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Quick Guide & Transcript: Iran nuclear negotiations, Super Bowl security

SPECIAL REPORT

(CNN Student News) -- February 3, 2006

Quick Guide

Iran Nuclear Standoff - Investigate the controversy behind Iran's nuclear program.

Week in Review - Review some of the first stories to make headlines this February.

Super Bowl Security - Climb aboard the vehicles that will help keep the Super Bowl secure.

Transcript

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

SHANON COOK, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, I'm Shanon Cook, and you've found Friday's edition of CNN Student News! In today's show, find out why international officials don't trust Iran when it comes to nuclear power. Take a ride with the officials who'll be keeping watch over security in this weekend's big game. And take a bite out of one cheesy story that's sure to leave you hungry for lunch!

First Up: Iran Nuclear Standoff

COOK: You science buffs know that on the periodic table, "U" is for uranium. When we talk about "uranium enrichment," we're discussing a process used to create nuclear power. But it can also be used to make a nuclear weapon. And that's why the united nations is opposed to Iran's work to advance its nuclear research. Matthew Chance explores how the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, fits into this equation.

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MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN REPORTER: Iran says these nuclear facilities are just for peaceful purposes, but there are too many questions unanswered, say diplomats. The international community "lacks confidence" in Iran's intentions. So the scene is set for a diplomatic showdown. In emergency session, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, poised to approve a draft resolution reporting Iran to the United Nation's Security Council not a threat, it says, but a last chance.

MOHAMMAD EL BARADEI, IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL: This is a critical stage, but in no way a crisis situation. Everybody agrees that the only way to move forward is to go through diplomacy, through negotiation, and there is still a window of opportunity for all concerned parties to find a way forward.

CHANCE: But Iran appears in no mood to talk. Involvement of the Security Council would be the end of negotiations, it says...all voluntary cooperation with U.N. inspectors would be stopped....full uranium enrichment activities, resumed. The text of the draft resolution calls on Iran to provide 'full and prompt cooperation' with the IAEA, to clarify 'activities which could have a military nuclear dimension.' The draft requests the IAEA to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council - but holds back on formally referring the Iran dossier till at least March - a chance for Iran's allies, China and particularly Russia, which has a diplomatic initiative of its own: to convince Tehran to comply.

GRIGORY BERDENNIKOV, RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO IAEA: We certainly hope so, that Iran will cooperate in earnest with the IAEA, that all the questions that still remain could be satisfactorily answered.

CHANCE: If they're not, action at the security council, may now be hard to avoid. Already the five permanent members back reporting Iran to the United Nations Security Council. A large number of other countries also support it. But diplomats here say they're trying to build as much consensus as possible over Iran, before moving towards possible confrontation. Matthew Chance, CNN, at the IAEA, in Vienna.

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Word to the Wise

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: A Word to the Wise...

diplomacy (noun) the art of conducting negotiations between countries; skill in handling situations without generating hostility

Source: www.m-w.comexternal link

Week in Review

COOK: Imagine waiting three months and interviewing for 18 hours, before finding out if you got a job. In our Week in Review, Deanna Morawski tells us who had to do just that.

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DEANNA MORAWSKI, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Samuel Alito became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice Tuesday. The Senate confirmed him by a vote of 58 to 42... largely along party lines... a day after some Democratic senators failed to block his nomination with a filibuster. Alito was officially sworn in at the Supreme Court, just hours later, but also took part in a ceremonial swear-in on Wednesday. He replaces retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman ever to serve on the high court.

President Bush gave his fifth annual State of the Union address Tuesday. His speech laid out an optimistic future for America:

U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: The only way to control our destiny is by our leadership - so the United States of America will continue to lead.

MORAWSKI: The president also covered his ideas on health care and education, and called for America to break its addiction to oil through technology.

BUSH: Since 2001, we have spent nearly $10 billion to develop cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable alternative energy sources -- and we are on the threshold of incredible advances.

MORAWSKI: The speech followed a politically difficult year for the president - marked by controversial policies and low approval ratings.

