Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he would carefully consider a parliamentary report recommending Australia not proceed with plans to sell uranium to Russia.
The Treaties Committee opposed ratifying a nuclear trade treaty with Moscow and said recent events should be considered before any uranium sales. Rudd said the complex situation after last month's Russia-Georgia conflict Australia fears Asian arms race ...
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Pope apologises to Australian abuse victims ... meant his government would take time to take a decision. Canberra possesses 40 percent of the world's known uranium reserves and only sells it to countries that ensure it will be used for peaceful purposes.
(Deutsche Welle)
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