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Africa North
Russia, Egypt sign nuclear energy pact
2008-03-26
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia - Russia and Egypt signed an agreement on Tuesday opening the way for Russian firms to bid for lucrative contracts to build nuclear power plants in Egypt.
Finally, a retirement home for Al-Baradei ...
The nuclear energy deal was signed after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak met near the Russian capital for talks which also covered Moscow’s plan to host a Middle East peace conference. “Egypt, in cooperation with its international partners and the International Atomic Energy Agency is going to develop this (nuclear weapons energy) sector, including through the agreement we have just signed,” Mubarak told reporters.

Egypt wants up to four nuclear weapons power stations and an international tender to build the first of them may come as early as this year. TuesdayÂ’s agreement clears the way for RussiaÂ’s state nuclear contractor to bid for work.

The Kremlin is lobbying hard for contracts to build nuclear power plants abroad because it sees the industry as the type of high-technology sector it must develop to reduce its dependence on oil and gas exports. Russia is already building nuclear reactors worth $1.5 billion to $2 billion apiece in Iran, China and India.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Old Patriot, the Russians will present them with a turn-key operation. China will give them the plans with notations in Modern Chinese. If you were an Egyptian, which would you deem wiser to accept?
Posted by: trailing wife   2008-03-26 22:56  

#6  ISRAEL HOWEVER, CAN NOT, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT, DARE NOT, and BETTER NOT etc. RETALIATE IN KIND, D *** NG IT, OR ELSE???

Or else the Samson option, Joe.
Posted by: lotp   2008-03-26 22:16  

#5  tomorrow is National "Joe" Day. Joe for King!

I haven't seen anything in the national media, are they unaware?? Do they need the Decoder Rings™?
Posted by: Frank G   2008-03-26 21:11  

#4  Off topic but tomorrow is National "Joe" Day. Joe for King!
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-03-26 21:06  

#3  WAFF.com > YNETNEWS/STRATEGYPAGE - ISRAEL COUNTS ITS LOSSES FROM ARAB MISSLES + REPORT: ISRAEL TO BE BOMBARDED BY IRANIAN-SYRIAN MISSLES IN NEXT WAR. Nutshell - you name it, Israel may be surrounded and attacked with Milyuuuhns and Zilyuuuhns of same. ISRAEL HOWEVER, CAN NOT, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT, DARE NOT, and BETTER NOT etc. RETALIATE IN KIND, D *** NG IT, OR ELSE???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-03-26 20:58  

#2  Egypt might want to think long and hard about having the RUSSIANS building their nuke power plants. Seems I recall at least a half-dozen accidents with Russian nuke plants, plus a half-dozen aboard nuke-powered vessels. They MAY have gotten all the bugs out of the designs, but I wouldn't want to be the test case.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-03-26 18:58  

#1  FOX NEWS [last weekend]> IIRC, I believe FOX reported that approxi 16? ME Muslim nations desire to have their own working CIVILIAN/DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAMS by Year 2015[?], as per UNIAEA Report???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-03-26 18:53  

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