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Nuclear deal in jeopardy after coalition bows to communists

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo...648400.ece

India’s landmark nuclear deal with the United States was in jeopardy last night after the Government indicated that it was unwilling to sacrifice the country’s ruling coalition and force early elections. The communist parties that back the Government have threatened repeatedly to withdraw their support over the deal, prompting widespread talk of a snap poll next year instead of in 2009. (...)

Das wäre gut, wenn es nicht zustande käme. Ansonsten wäre es ein heftiger Rückschlag für die nukleare Nichtverbreitung.