Mr.Obama urged Tehran to agree to a U.N.proposal to ship its uranium abroad for processing, adding that time for diplomacy on the issue is running out.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Officials have said the plan for Iran to export uranium for processing abroad under safeguards for its medical reactor could be a model for a broader deal to resolve concerns that its nominally-peaceful program is weapons-related.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Iran has sent mixed signals about its response to the plan, under which much of the low-enriched uranium Iran has produced in its controversial enrichment program would be shipped abroad for processing, a step that would ease Western concerns about Iran's nuclear intentions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Chicago was called Hog Butcher for the World because of its huge meat-processing industry.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

John Burey,who runs a meat processing company in the northern state of Queensland, thinks there is huge demand in China for the toads.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Third party processing could ensure the material is enriched only to the point needed for civilian purposes, and below the level called for in nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

The provisional voter list was originally scheduled for publication in late August, but processing registration data for the country's some 6.5 million identified voters proved time-consuming.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Iran says its uranium-enrichment program is designed only for electricity generating purposes, and has allowed U.N.inspectors to visit a previously secret processing facility near the city of Qom.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28