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Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and report back the news story. Follow these questions.

1) Why have the tensions between Great Britain and Afghanistan been rising lately?

2) What are the British officials accused of?

3) On what grounds were Michael Semple and Mervyn Patterson declared persona non grata?

4) How does Rory Stewart characterize both officials expelled?

5) What is his attitude to the actions of the Afghan Government? Why does he find it strange?

6) What could have been the reason for the expulsion according to the journalist’s opinion?

7) What event provoked the international row?

8) How does Gordon Brown comment on the allegations?

9) Why does the talking to the insurgents go on? What groups of the Afghans create the grounds for the negotiations?

10) Why do local authorities, the European governments and the UN seek to bring a more inclusive government in Afghanistan?

11) What are UN hopes for the future of those two experts?

1. Find the details of Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

a) What do the letters IAE and NIE stand for?

b) Comment on the cartoon above. What ideas are embodied in different parts of the drawing? Why is the cartoon titled “Mad Hatters”?

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