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Iran Said to Nearly Finish Nuclear Enrichment Plant By  DAVID E. SANGER  and  WILLIAM J. BROAD Published: October 25, 2012 WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials from several countries say Iran  in recent weeks has virtually completed an underground nuclear enrichment plant, racing ahead despite international pressure and heavy economic sanctions in what experts say may be an effort to give it leverage in any negotiations with the United States and its allies. The installation of the last of nearly 3,000 centrifuges at a site called Fordo, deep under a mountain inside a military base near the holy city of Qum, puts Iran closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon, or come up to the edge, if its leaders ultimately decide to proceed. The United States, Israel and the United Nations have all vowed to prevent that from happening, imposing increasingly tough sanctions on the country and using cyberwarfare  to slow its progress in obtaining a weapon. President

Brazil, United States Consolidate Partnership for 21st Century WASHINGTON – The United States and Brazil are working to build a deep, broad partnership between their governments and their citizens to handle bilateral, regional and global concerns arising in the 21st century. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota released a joint communiqué to that effect in Washington on Wednesday after the fourth U.S.-Brazil Global Partnership Dialogue. The communiqué noted the desire of the two countries to work closely with each other for “peace, security and development” at all levels. The first order of business, as laid out in the communiqué, is for the United States to support Brazil’s drive to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, a move that reflects Brazil’s growing prominence on the global stage and its desire to assume greater global responsibilities. Clinton said that t