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 US Inviting 
 Iran to 
 Afghanistan 
 Meeting 

Rejecting Bush approach, she wants Tehran at conference table

Mar 6, 09 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has announced the US is inviting Iran to a major conference on Afghanistan this month, setting up the first possible face-to-face meeting between Tehran and the Obama administration. The secretary of state said at a NATO meeting in Brussels that Iran could play a critical role in stabilizing... More »

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Afghanistan • Iran • Hillary Clinton • NATO • secretary of State • nuclear weapons • Bill Maher • NATO summit • Obama administration • Bill Maher Grid

Israel May Strike Iran Over Nukes: Think Tank

Israeli military will strike Iran if it gets too close to nuclear breakthrough

Mar 5, 09 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel is seriously thinking about launching a military strike against Iran to keep it from becoming a nuclear power, says a new report from a Washington think tank. What's more, the timetable for such a strike is moving up because of Iran's progress on the nuclear front and its possible... More »

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Iran • Israel • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • sanctions • airstrike • Obama administration

OPINION

Crash Reminds Us of Dangers of Nuke-Armed Subs

Cold War is over, but dangerous machines still stalk the oceans

Feb 26, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The Cold War is over, and the threats of terrorism and economic collapse have made it easy to forget about the possibility of sudden, total annihilation by nuclear weapons. Until, that is, last week’s collision between French and British nuclear submarines, Clemens Höges writes for Der Spiegel. It's... More »

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nuclear weapons • ocean • nuclear reactor • crash • missile • Cold War • submarine

Tehran Has
Enough Fuel for Nuclear Bomb

Iran has more
uranium than thought, says UN agency

Feb 19, 09 9:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Here's news that won't cheer Washington as it figures out how to deal with Iran: A UN agency says the nation now has enough uranium to build a nuclear bomb. In order to do so, Tehran would have to refine it further and kick out inspectors. But it reached this... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • enriched uranium

 Crashed 
 Subs Carried 
 '1200 Hiroshimas' 

Lawmakers demand answers after British, French subs collide under the Atlantic

Feb 17, 09 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - British lawmakers are demanding to know how the flagships of the British and French nuclear submarine fleets—each carrying missiles with enough power for 1,250 Hiroshima bombings—managed to collide earlier this month, the Independent reports. Defense sources say the crash was just incredibly bad luck, but experts are... More »

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France • nuclear weapons • Hiroshima • crash • submarine • British military • Britain • French military

 British, French 
 Nuclear Subs 
 Collide 

Investigators probing possible nuclear contamination

Feb 16, 09 2:48 AM CST
(Newser) - A probe into possible nuclear contamination has been launched after British and French  submarines carrying nuke warheads collided in rough seas in the Atlantic, reports the Telegraph. Both subs were seriously damaged in the collision earlier this month that occurred despite state-of-the-art technology on both vessels dedicated to protect against... More »

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United Kingdom • France • Atlantic Ocean • nuclear weapons • crash • submarine • Britain

 69 Nuke Lab Computers Missing

Los Alamos probing thefts; Blackberry lost in 'sensitive foreign country'

Feb 12, 09 3:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The nuclear weapons lab at Los Alamos is trying to find 69 missing computers, including three stolen from a scientist's home and a Blackberry lost in "a sensitive foreign country" in the last two months, reports AP. No classified information was on the computers but they contained names and... More »

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nuclear weapons • classified information • computer security • computer • Los Alamos

Pakistan Frees Nuke Scientist Khan From House Arrest

Admitted giving secrets to North Korea, Iran

Feb 6, 09 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The Pakistani scientist who admitted to giving nuclear secrets to rogue states was freed from house arrest today, the BBC reports. Abdul Qadir Khan was pardoned in 2004 but has remained under tight restrictions; the former head of Pakistan’s nuclear program can now leave his house and receive visitors.... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • North Korea • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • nuclear weapons • Libya • Abdul Qadir Khan

 Tensions Flare 
 as N. Korea 
 Axes Pacts 
 With South 

Risk of border skirmishes looms

Jan 30, 09 2:14 AM CST
(Newser) - North Korea is unilaterally scrapping all agreements with South Korea as political and military tensions mount between the rival neighbors. The North Koreans are even repudiating the 1953 truce which ended the Korean war, reports the New York Times. Analysts see the move as a tactic to grab the attention... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear weapons • Lee Myung Bak • Kim Jung Il • Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea

(Newser) - Barack Obama may be making overtures to Iran, but Benjamin Netanyahu wants none of it. The front-runner in the race to become Israel's next prime minister said the global economic crisis pales in comparison with the threat of a nuclear Iran and its "pre-medieval view of the world,"... More »