The nation said goodbye to peacemaker and civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. The wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died Monday night at an alternative health center in Mexico, where she was receiving cancer treatment. King was known as the 'first lady of the civil rights movement' for her contributions to the causes of freedom and equality. She was 78.

In the Mideast, the West Bank was the site of violent clashes between Israeli settlers and Israeli police. After a court ordered part of an illegal West Bank settlement dismantled, ultranationalist Israelis - who believe god has given the land to them - tried to prevent it. More than 200 people were injured in the resulting violence, which may be just the beginning. Under the U.S.-backed road map for peace, Israel is required to demolish 100 more illegal settlements throughout the West Bank. That's your week in review. For CNN Student News, I'm Deanna Morawski.

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Black History Month: Rosa Parks

RACHEL RICHARDSON, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: Rosa Parks is often called "the mother of the civil rights movement." In 1955, as a young seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks became famous for an act of civil disobedience. While riding on a crowded bus, she refused to give up her seat for white passenger. She was arrested, and the city's black population launched a bus boycott that would become a key event in the American civil rights movement. The boycott ended 381 days later, when the Supreme Court ruled segregation on public transportation was illegal. When Parks died in 2005, she became the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Honoring Rosa Parks, this Black History Month.

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COOK: Log on to our Web site to take your class on an educational journey through black history. Our in-house educators have assembled a wealth of resources at cnn.com/education!

Super Bowl Security

COOK: Quick Shoutout--What's America's most-watched sporting event? Here's a hint: It's coming up this Sunday! The constant practice, grueling workouts, and play-by-play strategy are all part of the excitement for security officials, not to mention the teams! Brian Todd describes a show of force that officials hope, they won't have to use at this weekend's Super Bowl.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN REPORTER: When's the last time you saw a helicopter try to steer away a plane in mid-flight? Or one speedboat nearly collide with another, on the border of the U.S. and Canada? This is what awaits terrorists, should they attempt to target Super Bowl 40 in Detroit.

This will give you an idea of the huge security concerns for this super bowl. Look how close ford field is to the Detroit River. The U.S. border with Canada runs right up the middle of that river hundreds of miles north to adjoining rivers and lakes. We flew in joint airspace along with commander Bob Makowski of the U.S. Coast Guard, who explained his challenge heading off pilots who violate air space.

CMDR. BOB MAKOWSKI, U.S. AIR FORCE: It's an unfamiliar pilot, we don't know what they're gonna do, they don't know what we're gonna do.

TODD: This year, U.S. security officials have partners, coordinating like never before with their Canadian counterparts. Both countries are under the North American Aerospace Defense Command, 'NORAD'--that will have fighter-jets and helicopters enforcing a 30-mile flight-restriction on Super Sunday. On the water: Just for this event, heavily-armed American boats can cross into Canadian waters. American officers can board Canadian vessels to chase suspects. The Canadians can do the same.

BOATSWAIN 1ST CLASS CURTIS TAFT, U.S. COAST GUARD: You look for anything out of the usual, such as small vessels traveling at a high rate of speed that don't appear to be acknowledging that you have a zone in place.

TODD: With the sheer mileage of open-border space on the water-- we asked Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp, coordinator of all U.S. Homeland Security agencies for the Super Bowl, where the vulnerabilities are.

REAR ADM. ROBERT PAPP, U.S. COAST GUARD: These are the places though that we have the greatest challenge, where you have virtually just a couple-hundred yards. A boat could get across in five minutes.

TODD: That potential threat is why Homeland Security officials have set up a tight security zone along the Detroit waterfront. That doesn't cover the hundreds of miles of open border over the adjacent rivers and lakes. But right now, officials tell CNN they have no specific, credible threats to the Super Bowl. Brian Todd, CNN, Detroit.

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Before We Go

COOK: Before we go... Health nuts need not apply to this competition. But for cheeseheads, it's a dream come true! The grilled-cheese chomping championship puts true fans of fromage in a race against the clock! Now maybe you're thinking you could eat four or five of these sandwiches in one sitting. But you'd have to put down more than 26 of them in ten minutes, to out-eat the 99-pound winner!

Goodbye

COOK: And that's our show for today. I'm Shanon Cook -- See you Monday.

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