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 North Korea 
 Conducts Nuke Test 

First test since 2006 draws international condemnation

May 25, 09 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea announced today it had successfully conducted its first nuclear test since 2006, catching the South and the US off guard and drawing a swift denunciation from Barack Obama. The underground test produced a 4.7-magnitude earthquake, but as with the previous test, it remains unclear whether the North... More »

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Barack Obama • North Korea • South Korea • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • nuclear program • Kim Jong Il • UN Security Council • nuclear test

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Powell to Rush: 
 I'm Not Leaving GOP 

Rove blasts Obama; Joint Chiefs head backs gays in military

May 24, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, Rush Limbaugh: Colin Powell isn’t leaving the Republican Party. Striking back at critics, the general burnished his GOP credentials on Face the Nation today. “Rush will not get his wish, and Mr Cheney was misinformed” about Powell’s supposed exit from the party. Powell added that if... More »

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Iran • Dick Cheney • Rush Limbaugh • nuclear weapons • Colin Powell

 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

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Cheney: I'm 
 Speaking Out 
 to Keep US Safe 

Petraeus says US routing al-Qaeda; Gingrich likens torture talk to McCarthyism

May 10, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation, Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Taliban • Newt Gingrich • Pakistan • David Petraeus • nuclear weapons • Jim Jones • Asif Ali Zardari

Iran 6 Months From Nuke-Ready: Report

Senate report warns uranium stockpile could cause regional arms race

May 8, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Experts believe Iran could be only 6 months away from having enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb, CNN reports. While there's no indication Iran is preparing to build a bomb, the status of the country's nuclear program remains largely unknown, and its uranium stockpile has the potential to destabilize... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • uranium enrichment • enriched uranium • Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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

 N Korea Relaunches Nuke Plant 

Country makes disclosure hours after UN sanctions announced

Apr 25, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has begun harvesting weapons-grade plutonium from its spent nuclear fuel rods, the BBC reports. The official announcement comes on the heels of UN sanctions against three North Korean companies accused of helping the country with its long-range rocket launch earlier this month. Pyongyang called the sanctions—which freeze... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • plutonium • nuclear fuel

UN Pressure Is 'Declaration of War': N. Korea

Outrage over rocket launch makes conflict
'a matter of time'

Apr 18, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea will consider pressure from Western nations over its recent rocket launch to be a  "declaration of war," Pyongyang said today. The nation is already increasing its "defense capability including nuclear deterrent in every way" due to US and UN criticism of the launch, which... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • sanctions • UN Security Council • DPRK • deterrent • declaration of war

N. Korea Says It's Done With Nuke Talks

UN's 'unbearable insult' sparks threat to re-start plutonium production 

Apr 14, 09 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has vowed to never again take part in talks over its nuclear program after the "unbearable insult" of the UN Security Council's condemnation of its rocket launch, the BBC reports. A strongly worded statement from the country's foreign ministry also threatened to reactivate its partially dismantled nuclear... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • Yongbyon • missile • six party talks • UN Security Council

UPDATED

 UN Condemns 
 N. Korea's Rocket Launch 

Statement demands end to nuclear program, proposes more sanctions

Apr 13, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A week after North Korea's rocket launch, the UN Security Council today condemned the action, demanding an end to missile tests and vowing to expand sanctions against the reclusive nation. The statement, agreed upon by all 15 members and read at a formal meeting of the UN's most powerful body,... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • sanctions • missile • UN resolution

(Newser) - The US wants to be a direct party to nuclear talks between Iran and the UN, CNN reports. Washington had stayed away from earlier negotiations because it has no diplomatic relationship with the country, but the State Department said today it had asked an EU official to invite Iran to... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear power • Germany • European Union • State Department • nuclear weapons • United States • uranium enrichment • negotiations • UN Security Council

 N. Korea Fetes Rocket, 
 Kim's Imminent 'Re-Election' 

Tens of thousands turn up to celebrate rocket launch

Apr 8, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands celebrated North Korea’s weekend rocket launch on the streets of Pyongyang today, a day ahead of a meeting in which the communist state’s new parliament is expected to re-elect Kim Jong Il. The satellite launch and the rally are a timed effort to increase support... More »

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North Korea • communism • nuclear weapons • rocket • Kim Jong Il

China Firm Sold Illegal Nuke Materials to Iran: Prosecutors

Company said to have sent tons of supplies, breaching UN rules

Apr 7, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York officials today charged a Chinese businessman with illegally selling tons of materials to Iran that could be used to make rockets and nuclear weapons, the New York Times reports. Sales in 2006-08 of tungsten and other metals, often through shell firms, break UN rules, prosecutors say. Li Fang... More »

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China • Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • nuclear • sales • indictment • rockets

 Korea Launch Signals 
 Troubling Progress 

Experts believe 'satellite' failure was moderately successful missile test

Apr 6, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's weekend rocket launch failed in the third stage, and its payload—be it friendly satellite or naked nuclear ambition—lies at the bottom of the Pacific, but the test shows alarming progress, experts tell the Los Angeles Times. Analysts dismiss North Korea's claims that a satellite made it... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • missile • satellite • rocket • Kim Jong Il

 Obama Pitches 
 Nuke Drawdown, 
 Slams Korean Launch 

Pledges 'concrete steps' from US; says new treaty in the works

Apr 5, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama laid out his vision for a worldwide nuclear drawdown before a vast audience in Prague today, the New York Times reports, taking the opportunity to lambaste North Korea's rocket test yesterday and urge the UN Security Council to punish Pyongyang. “This provocation underscores the need for action,... More »

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nuclear weapons • Prague • speech • nuclear disarmament • Obama administration • President Obama

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

 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

Russia to Build 6 New Nuclear Submarines

Russian navy beefing up nuclear capacity with cruise missile-equipped subs

Mar 28, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia is building at least six new nuclear submarines equipped with long-distance cruise missiles, according to state-connected news agency Itar-Tass. One is expected to be on line by 2011, the rest by 2017. A Russian defense ministry source say the missiles, capable of carrying low-capacity nuclear warheads, "would be... More »

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Russia • nuclear weapons • missile • submarine • Russian military

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