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Obama to Tighten Bush's Iran Sanctions

White House will apply pressure unilaterally
on world trading

Sep 29, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s plan to sanction Iran looks a lot like that of his predecessor. Officials say that if nuclear talks with Iran fail, they will likely tighten enforcement of Bush sanctions rather than impose new ones, the Washington Post reports. Obama has even retained the top architect... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear proliferation • economic sanctions • nuclear program • UN sanctions • Obama administration

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

 Obama Scores on Nuclear Proliferation at UN 

Manages to get Russia and China to cooperate

Sep 24, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored two significant victories at the UN yesterday, cajoling Dmitry Medvedev into saying he would get behind tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran, and convincing both Russia and China to support a resolution strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Publicly the administration wouldn’t acknowledge any quid-pro-quo, but several official... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • United Nations • UN sanctions • Dmitry Medvedev

Russia Puts Kibosh on Iranian Nuclear Sanctions

Calls Iran 'a partner that has never harmed Russia'

Sep 11, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia wouldn’t support another round of tough UN sanctions against Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday, throwing a major wrench into Barack Obama’s Middle East strategy. It’s also a sign that Obama’s plan to “reset” relations with Moscow is on the rocks. “We’... More »

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Iran • Russia • Sergei Lavrov • nuclear enrichment • UN sanctions • UN Security Council

 N. Korean Ship Reverses Course

Suspected weapons vessel may be headed back home

Jul 1, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The North Korean cargo ship being monitored by the US Navy has abruptly changed course and may be heading home, Reuters reports. The Kang Nam, believed to have been carrying arms to Burma, was being tracked under toughened UN sanctions instituted after the country's recent nuclear test. "We've no... More »

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North Korea • ship • Burma • UN sanctions • US Navy • weapons • Kang Nam

 N. Korea Ship 
 Sails Toward 
 Sanctions 
 Showdown 

US Navy shadows ship suspected of smuggling arms to Myanmar

Jun 21, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Korean ship the US Navy has been tailing is heading to Myanmar, and is about to become the first test of new UN sanctions against the Pyongyang regime, the New York Times reports. The US Navy suspects the Kang Nam is smuggling arms, and will search it if... More »

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North Korea • Myanmar • UN sanctions • US Navy • Kang Nam • John S McCain • arms smuggling

(Newser) - The new sanctions in place against Pyongyang have their first test: The US is monitoring a North Korean ship that left port today and may be carrying illegal weapons, reports Reuters. The Navy is keeping the Kang Nam in its sights in international waters as a "subject of interest.... More »

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(Newser) - North Korea has for the first time openly confirmed that it is seeking to enrich uranium for the development of nuclear weapons, the BBC reports. The state news agency today announced that the nation plans to “weaponize” its plutonium stocks, and will consider any “blockade” attempts by the... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • UN sanctions • plutonium

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 UN Imposes New 
 Sanctions on N. Korea 


Jun 12, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(AP) - The UN Security Council today punished North Korea for its recent nuclear test, imposing new sanctions, expanding an arms embargo, and authorizing ship searches on the high seas. Russia and China joined Western powers and nations from every region in unanimously approving the resolution. North Korea has said it would... More »

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China • North Korea • United Nations • United States • Pyongyang • six party talks • UN sanctions • nuclear test • Rosemary DiCarlo

(AP) - Even as the UN considers sanctions against North Korea, Pyongyang may be prepping for its third nuclear test. The secretive regime conducted an underground explosion last month, its second since a 2006 atomic test. Though the move triggered international scorn, an anonymous US government official says it looks like the... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • UN sanctions • UN Security Council • nuclear test

(Newser) - The five permanent members of the UN Security Council have agreed on a draft resolution to step up sanctions against North Korea in response to its nuclear testing, the BBC reports. With Japan and South Korea also on board, passage by the full 15-member council is all but assured. The... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • Pyongyang • UN sanctions • UN Security Council

(Newser) - North Korea’s sentencing of two US journalists to hard labor further complicates relations between the nations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The White House seeks tougher UN sanctions against North Korea after it tested a nuclear bomb last month, and experts say the sentences’ timing is no coincidence. “... More »

