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Iran Balks
at UN Plan
on Nukes

Now wants to buy fuel, not ship uranium to Russia for enrichment

Oct 23, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(AP) - State TV says Iran wants to buy nuclear fuel it needs for a research reactor rather than accept the UN deal negotiated earlier this week, in which much of Iran's uranium would be shipped to Russia for further enrichment. The response will come as a disappointment to the US, Russia,... More »

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Iran • Russia • Tehran • uranium enrichment • nuclear arsenal • nuclear energy

 Clinton: 
 Taliban 
 Threat to 
 Pakistan 
 Is Rising 


But secretary, on European tour, sees no danger of nukes falling into terrorist hands

Oct 11, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(AP) - An audacious Taliban attack on Pakistan's army headquarters shows there is a growing terrorist threat to the nuclear-armed US ally, Hillary Clinton said today. The secretary of state, speaking at a joint news conference with British counterpart David Miliband, added that while extremists were "increasingly threatening the authority of... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Taliban • Pakistan • David Miliband • Pakistan militants • nuclear arsenal

 UN Report: Iran Able 
 to Make Nuclear Bomb 

Nation has sufficient data, says 'tentative' IAEA conclusion

Oct 3, 09 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran may be closer to making a nuclear weapon than thought: A controversial report by the UN nuclear agency concludes that Tehran has "sufficient information to be able to design and produce" such a device. What's more, Iran has gone beyond just acquiring information from rogue experts and has... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • International Atomic Energy Agency • atomic bomb • uranium • nuclear arsenal

Ahmadinejad: Obama Made 'Big Mistake' Over Nukes

Tehran didn't hide
new facility, he insists

Oct 3, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(AP) - Iran's president hit back today at President Obama's accusation that his country had sought to hide construction of a new nuclear site, arguing that Tehran reported the facility to the UN even earlier than required. "The US president made a big and historic mistake," said Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. "... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • enriched uranium • nuclear arsenal • Qom

(Newser) - The US will tell Iran next week that it must open all its nuclear sites for inspection within 3 months, turn over any related documents, and make scientists available for questions. Tehran also may be ordered to allow inspectors into its newly revealed uranium-enrichment plant within days. The revelation of... More »

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Iran • Tehran • nuclear • uranium enrichment • nuclear arsenal • nuclear energy

 Obama Demands Inquiry 
 Into Iran Nuke Plant 

US, France, Britain threaten sanctions

Sep 25, 09 7:59 AM CDT
(AP) - President Obama and the leaders of France and Britain demanded today that Iran fully disclose its nuclear ambitions "or be held accountable" to an impatient world community. They threatened new sanctions after the disclosure of a secret Iranian nuclear facility. "Iran is breaking rules that all nations must... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • uranium enrichment • nuclear arsenal • President Obama

 Obama to 
 Pentagon: 
 Scale Back 
 Nuke Arsenal 

President rejects Defense review, plans international deal

Sep 21, 09 7:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama rejected the first draft of a Pentagon report on the US nuclear arsenal and is demanding a radical review ahead of deep cuts, according to the Guardian. The president, whose stated goal is the complete abolition of nuclear weapons, wants to see a range of options: cutting the... More »

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Barack Obama • United Nations • Pentagon • nuclear weapons • Department of Defense • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal

 We'll Dump Nukes If 
 Everybody Does: Putin 

German leader echoes 'global zero' aim

Jun 10, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Russian PM Vladimir Putin says his country is willing to abandon nuclear weapons if the US and all other nuclear-armed countries do the same. Putin was speaking at a meeting with Germany's foreign minister, who said earlier that the idea of scrapping nuclear arms altogether was a real prospect. The... More »

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Russia • Germany • Vladimir Putin • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal • President Obama

(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

 Iran Claims to Launch 
 Long-Range Missile 

Ahmadinejad reports new test of arms that could reach Israel

May 20, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran test-fired a new advanced missile today with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims. The reported launch comes two days after Barack Obama said he would seek deeper international sanctions against Iran if it shunned US attempts to... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • missile • weapons • nuclear arsenal • nuclear test

