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(Newser) - Yesterday's surprise announcement at the G20 summit of the existence of a hidden Iranian nuclear enrichment facility wasn't the way President Obama planned to handle the information, Politico reports. His hand was forced by a reporter who learned of a letter in which Iran notified the UN's nuclear watchdog agency... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • nuclear facilities

Iran Offers US Meeting With Nuke Experts

Ahmadinejad says country wants to buy 'medicinal' uranium

Sep 24, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he’d be willing to let Iran’s nuclear scientists meet with experts from the US and other world powers in an effort to alleviate suspicions about the country’s nuclear program. Iran also intends to attempt to buy uranium from the US during international negotiations next... More »

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Iran • Russia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • uranium • nuclear facilities • UN sanctions • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes

OPINION

 Obama's Forcing 
 Israel to Attack Iran 

President accused of 'outsourcing' action against Iran's nuclear program

Sep 15, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities now looks inevitable and President Obama appears to be doing his best to speed the process along, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal. The president has accepted Iran's offer for talks—despite Iran making it clear that its nuclear program won't... More »

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Iran • Israel • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Benjamin Netanyahu • nuclear program • nuclear facilities • President Obama • preemptive strike

(Newser) - Funny, what you can stumble onto on the web. A government agency put up 266 pages of "highly confidential" government information about the nation's nuclear facilities, including precise locations (with helpful maps) of where uranium is stored, reports the New York Times. The information was being compiled for release... More »

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International Atomic Energy Agency • nuclear facilities • nuclear fuel • nuclear arsenal • secrets

CIA Chief Warned Israel Against Attacking Iran

Panetta told that Israel won't bomb Iran without first alerting Washington

May 15, 09 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - CIA director Leon Panetta was sent on a secret mission to Israel earlier this month to warn the country's leaders against launching a surprise attack against Iran, the Times of London reports. Panetta asked for—and received—assurances from Israel's hawkish new government  that the country would not bomb Iranian... More »

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Iran • Israel • Ehud Barak • Benjamin Netanyahu • nuclear facilities • Leon Panetta

New Reactors Could Boost Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal

US hasn't fought massive project amid national turmoil

May 12, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan is building two of the largest plutonium-producing reactors in the developing world—facilities that experts say could bolster the nuclear arsenal of a country fraught with turmoil. The US hasn’t publicly condemned the project, MSNBC reports, even though it makes Pakistan “the only country rapidly building up... More »

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Pakistan • nuclear weapons • aid • Osama bin Laden • nuclear facilities • plutonium • nuclear arsenal

(Newser) - Israel is engaging in a bit of saber rattling directed toward Iran, the Times of London reports. The military is beefing up its air arsenal and training to be ready to strike Iran’s nuclear sites at a moment's notice. “Israel wants to know that if its forces were... More »

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Iran • Israel • Sudan • bombing • nuclear facilities • airstrike • Israel Defense Force • civil defense

US May Drop Nuclear Condition for Iran Talks

Country may be allowed to continue enriching uranium after talks begin

Apr 14, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is considering dropping the long-standing US insistence that Iran shut down its nuclear facilities before talks begin, insiders tell the New York Times. The proposal—which represents a major policy shift—would allow Iran to continue enriching uranium for a period during talks, possibly in return for... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • International Atomic Energy Agency • enriched uranium • nuclear facilities • Obama administration

Israeli Prez on Iranian Prez: 'We'll Strike Him'

Peres: "We'll strike" Amadinejad if Obama's  anti-nuclear efforts fail

Apr 13, 09 3:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel's new government continued its saber-rattling with Iran today, threatening to strike the country if President Obama's diplomatic overtures fail, the Jerusalem Post reports. Echoing the hardline rhetoric of new Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres issued a warning to Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "We'll strike him" ... More »

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Iran • Israel • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Shimon Peres • nuclear facilities • airstrike

US Puts UAE on Fast Track
to Nuclear Power

Abu Dhabi could have electricity program by 2017

Apr 2, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Arab state may be on the fast track to developing nuclear power—with the help of the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. American experts have been jetting to Abu Dhabi in recent few months to support the UAE’s nuclear aspirations, which could be speedily realized by 2017... More »

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Congress • nuclear power • nuclear weapons • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • treaty • nuclear facilities • George W. Bush • President Obama • nuclear energy

Buffett Gains
Big Say on Nuclear Power

New deal gives longtime skeptic clout about industry's future

Sep 26, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Iran to Launch War Games 

Sessions will train troops, test weapons

Sep 7, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Iran • war games • anti aircraft guns • nuclear facilities

 N. Korea
 Suspends
 Nuclear
 Shutdown

Country threatens to restore weapons plant to working order

Aug 26, 08 6:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

ANALYSIS

Musharraf's Exit Leaves Alarming Power Vacuum

Washington frets as nuclear nation
steps into unknown

Aug 19, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

French Energy Giant Drops
Iran Gas Project

Bush victory as Total pulls investment in
oil field development

Jul 10, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

US Nuclear Deal Could Spell End for India's PM

Singh struggles
to survive as Delhi seeks energy accord

Jul 1, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

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

Bolton: US caved to Kim in act of 'theater'

Jun 30, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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

US: Israeli Exercise
Was Dry Run for Iran Strike

Israel 'ready' to hit Iran's nuke facilities if talks fail

Jun 20, 08 6:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Amid Pressure, Helping Iran on Nuke Power More Popular

Diplomats, legislators back idea of international enrichment; Bush again lashes out

Jun 10, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

UN Nuke Watchdog Accuses Iran of Hiding Data

Tehran says it has 'left no question unanswered'

May 26, 08 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UN's nuclear watchdog blasted Tehran today for hiding data on its nuclear weapons program, BBC reports. The UN said Iran had blocked access to documents and experts while running 3,500 centrifuges, which can enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Iran quickly vowed to keep enriching uranium and said it... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Tehran • nuclear weapons • nuclear enrichment • nuclear facilities

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