 2014Cuba and the European Union sat down at the negotiating table Tuesday aiming at deals on political dialogue and economic cooperation. The Americas' only one-party, communist-ruled state is the lone country in Latin America that has no political dialogue with the EU. The Cuban side, led by deputy foreign minister Abelardo Moreno, was meeting in Havana with Christian Leffler, the top EU diplomat for the Americas. Reaching a deal that leads to Havana getting any EU financial help would be rare good news for Cuba: its Soviet-style, top-down government-run economy is in constant crisis and does not have access to traditional sources of funding.


Pakistan should investigate spy agency over journalist attacks: Amnesty

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:06 PM PDT

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities should investigate the country's powerful spy agency for human rights abuses against journalists following a spate of attacks on leading reporters, London-based Amnesty International said in a report published on Wednesday. The report sheds light on the threat it says the country's media faces, including from political parties, Islamist insurgents and its own intelligence agencies. At least 34 journalists have been killed in Pakistan as a direct consequence of their work since 2008 and eight have been killed in the past 11 months since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was elected to power in May 2013, Amnesty said. "A critical step will be for Pakistan to investigate its own military and intelligence agencies and ensure that those responsible for human rights violations against journalists are brought to justice," said David Griffiths, Amnesty's Deputy Asia Pacific Director.

Real Madrid reaches Champions League final

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 04:04 PM PDT

Real's Cristiano Ronaldo jumps for the ball during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)MUNICH (AP) — Sergio Ramos has his redemption, Cristiano Ronaldo has his goal record and Real Madrid is one win away from the long-awaited "Decima."


EU edges closer to free movement solution with Switzerland

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:49 PM PDT

A man walking past an electoral poster against the "Stop Mass Immigration" referendum by the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party in Zurich, on February 6, 2014The European Union edged closer Tuesday to resolving a dispute over Swiss immigration restrictions after Britain was given extra time to review EU proposals, an EU diplomatic source said. Britain "will now go along with the EU position," the diplomatic source assured. A Swiss referendum in February approved the introduction of immigration quotas, putting in doubt a whole range of agreements with the EU based on a commitment to free movement of people. Switzerland said the vote specifically meant it could not conclude a protocol extending an EU-Swiss accord on free movement valid for 27 EU member states to newest member Croatia, which joined in 2013.


US sanctions raise concerns for foreign investors

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2013 file photo CEO of state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin commissions new equipment at the Rosneft oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse, southern Russia. The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Monday, April 28, 2014, designated seven Russian government officials, including two key members of the Russian leadership's inner circle, and 17 entities pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13661. E.O. 13661 authorizes sanctions on, among others, officials of the Russian Government and any individual or entity that is owned or controlled by, that has acted for or on behalf of, or that has provided material or other support to, a senior Russian government official. Sechin is on the list. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service, File)LONDON (AP) — U.S. sanctions targeting the president of Russia's largest oil company could complicate the operations of Western oil companies with important investments in Russia, such as BP and Exxon.


Puerto Rico unveils 1st balanced budget in years

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:44 PM PDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor on Tuesday presented the first balanced budget in more than a decade, fulfilling a promise to cut spending at a time when the island's economic problems have spread fear among U.S. investors.

Munich center to document city links to Hitler

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:42 PM PDT

This undated photo released by the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism in April 2014 shows the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism that is being built in Munich, Germany. Adolf Hitler called Munich the "Capital of the (Nazi) Movement." The city was the party's birthplace. (AP Photo/Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, Jens Weber)MUNICH (AP) — Soon after Nazi Germany's defeat in 1945, there was talk in Munich about building an education center that would document the city's critical role in Adolf Hitler's climb to power. Berlin and some other cities built similar facilities over the years. But the idea languished in Munich, the city Hitler himself called the "Capital of the (Nazi) Movement."


Knox argued with Kercher before Italy murder, court says

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:40 PM PDT

Amanda Knox waves to supporters as she makes her first appearance at SeaTac Airport after arriving in Seattle following her release from prison in Italy on October 4, 2011Rome (AFP) - Amanda Knox and her Italian lover slayed British student Meredith Kercher after an argument spiralled out of control, an Italian court said Tuesday.


Kohlschreiber knocked out in 1st round at Munich

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:36 PM PDT

MUNICH (AP) — Two-time former champion Philipp Kohlschreiber was knocked out in the first round of the BMW Open after losing 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to Denis Istomin on Tuesday.

Jurors in Apple v. Samsung begin deliberations

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:26 PM PDT

Clerks stand behind boxes containing documents related to the Apple Inc. versus Samsung case outside of a federal courthouse in San Jose, Calif., Monday, April 28, 2014. A federal court has delayed by a day closing arguments in the Apple and Samsung trial because of an appeals court ruling in another case on a related patent issue. Dueling expert witnesses were called back to the stand Monday in a San Jose federal courtroom to discuss whether the ruling in a legal dispute between Apple and Motorola has any effect on the Apple and Samsung trial. Lawyers will now deliver closing arguments Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Jurors have begun deliberations in a patent infringement lawsuit involving Apple and Samsung over smartphone technology.