Missile Shield Useless Against Iran's Arsenal: Study

System wouldn't protect Europe; Iran far from nuclear missiles

May 19, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US missile shield planned for eastern Europe wouldn’t protect the continent from threats posed by Iranian missiles, a team of American and Russian scientists found. Further, the Washington Post notes, it will be more than 5 years before Iran can build nuclear warheads and missiles to launch them,... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • missile defense system • scientists • nuclear arsenal • nuclear missiles • Obama administration • report • President Obama

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

US Worries Grow Over Weakened Pakistan's Nukes

But Pakistani officials call concerns 'overblown rhetoric'

May 4, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The growing insurgency in Pakistan has heightened US worries about the security of the country’s nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reports. Some fear militants could steal weapons in transport or get access to nuclear facilities. President Obama says he’s “confident” that the stock is “secure,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • nuclear weapons • Pakistan militants • nuclear arsenal • al-Qaeda • insurgency • President Obama

 Obama, Medvedev Agree 
 to New Nuclear Arms Talks 

President will visit Moscow in July

Apr 1, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged to "move beyond Cold War mentalities" at their first ever meeting, at the American ambassador's residence in London. The two presidents agreed to negotiate a new weapons treaty that would see both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles—the first such... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Cold War • WMD • Dmitry Medvedev • nuclear arsenal

North Korean Troops
on War Alert

Nuclear state prepares 'satellite' launch that US fears is missile test

Mar 9, 09 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is warning that troops are on full combat alert as its southern neighbor preps for an annual military exercise with the US, BBC reports. The nuclear nation also threatened war if a "satellite" it plans to deploy soon is disturbed. South Korea and the US believe that... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • war • threats • Kim Jong Il • nuclear arsenal • nuclear missiles

(AP) - Hillary Clinton, declaring a fresh start for relations with Russia, has predicted that the two nations would complete a new arms reduction treaty by year-end and find common ground on other major issues as well, the AP reports. Upbeat and often smiling, both Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov... More »

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Russia • Hillary Clinton • Sergei Lavrov • treaty • nuclear arsenal

Obama Seeks Deal With
Russia to Slash Nuclear Arms

Talks could reduce stockpiles by 80%

Feb 3, 09 8:11 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama plans to restart aggressive talks with Russia aimed at reducing both nations' nuclear arsenals by 80% to 1,000 warheads each, the Times of London reports. Obama will set up a special White House office to oversee the talks, aimed at forging a treaty to replace the 1991... More »

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Russia • Vladimir Putin • arms control • nuclear arsenal • President Obama

GLOSSIES

 Biggest 
 Stories 
 You Didn't 
 Hear in '08 

Catching up on the stuff blotted out by the election and financial crisis

Dec 17, 08 7:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Election coverage and reports on the financial crisis ate up much of the media's attention in '08—while some major news stories went under-reported. Time runs down the biggest:
  1. A Pentagon gaffe accidentally sent nuclear warhead fuses to Taiwan in 2006; the mix-up was noted this year—by the
... More »

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Pentagon • FDA • mental health • Sri Lanka • list • civil war • nuclear arsenal • Congo • genetically modified meat • Best of 2008

OPINION

 West Should Buy Out 
 Pakistan's Nukes 

Trading needed aid dollars for elimination of WMDs would be cheap compared to bailout

Dec 16, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal has done nothing to steady its economy or deter terrorism, Bret Stephens notes in the Wall Street Journal—so why not sell it to the West? Pakistan has already lobbied for economic aid; for eliminating “its entire nuclear stockpile and the industrial base that sustains... More »

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Pakistan • nuclear weapons • nuclear disarmament • Asif Ali Zardari • nuclear arsenal • international aid • President Obama • economic aid

Pakistan Moves to Mend Fences With India

Zadari extends olive branch, proposes economic union

Nov 24, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan has proposed an economic pact and a general détente with India, marking the country’s friendliest overture in decades, the Financial Times reports. Asif Ali Zardari promised not to use his nuclear first-strike capabilities, a departure from Pakistan’s official policy, and offered to join India in... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Pakistan • India • trade • Asif Ali Zardari • nuclear arsenal

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