LONDON - A meeting of world powers Friday on whether to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program was disrupted when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's flight was delayed, giving leaders little time to reach a consensus and making it unlikely.
The United States has led calls for sanctions against Iran, and even before the meeting was going ahead - without Rice - Russia warned against "extreme" measures in an indication of the reluctance to move decisively.
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana told security experts in Paris that "the door to negotiations is and will be always open." ......
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