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Arab countries eye nuke power: Meed Published: Sunday, 5 November, 2006, 09:59 AM Doha Time DUBAI: At least six Arab countries are developing domestic nuclear power programmes to diversify energy sources, the Middle East Economic Digest reported yesterday. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria have shown interest in developing nuclear power primarily for water desalination, Meed quoted Tomihiro Taniguchi, deputy director-general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as saying. "We held preliminary discussions with these governments. We will offer them help under our technical advisory programme to conduct a study for the power plants," he was quoted as saying, adding that the interest the four nations had shown was "at a tertiary stage". The United Arab Emirates and Tunisia have also shown interest in nuclear power, but their plans are at an infant stage, the magazine said. Nobody at the IAEA was immediately available to comment. A diplomat close to the IAEA said the plans of Arab countries reflected "renewed interest in nuclear power". Analysts say that besides the need for alternative energy sources, many Arab countries are concerned about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Western powers are attempting to forge a UN resolution to force Iran to suspend its nuclear programme. Iran says it has a right to develop nuclear fuel for peaceful goals, but the West fears it will be used to make atomic bombs. -- Reuters +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
