Russia now wants new inspection rules in place before delivering nuclear fuel to the power plant it is building at Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf.

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In 2009, a fire in a packed nightclub in the Ural Mountains city of Perm killed more than 100 people, leading to widespread checks of safety-rules by fire inspection teams around Russia.

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He also promises to help African exporters follow American sanitation rules and to get more inspection staff to work.

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Even though it ordered the company to revamp its maintenance rules and submit a new inspection plan, the authority said the government-backed company failed to fulfill the order quickly and failed to properly inspect some parts.

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Under new rules, schools are now only informed of an inspection the afternoon before it is due to begin.

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