BEIJING (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has stressed the urgency of ongoing efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program in a meeting with China's leader, saying new sanctions must be imposed on Tehran if negotiations fail.
Sarkozy arrived in China on Wednesday for a three-day visit and was welcomed by Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where the two met privately for talks.
At a joint news conference after the meeting, Sarkozy said that if dialogue does not work with Iran, "then we can only use sanctions."
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Page 25 - Other vulnerable refugees are some 3,400 members or supporters of the People's Mojahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), an Iranian opposition group, who are living in Camp Ashraf in Diyala governorate. Following months of rising tension, Iraqi security forces forcibly entered and took control of the camp, which had been under US military control until June 2009, on 28 and
29 July 2009. Video footage taken as Iraqi security forces entered the camp showed them deliberately driving military vehicles into crowds of protesting residents. They used live ammunition, apparently killing at least nine refugees, and detained 36 others who they subsequently tortured. The 36 were taken to al-Khalis police station in Diyala, where they mounted a hunger strike, and were then moved to Baghdad despite repeated judicial orders for their release. They were freed and allowed to return to Camp Ashraf in October after an international campaign for their release. However, in early 2010 the authorities were reported to be insisting that the camp residents move to another location in southern Iraq.
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WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday he was very satisfied with Pentagon planning to counter the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program. 
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