Foreign ministers from the world's big powers are meeting today in New York to discuss how to convince Iran to curtail its nuclear programme, which Tehran maintains is for peaceful purposes.

全球各大国的外长们今日在纽约会晤，讨论如何说服伊朗遏制其核计划——德黑兰坚称，其核计划是出于和平目的。

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And they are having to work more closely with other ministers in programme reviews that span departmental boundaries.

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Last month EU farm ministers approved a programme to destroy all older non-BSE tested cattle to keep them out of the food chain, affecting up to two million animals.

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Committee members will then decide whether or not to recommend the introduction of a screening programme to ministers.

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