http://eiptyb.partywill.cn/?621585880661Russian officials could not immediately be reached to verify the report and the Iranian news agency provided no details on what Putin had proposed."We will ponder your words and proposal," IRNA quoted Khamenei as saying.About 80,000 rugby fans are expected to attend Saturday's World Cup final between England and South Africa.The five permanent U.N. Security Council members, plus Germany, have been working together to try to find a way to get Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment program. The U.S. and some allies allege that the program is cover for a weapons program. Iran says it is intended purely for peaceful energy production.TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unspecified proposal about Iran's nuclear program at a private meeting with the country's supreme leader during a brief trip to Tehran, Iran's state news agency said Wednesday.The Security Council imposed sanctions on Iran in December for refusing !
to suspend enrichment, and modestly increased them in March after Tehran stepped up the program. Iran responded by giving the U.N. nuclear watchdog less access to its nuclear facilities.High demand has pushed upward the price of a pair of tickets for the final to as much as $3,000 in eBay auctions.Putin met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and attended a summit of Caspian Sea nations Tuesday, the first visit by a Kremlin leader to Iran since Josef Stalin attended a 1943 summit with Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.LONDON, England (CNN) -- Widespread strikes are expected to cripple France's transport network just as rugby fans make their way to Paris for this weekend's World Cup final.Railway workers will join bus, power, gas and some state employees for the action called after President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to back down over planned pension reforms, according to Monique Ricard, spokeswoman for the French railway SNCF.Trains across France and the Metr!
o -- Paris's subway system -- are expected to come to a halt starting
Wednesday night, Ricard said.Commercial flights to the French capital were sold out, while thousands of England supporters have booked to travel on the Eurostar rail service from London to Paris.Eurostar has advised its customers to avoid all travel on Thursday and it has cancelled some of its trains on Thursday and Friday.Vladimir Putin's visit was the first by a Kremlin leader to Iran since 1943.The ANSA news agency identified the man as Klirim Fejzo, his wife as Vyosa Demcolli and her brother as Arjan Demcolli, all Albanians.Only one in four trains will be running on Thursday, including suburban services linking Paris to its three international airports, she said.
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