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Hillary Clinton • North Korea • Al Gore • nuclear weapons • journalist • negotiations • UN sanctions • state sponsors of terror list • Euna Lee • Laura Ling

(Newser) - In negotiations with Iran, the Obama administration may be willing to accept less than a complete halt of uranium enrichment activities for civil use, the Financial Times reports. Insiders say an internal review of the administration’s policies now under way will take into account the apparently immovable stance... More »

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Iran • nuclear power • nuclear program • uranium enrichment • nuclear inspections • UN sanctions • Obama administration • President Obama

 N. Korea Readies 
 Missile for Launch 

UN sanctions will derail disarmament talks: Pyongyang

Mar 25, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the date of a promised “satellite launch” nears, North Korea has placed a long-range ballistic missile on the launch pad used for earlier test firings, Reuters reports. South Korea, Japan, and the US plan to seek UN sanctions if the nuclear power goes forward with what analysts believe... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • Japan • United States • satellite • Kim Jong Il • UN sanctions • nuclear missiles • intercontinental ballistic missile • nuclear test

Bush Expands
Zimbabwe Sanctions 

Thwarted at UN, president follows EU in trying to clamp down on Mugabe regime

Jul 25, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is expanding US sanctions against Zimbabwe, the New York Times reports, two weeks after Russia and China vetoed his call for UN action. “No regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences,” Bush said today. More »

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United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • European Union • sanctions • UN sanctions • George W. Bush

Iranian Official Balks at Start of 6-Nation Talks

Delegate promises 'no chance' of suspension of uranium enrichment

Jul 19, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Tehran has ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment program, casting doubt over the value of talks between Iran and six world powers less than an hour after they started. The Geneva talks—with the US in attendance for the first time—had raised expectations of possible compromise on a formula... More »

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Iran • United States • uranium enrichment • nuclear enrichment • six party talks • UN sanctions • UN Security Council

OPINION

So-Called 'New Powers' Are Acting Spineless

Time to show some leadership and stop coddling Mugabe

Jul 16, 08 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics of unchecked and amoral American power should be wary of prospective new world hegemons—especially China, Russia, and South Africa, Thomas Friedman warns in the New York Times. America's international popularity has plummeted under President Bush, but it's the more popular countries that have been acting unconscionably on the... More »

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China • Russia • United Nations • Robert Mugabe • United States • UN sanctions • anti-Americanism • UN Security Council

Bush Demands Action Against Zimbabwe

Calls election a 'sham,' orders sanctions; Rice vows UN resolution

Jun 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is seeking ways to punish Robert Mugabe for his violent "sham" of an election, President Bush said today. Bush has ordered Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to work up sanctions against Zimbabwe, which ran a runoff ballot yesterday with Mugabe the sole candidate. Rice vowed to... More »

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Bush administration • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Condoleezza Rice • sanctions • UN sanctions • George W. Bush • Zimbabwe elections • UN resolution

OPINION

Low-Profile US-Iraq Pact Sparks Big Worries

Proposed agreement 'eerily resembles' disastrous 1930 Britain-Baghdad deal

Jun 17, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US is pressuring Iraq to sign off on a long-term security agreement that looks unfortunately similar to a disastrous 1930 pact between Iraq and Britain, and the new pact "could haunt Washington’s relations with Baghdad for years to come," historian and journalist Karl E. Meyer writes... More »

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Iraq • Nazi • nationalism • Britain • UN sanctions

Iran Promises West 'Bloody Nose' Over Nuke Program

'The nation will slap you in the mouth,' Ahmadinejad warns

Apr 9, 08 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invoked some schoolyard rhetoric today, threatening the West with a "bloody nose" over ongoing criticism of Iran's uranium enrichment program, Reuters reports. "The Iranian nation will bloody the enemy's nose if they want to violate an iota of our rights" to nuclear technology, Ahmadinejad... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear power • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear program • uranium enrichment • nuclear enrichment • UN sanctions • multilateral sanctions • Iranian politics • UN Security Council

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