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Iran • Israel • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • Benjamin Netanyahu • World Economic Forum • Davos • financial crisis • economic downturn

Russia Scraps Plan for Nukes Near Europe

Moscow doesn't need missiles if US ditches own program in region

Jan 28, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Russia will abandon its plans to deploy nuclear-capable missiles near Poland, the country's defense ministry said today. The Kremlin pulled back on the plan after President Obama announced a review of the Pentagon's controversial missile defense shield program in the region. The move offers an olive branch to Washington, says... More »

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Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • arms race • Dmitry Medvedev • Davos • nuclear missiles • Obama administration

 Iran Nears Nuke Breakthrough 

Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2010

Jan 28, 09 2:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran may be mere months away from amassing enough low-enriched uranium to begin the next step in developing nuclear weapons, reports the Daily Telegraph. If the regime overcomes certain technical hurdles and further enriches its uranium to weapons grade, it could potentially develop a nuclear warhead by next year, reports... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • Natanz • enriched uranium • UN Security Council • Obama administration • International Institute for Strategic Studies • Shahab-3

Nations Try
to Block Iran's Nuclear Supply

US, Europe think
Tehran is nearly
out of uranium

Jan 24, 09 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran is running out of uranium, and Western countries are stepping up diplomatic efforts to keep Tehran from replenishing its supply, the Times of London reports. Iran, which may be out of uranium in months, has so far pursued its nuclear ambitions with a stockpile acquired from South Africa... More »

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Iran • nuclear weapons • uranium enrichment • Kazakhstan • Democratic Republic of Congo • uranium • Uzbekistan • nuclear energy • yellow cake

North Korea Threatens to 'Shatter' South

Pyongyang claims to have plutonium for
4 nuclear bombs

Jan 17, 09 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - North Korea threatened to “shatter” South Korea today as reports surfaced that Pyongyang may have enough plutonium stocks to produce at least four nuclear bombs, the Guardian reports. The North said rising hostilities with Seoul compelled it to take “an all-out confrontational posture” over a disputed maritime border... More »

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Barack Obama • North Korea • South Korea • Seoul • nuclear weapons • United States • Pyongyang • plutonium

Skirting Laws, Iran Buys Bomb Parts From US Firms

Materials used to make top weapon against US troops

Jan 11, 09 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Through front firms and complex maneuvering, Iran skirts trading laws to buy bomb parts from US companies, the Washington Post reports. The equipment allows production of improvised explosive devices, or IEDS, bombs that are the leading killer of US troops in Iraq, according to Justice Department documents and a new... More »

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Iraq • Iran • nuclear weapons • US military • imports • IED • bomb • US exports • weapons

Pakistan Moves Troops Toward Indian Border

Shift comes amid tensions after Mumbai crisis

Dec 26, 08 8:40 AM CST
(AP) - Pakistan began moving thousands of troops away from the Afghan border toward India today amid tensions following the Mumbai attacks, intelligence officials said. The move represents a sharp escalation in the standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbors and will hurt Pakistan's US-backed campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban taking place near... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • India • nuclear weapons • Mumbai • border • al-Qaeda • Pakistan army

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

 Obama to Fill 
 WMD Post 
 Bush Ignored 

Dem has long focused on stopping proliferation of nuclear, chemical arms

Dec 3, 08 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - President-elect Obama will hire an official to oversee efforts to stop terrorists from gaining nuclear and biological weapons, the Boston Globe reports, a position the Bush administration approved but left unfilled. Such efforts are currently spread among many agencies, and a report predicting a deadly attack within 5 years using... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear proliferation • Joe Biden • North Korea • terrorism • Pakistan • nuclear weapons • WMD • Janet Napolitano • bioterrorism • President Obama

 Iran Boosts Uranium Stockpile 

UN reports finds country may already have enough for bomb

Nov 20, 08 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran is rapidly moving forward with its nuclear program and may already have enriched enough uranium to take the next step toward building a nuclear bomb, the Financial Times reports. The uranium will need more enrichment to reach weapons-grade levels, say UN experts, who believe the country will wait until... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • atomic bomb • uranium • enriched uranium

Are Cold War's Lost Nukes Still Ticking?

Dozens of weapons lost in accidents decades ago are still out there and still deadly

Nov 15, 08 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Dozens of American A-bombs lost in Cold War accidents are corroding around the world, Der Spiegel reports. The US admits to misplacing 11, but German nuclear expert Otfried Nassauer says up to 50 went down, mostly in plane crashes. Bombers either collided with tanker planes or, short on fuel, plunged... More »

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nuclear weapons • US military • Cold War • atomic bomb • radiation • warheads

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