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Show Tuesday, April 25, 2006 DAILY HERALD Iranhints country may pull out of treaty THE ASSOCIATED PRESS membership in the International preenny Iran — Iran's hard-line president said Monday he is thinking about withdraw- Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. watchdog body. “What has more than 30 years of membership in the ing from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty if the U.N. atomic agency tries to prevent his country from enriching ura- agency given us?” he asked at the news conference, which was only the second since he took office last year at which nium. Ina rare news conference with foreign journalists, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also predicted the U.N. arty Council will not tions on Iran, which is ae a Friday to halt enrichment because of suspicions . it is trying to develop atomic weapons. Ahmadinejad's government insists the nonproliferation treaty givesIran the right to enrich uranium forfueling civil- foreign journalists have beenallowedto ask questions. “Working in the framework of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the agency is our concretepolicy,” he said. “(But) if we see that they are violating our rights, or they don't want to iranian HASAN SARBAKHSHIAN /AP Mahmoud gestures during newsconference in Tehran, Tran, on Monday. ian nuclear powerplants, and he has given no groundin the international faceoff. United States, Britain and France maintain Iran also wants enriched uranium for atomic bombs, which would violate its commitments under the treaty. Iran denies the charge, but Washington is pressingfel- low membersofthe Security Council to impose economic sanctions. The fiery Ahmadinejad said he was reconsidering Iran's adherenceto the nonprolifera- tion treaty, which is aimed at stopping the spread of atomic accept (our rights), well, we will reconsider.” Suspicions about Iran's inten- tions have grownsince it was discovered in 2002that the Tehran regime had for two decades secretly operated large-scale nuclear activities that could be used in weapons making. The IAEA says it has since found nodirect evidence of an arms program,but it also says the Iranians have not been fully forthcoming in answering questions about their nuclear activities. Bushtries to calm gas price outrage Nedra Pickler THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: — President Bushis trying to calm Americans’ outrage over soaring gas prices by ordering an investigation into whether the price of gasoline has beenillegally manipulated, his spokesman said Monday. During the last few days, Bush asked his Energy and Justice departments to open inquiries into possible cheating in the gasoline markets, said White House press secretary Scott McClellan. Bush planned to announcethe action Tuesday during a speech in Washington. Bushis under pressure to do something about gas prices that have reed nearly $3 a gallon. In anew CNN poll, 69 percent of respondentssaid gasoline price increases had caused them * personal hardship. Otherpolls suggest that voters favor Demo- crats over Republicans onthe issue,and President Bush gets low marks for handling gas prices. House Speaker Dennis Hast- ert, R-Ill., and Senate Majority LeaderBill Frist, R-Tenn., urged Bushin a letter Mondayto or- der a federal investigation into any gasoline price gouging or marketspeculaticn. Senate Democratic leader nies to reinvest their profits into expanding refining capacity, developing newtechnologies and researching alternative energy sources. his ownletter, calling for a multipronged approachtorestrain gas HarryReid of Nevada dispatched “| think you'll hear the president say veryclearly that he will not tolerate price gouging,” prices. Among the steps were swift enactmentofanti-price McClellan said, Bushhas consistently said that gouginglegislation, an appeal to’ gas prices are high because glob- oil companies to refrain from furtherprice increases; use of more alternativefuels and increased attention to existing fuel-saving lawsand regulations, Bush was working on the speech aboard Air Force One as al demandis rising faster than global supply and that the problem cannot be solved overnight. McClellansaid Bush will talk about how experts predict that theprice is expected to increase switch to a summerfuel mix is porters traveling on the plane. term, McClellan said. The steps McClellan said Bushalso will announcethathis attorney gen- eral and Federal Trade Commission will senda letterto all 50 state attorneys general, who have primary authority over price gouging, to remind them to stay ontop of the issue and offer federal help to do so. And he will call on energy compa- SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED es a little reek ety. this summer and how the he flew home Mondayevening from a four-daytrip to Cali- fornia that ended with a swing through Las Vegas. McClellan outlined part of the speechto re- FOR A WOUNDTO HEAL, contributing to the problem. Bush's actions are part of a four-part plan to address gas pricesin the short- and longMcClellan outlined are: 1. making sure consumers Join us for the introduction of an amazina and taxpayers are treated | fairly; 2. promoting greaterfuelef- advancement in medicine: the hyperba’ < ficiency; 3. boosting gasoline supply at home; 4. aggressive long-term investmentin alternative fuels. chamber. 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