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Week in Review

Week in Review

May 23, 2014

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wait for the start of talks in Vienna May 14, 2014. Six world powers and Iran launch the decisive phase of diplomacy over Tehran's nuclear work during three-day talks starting in Vienna on Wednesday, with the aim of resolving their decade-old dispute by July 20 despite skepticism a deal is possible. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTR3P1Z8 — European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wait for the start of talks in Vienna, May 14, 2014. — REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

(2nd L to R) Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, General and Stategic Affairs director French Jacques Audibert, US ambassador William Burns, Chinese assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hailong, European political adviser British Robert Cooper and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are seen at the conference center near the Swiss mission to the United Nations on December 6, 2010 in Geneva. World powers and Iran have begun talks in Geneva on Tehran's controversial nuclear programme, 14 months aft

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Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) waits to make a statement next to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R), following nuclear talks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne) April 2, 2015. Iran and world powers reached a framework on curbing Iran's nuclear programme at marathon talks in Switzerland on Thursday that will allow further negotiations towards a final agreement. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool - RTR4VXHZ

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