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• Egypt's president announces plans to build several nuclear energy plants
  Oct 29, 2007 - Maamoun Youssef - The Associated Press
  
  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday announced plans to build several nuclear power plants, joining several Middle East Arab countries that recently have said they are kick starting their nuclear energy ambitions.
  
  
• Experts warn of severe challenges to peaceful use of nuclear energy
  Sep 20, 2007 - Xinhua
  
  Experts warned here on Thursday that the development of the peaceful use of nuclear energy in the world would face severe challenges over the next 25 years.
  
  
• China announces plans to build 32 nuclear power plants in next 15 years
  Feb 27, 2006 - The Associated Press

  BEIJING - China will build 32 nuclear plants over the next 15 years in an effort to meet the country's burgeoning energy needs - more than doubling its reliance on the controversial source, the government said Monday.
  

• France, India sign civilian nuclear deal
  Feb 20, 2006 - UPI
  
  NEW DELHI - India and France put aside their current disagreements to conclude a civilian nuclear agreement that they said will be for peaceful purposes. The agreement was signed in New Delhi following talks between visiting French President Jacques Chirac and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, reports the BBC.
  
  
• Iran planning to construct 20 nuclear power plants
  Feb 19, 2006 - BBC Monitoring
  
  Tehran - A Majlis deputy from Tabriz, Azarshahr and Osku, Mohammad Hoseyn Farhangi, has said: "The preparation, study and construction of 20 nuclear power plants have been envisaged in the upcoming year's budget bill."
  
  
• United States Proposes Global Plan To Encourage Nuclear Energy
  Feb 09, 2006 - STATE DEPARTMENT RELEASE/ContentWorks
  
  The U.S. Energy Department has proposed a broad global energy partnership to promote nuclear energy as a clean and safe source of electricity and develop advanced nuclear technologies to prevent spent nuclear fuel from being used to produce nuclear weapons.

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