Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday that he had taken note of the Arab League leaders' suggestions, including requests to increase the number of U.N. observers and to set a time limit for the effort.

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Cooper asked Puracal whether he thought the U.N. group's opinion would increase the chances that officials in Nicaragua will release him.

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Earlier at the Rome summit, U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon called for a drastic increase in food production to meet the demands of a rising population and stave off a crisis brought about by oil prices, climate change and the impact of the biofuel market.

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Iran's facilities have produced 189.4 kilograms (417.6 pounds) of the enriched uranium, an increase of 43.8 kilograms (96.6 pounds) since the last U.N. analysis in May, the report said.

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"Once vendors support more protocols, acceptance of Layer 3 switching should increase dramatically, " said Eric Pylko, global infrastructure coordinator at Eastman-Kodak Corp. in Rochester, N.

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