Australia - - China, Uranium agreement deal almost set to go.

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- An agreement to sell Australian uranium to China could be concluded during a visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Canberra in the next week, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday.

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" Under a nuclear safeguards agreement, Australia would need to accept Chinese assurances that any uranium exported from Australia would be used for peaceful purposes only, and that it would comply with the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
China is a signatory to this treaty, while India -- another suitor for Australian uranium -- is not."
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" But following the historic nuclear agreement between India and the United States reached during the visit to New Delhi earlier this month by U.S. President George W. Bush, there have been renewed calls for Australia to end its ban on uranium sales to India"
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so… what's the bet both Australia and America get bombed with some of this shit in the not to distant future?