An Iranian official told the Reuters news agency that Tehran would produce the highly enriched uranium at home if the Vienna talks fail.

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If talks fail to resolve the row, Unite will agree strike dates and action short of a strike on Thursday.

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But Tudjman has threatened to take the region by force if talks fail to come up with a result by November 30.

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But if talks fail, the EU has said it is prepared to admit the Greek part alone, leaving the impoverished Turkish Cypriot community out in the cold. (The Greek bit was one of the ten countries invited to join in Copenhagen.) Were that to happen, the Greek Cypriots would most likely oppose Turkish membership for some years.

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