Study finds Fukushima radioactivity in tuna off Oregon, Washington

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:24 PM PDT

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - A sample of albacore tuna caught off the shores of Oregon and Washington state have small levels of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, researchers said on Tuesday.  But authors of the Oregon State University study say the levels are so small you would have to consume more than 700,000 pounds of the fish with the highest radioactive level to match the amount of radiation the average person is annually exposed to in everyday life through cosmic rays, the air, the ground, X-rays and other sources.  Still, the findings shed some light about the impact of the meltdown on the Pacific Ocean following the March 2011 tsunami and subsequent power plant disaster, said Delvan Neville, a graduate research assistant at OSU and lead author of the study.  "I think people would rather have an answer on what is there and what isn't there than have a big question mark," Neville said. At the most extreme, radiation levels tripled from fish tested before Fuskushima and fish tested after.

Egypt must prove it wants democracy: Kerry

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:18 PM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy speak to the media in Washington, DC on April 29, 2014Egypt's military-installed leaders must prove they are serious about bringing democracy to the world's largest Arab nation, US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted Tuesday. He delivered the stern warning as he met with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy -- the highest level visit to Washington by an Egyptian official since the army ousted elected Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi in July, throwing US policy towards Cairo into disarray. "We all know there have been disturbing decisions within the judicial process," Kerry said, highlighting recent mass death sentences against hundreds of alleged supporters of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood. "Clearly Egypt has been going through a very difficult transitional process," Kerry said at the start of the two men's talks in the State Department.


Kerry: Russia 'accelerating' Ukraine crisis

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry accused Moscow on Tuesday of accelerating the crisis in Ukraine instead of sticking to an agreement to ratchet back tensions, and said NATO partners should step up efforts to lessen Europe's energy dependence on Russian oil.

Italy court says Knox murdered flatmate over argument, not orgy

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:07 PM PDT

Knox reacts while being interviewed on the set of ABC's "Good Morning America" in New YorkBy Silvia Ognibene FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - The Italian court that found American student Amanda Knox guilty of murder in January, said on Tuesday she had killed her British flatmate because of a domestic argument, rather than during a sex game, and that she herself had wielded the knife. Knox spent four years in an Italian jail after a court found that she and her then boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, had murdered 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher in 2007. Knox and Sollecito both proclaim their innocence. A third person, Ivory Coast-born Rudy Guede, who was tried separately, is serving a 16-year sentence for his part in Kercher's murder at the university town of Perugia.


Chinese man charged with avoiding US sanctions

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese man previously accused of contributing to Iran's ballistic missile program has been charged in the United States with making millions of dollars in illegal financial transactions to avoid economic sanctions, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

With Mideast talks over, Palestinians seek unity

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 03:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement during a press conference before their talk at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. Tuesday, April 29, 2014, was to have been the day to seal a deal on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Instead, it became another missed deadline in two decades of negotiating failures. The gaps between Israeli and Palestinian positions remain vast after nine months of talks launched by Secretary of State John Kerry. He hasn't given up, but there's a sense the U.S. may have to change its traditional approach to brokering talks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas now face risky paths that could lead to a new conflagration. Here's a look at what might happen next. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Tuesday was to have been the day to seal a deal on a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Instead, it became another missed deadline in two decades of negotiating failures. The gaps between Israeli and Palestinian positions remain vast after nine months of talks launched by Secretary of State John Kerry. He hasn't given up, but there's a sense the U.S. may have to change its traditional approach to brokering talks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas now face risky paths that could lead to a new conflagration.


Peruvian police burn 11 tons of seized drugs

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:55 PM PDT

A soldier guards bags containing more than 11 tons of drugs, mainly cocaine, seized during the first trimester of the year, before its incineration in a pressurized oven at a military facility on the outskirts of Lima on April 29, 2014Colonel Carlos Reyes, head of the force's organized crime-fighting unit, said the drugs included 600 kilos (1,323 pounds) of cocaine base stashed in a home in Lima's La Molina neighborhood. He said the drugs had been seized in a string of operations carried out between late 2013 and March 2014.


Venezuela to crush cars, bikes to build houses

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:55 PM PDT

By Diego Ore CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela said on Tuesday it would start crushing abandoned cars and bicycles to provide raw materials for housing construction and supplement drastically reduced amounts of local steel. "We have sent 10,485 automobiles, 9,651 motorbikes and 539 bicycles to the national steel industry," Maria Martinez, a deputy justice minister, said during a visit to an abandoned car deposit outside Caracas. That quantity of steel, she said, could be used for rebars, which reinforce concrete, in the construction of tens of thousands of housing units. In one of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez's most popular policies, the "Great Venezuelan Housing Mission," authorities built or refurbished more than 250,000 housing units in 2012 for low-income families.

Iran's Rouhani suggests critics benefited from sanctions

Posted: 29 Apr 2014 02:50 PM PDT

By Mehrdad Balali DUBAI (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani, in a riposte to hardliners who suggest he is capitulating to the West, accused critics of his government on Tuesday of using lies and exaggeration to oppose his policies, including Iran's nuclear talks with world powers. In an interview on state television, Rouhani suggested his critics were a "tiny minority" who had profited from sanctions and feared losing out if curbs were removed with an eventual resolution of Iran's nuclear dispute with the West. Rouhani and his negotiators have been under strong pressure from Islamic hardliners opposed to the talks with the United States and five other powers seeking curbs on Iran's nuclear program in return for an end to sanctions against Tehran. As the talks move toward a possible deal by late July, the hardliners, many of them hold-outs from the administration of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have stepped up their campaign, accusing Rouhani of sacrificing national pride and revolutionary identity for the sake of an agreement.

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