UN agency: Iran’s role in nuclear probe meets standards

UN agency: Iran’s role in nuclear probe meets standards

VIENNA (AP) — The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Monday that samples used to determine whether Iran tried to develop a nuclear weapon were collected by the Iranians instead of agency experts, but insisted the probe stands up to strict agency standards.

Such sampling of soil, air or dust from equipment is usually done by the International Atomic Energy Agency's own experts. But IAEA chief Yukiya Amano confirmed that Iranians carried out that part of the probe at Parchin, where the agency suspects that explosive triggers for nuclear weapons might have been tested in the past.

Sue, vote, legislate? Charter schools’ newest challenge
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Sue, vote, legislate? Charter schools’ newest challenge

NBP Staff

Charter school proponents, including the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association and the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance are considering whether to move forward with a statewide ballot initiative to lift the cap on public charter schools.

Currently, more than 30,000 Massachusetts students attend charter schools, about 3 percent of the total student population. Massachusetts law, however, limits the number of charter schools to 120, and tens of thousands of students who want to attend charters are unable to do so because of limited space.

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