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  • September 2008

    • Buffett Gains Big Say on Nuclear Power

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 26, 08 12:28 PM CDT

      Buffett Gains Big Say on Nuclear Power

      (Newser) - Warren Buffett’s $4.7 billion agreement to rescue Constellation Energy Group this week netted the billionaire investor more than just a utility. Buffett now will have a big say in the future of nuclear power in the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. He has long been skeptical of the industry, arguing that the plants are too expensive to build. The deal gives him control over 3 plants as well as half of a prominent nuclear development company. More »

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      Warren Buffett  • nuclear power  • nuclear facilities  • Berkshire Hathaway  • energy policy  • nuclear power plants

    • Iran to Launch War Games

      Reuters  |  Sep 7, 08 12:01 PM CDT

      Iran to Launch War Games

      (Newser) - Iran’s military will start 3 days of war games tomorrow amid talk of a US or Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities, which Israel and the West say may house weapons operations, Reuters reports. The “maneuvers” will involve anti-aircraft defense systems, Iranian media said, and are meant to to train troops and “test new weapons and defense plans.” More »

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      Iran  • nuclear facilities  • war games  • anti aircraft guns

  • August 2008

    • N. Korea Suspends Nuclear Shutdown

      Reuters  |  Aug 26, 08 6:31 AM CDT

      N. Korea Suspends Nuclear Shutdown

      (Newser) - North Korea has halted the disablement of its nuclear facilities and says it may restore a reactor that can make material for atomic weapons, Reuters reports. Analysts say the move, which follows a visit to arch-enemy South Korea by pseudo-ally and Chinese President Hu Jintao, appears to be an effort by North Korea to maintain leverage to get the US to remove it from its terror blacklist. More »

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      North Korea  • Hu Jintao  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear disarmament  • Yongbyon  • Lee Myung-bak  • nuclear missiles

    • Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

      New York Times  |  Aug 19, 08 4:46 AM CDT

      Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

      (Newser) - Pervez Musharraf was once Washington's most important ally in the Muslim world, but the general-turned-civilian president of Pakistan had become an increasingly unreliable partner in the combat against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents, writes the New York Times . Now that Musharraf has resigned, the US will have to work with Pakistan's squabbling, distracted coalition government, which has shown even less interest in fighting the rebels. More »

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      Pakistan  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • Pervez Musharraf  • Taliban  • nuclear facilities  • North West Frontier Province  • US-Pakistan relations

  • July 2008

    • French Energy Giant Drops Iran Gas Project

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 10, 08 11:32 AM CDT

      French Energy Giant Drops Iran Gas Project

      (Newser) - French energy giant Total, the last major Western energy group that planned to invest in development of Iran's huge natural gas fields, is dropping out of the project, the Financial Times reports. The turnabout is a victory for the Bush administration's efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear program; it's expected to delay Tehran's efforts to raise its gas production for at least a decade. More »

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      Iran  • energy  • nuclear facilities  • natural gas  • gas fields  • Total SA

    • US Nuclear Deal Could Spell End for India's PM

      New York Times  |  Jul 1, 08 5:30 AM CDT

      US Nuclear Deal Could Spell End for India's PM

      (Newser) - India's government is approaching the breaking point over a proposed nuclear deal with the US, reports the New York Times . Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is desperate to push through legislation that will let the US give India access to fuel and technology for nuclear plants. But the accord could cost him the support of several small Communist parties, triggering an election that Singh might lose. More »

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      George W. Bush  • India  • nuclear power  • nuclear facilities  • Manmohan Singh  • Congress Party

  • June 2008

    • Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 12:36 PM CDT

      Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'

      (Newser) - The latest US deal with North Korea—taking the North off its state terror list in exchange for a nuclear declaration—is a travesty and intellectual capitulation in pursuit of burnishing President Bush's legacy, former UN ambassador John Bolton writes in a predictably scathing piece in the Wall Street Journal . It’s a final sign that the administration's toughness is history, argues Bolton, a longstanding hardliner on North Korea—and awful policy to boot. More »

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      George W. Bush  • North Korea  • nuclear facilities  • John Bolton  • state sponsors of terror list

    • US: Israeli Exercise Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

      New York Times  |  Jun 20, 08 6:36 AM CDT

      US: Israeli Exercise Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

      (Newser) - A recent Israeli exercise looked to US officials very much like a rehearsal for a strike on Iran, the New York Times reports.   The Pentagon also believes the massive exercise in the first week of June, involving over a hundred fighter jets, was a message to the world that Israel is ready to use force if Iran's nuclear program cannot be halted by peaceful means . “There’s a lot of signaling going on at different levels,” one Pentagon official tells the Times. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear enrichment  • fighter jet

    • Amid Pressure, Helping Iran on Nuke Power More Popular

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 10, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Amid Pressure, Helping Iran on Nuke Power More Popular

      (Newser) - Even as US and European leaders warned today of new sanctions, a controversial plan to help Iran build an internationally run nuclear enrichment facility is gaining traction in Washington, the Boston Globe reports. The Bush administration rejected the proposal from MIT scientists 3 years ago, but now legislators from both parties, as well as Iranian officials, think it could help break the deadlock. More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear proliferation  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear enrichment

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • New Photos Reveal Secret Iran Missile Site

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 11, 08 1:24 PM CDT

      New Photos Reveal Secret Iran Missile Site

      (Newser) - New satellite photographs reveal Iran's hastened production of long-range missiles, the Times of London reports, and in a previously unknown site capable of hitting Europe. Experts say an increasingly fractious Tehran looks to be about five years away from developing a ballistic missile—in line with the recent American intelligence estimate. More »

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      Iran  • nuclear program  • nuclear facilities  • ballistic missile program

  • January 2008

    • Syria Rebuilds Mystery Structure

      New York Times  |  Jan 12, 08 11:56 AM CST

      Syria Rebuilds Mystery Structure

      (Newser) - Syria appears to be rebuilding on the site of a suspected nuclear reactor Israeli bombers destroyed in September, the New York Times reports. The new building, shown in satellite photographs to have the same footprint, is not expected to be a reactor, but there are concerns that it could cover up evidence of a secret nuclear program. The Syrians razed the old building and cleaned the site so thoroughly analysts called it a tacit admission of guilt, the Times says. More »

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      Israel  • Syria  • airstrike  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear  • International Atomic Energy Agency  • nuclear inspections

  • December 2007