Russia to sell nuke fuel to S.Africa

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http://english.people.com.cn/200609/06/eng20060906_300031.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia will supply South Africa with nuclear fuel up to 2010.

The visiting Russian president made the statement at a news conference at Tuynhuys, Cape Town.

Flanked by President Thabo Mbeki, he told journalists that a Russian company was planning to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in production of manganese in this country.

Putin also said that Russian companies were interested in contributing to power generation capacity and were also interested in an aluminum smelter project.

Putin emphasized that he was not in the country simply for "political tourism", but to strengthen the business relationship between the two countries.

[razors edge]

1. But I thought

they already had yellow cake.

:sarcasm: