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WSJ : France's Hollande Considers Inviting Iran to Proposed Conference on Jihadi

France's Hollande Considers Inviting Iran to Proposed Conference on Jihadists
Iran Could Be Welcome Despite Nuclear Program

PARIS--French President François Hollande said Thursday he would consider inviting Iran to a conference he has proposed organizing to coordinate action against Islamist insurgents controlling large swaths of Iraq and Syria.

Mr. Hollande said that while France continues to pressure Iran to abandon any plan to develop nuclear weapons, Tehran can become an interlocutor on how to combat militants calling themselves Islamic State and other jihadist groups.

"It's true that the crisis in Iraq has demonstrated our preoccupations aren't always on diverging paths," Mr. Hollande said in a speech to French ambassadors.

Iran, which says it's only pursuing a civilian nuclear program, is supporting some of the ethnic groups in Iraq that are engaged in a fight with the Islamic State.

Mr. Hollande has prosposed holding an international conference in Paris on the problem of jihadists in the coming weeks.

Although he called for a large coalition against Islamic militants in the region, Mr. Hollande said Syria's President Bashar al-Assad couldn't be part of it.

"Let's be clear," Mr. Hollande said. "Assad can't be a partner in the fight against terrorism, he's the objective ally of jihadists. There can't be a choice between two barbarian regimes."

>>> CSR : Received and rejected approach from Microchip Technology Inc with undi

Received and rejected approach from Microchip Technology Inc with undisclosed price 

The price proposed by Microchip has been rejected and the Board is considering its options for the company.

This statement is being made by CSR without prior agreement or approval of Microchip. There can be no certainty that an offer will be made nor as to the terms on which any offer might be made.

As required by Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, Microchip is required, by not later than 5.00 p.m. on 25 September 2014, to either announce a firm intention to undertake a transaction in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to undertake a transaction, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies. This deadline may be extended with the consent of the Takeover Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.