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Putin Threatens to Pull Out of Nuke Treaty

Confronts Rice, Gates over missile shield in Eastern Europe

Oct 12, 07 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vladimir Putin kicked off a meeting with Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates today in Moscow by threatening to withdraw from a treaty governing intermediate-range nuclear missiles unless it was expanded to include other countries. The pugnacious Russian president also warned his American visitors not to push ahead with the missile... More »

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Russia • missile shield • Robert Gates • Condoleezza Rice • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • Sergei Lavrov

Radiation Weapon Plot Comes to Light

Cold War scheme included assassination, broad contamination

Oct 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Newly declassified Army documents reveal the US mulled the use of a radioactive weapon to assassinate “important individuals” and contaminate “critical areas for long periods of time.” The heavily censored records date to 1948 and show the weapon was approved for development at the highest levels, reports... More »

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Japan • censorship • nuclear weapons • US Army • Cold War • atomic bomb • radiation

Only Details Left in North Korea Disarmament

Delegates head home to talk 'nuts and bolts' with their governments

Sep 30, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea’s nuclear disarmament seems near at hand. Delegates from six-party negotiations returned home today to walk their governments through the plan's “nuts and bolts.” The talks fleshed out Korea’s February pledge to disarm for fuel aid. “Assuming we go forward with this, it lays... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • South Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • nuclear • negotiations

Korea Denies Secret Nuclear Pact with Syria

China cancels talks after Israeli raid
raises suspicions

Sep 18, 07 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea and Syria each strongly denied a secret nuclear alliance today, after an Israeli raid in Syria, rumored to be aimed at a nuclear installation, raised suspicions. North Korea called the pact a fabrication designed to stall progress in its multi-national nuclear negotiations, while a state-run Syrian newspaper said... More »

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China • nuclear proliferation • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear weapons

Israeli Raid
on Syria Had Iran in Sights

Hush-hush attack may have targeted North Korean nukes

Sep 17, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arab governments aren’t talking too loudly about the reported Israeli bombing of Syrian territory two weeks ago.  They’re waiting to see what the fallout is, Newsweek notes, for the real intended target—Syrian sponsor Iran. The raid appears to have been a signal that Israel will act... More »

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Iran • Israel • North Korea • Syria • nuclear weapons • United States • John Bolton • Damascus

France Warns of War with Iran

World should 'prepare for the worst," says foreign minister

Sep 17, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner yesterday threatened war with Iran to  halt its nuclear weapons program. France favors negotiations and sanctions but the world should prepare for military action if all else fails, he said in an interview on French TV. Iranian nuclear weapons would pose "a real danger... More »

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Iran • United Nations • European Union • France • nuclear weapons • sanctions • war • Bernard Kouchner

Al-Qaeda Threat Worse Than Before 9/11

British think tank says they've rebuilt ability for major US attack

Sep 13, 07 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda has revived and is capable of pulling off another 9/11, a London think tank has concluded. The US has “failed to deal a death blow to al-Qaeda,” which has extended its influence and is now stronger than it was six years ago, the British strategic institute warned... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • nuclear weapons • September 11 • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Nukes Go Missing in Mix-Up

B-52 flies cross-country with five warheads mistakenly attached

Sep 5, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five nuclear warheads were briefly unaccounted for last week, the Military Times reports, when the warheads were not removed from missiles carried by a B-52 bomber prior to its flight from North Dakota to Louisiana. Though the weapons were in Air Force control at all times and there was no... More »

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Air Force • nuclear weapons • disappearance • b 52 • warheads

N. Korea Agrees to Ban Nukes

Move could lead to friendlier relations with US

Sep 2, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea has promised to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the BBC reports, possibly paving the way for warmer relations between the US and a country it now lists as a supporter of terror. After meeting with representatives from the North, US negotiator... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • South Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • United States • Christopher Hill • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • Kim Jong Il

US May Take North Korea Off Terror List

Status change could come before nukes
are dismantled

Aug 30, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US may be willing to remove North Korea from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, qualifying the country for American aid and World Bank loans, before Pyongyang has dismantled its nuclear weapons program. In the run-up to talks with North Korean officials in Geneva this weekend, the lead... More »

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North Korea • terrorism • nuclear weapons • United States • list • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • Chris Hill • Geneva

French Prez Warns of 'Bombing Iran' Over Nukes

Sarko calls for
more sanctions

Aug 28, 07 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a bead on Iran in his first major foreign policy speech yesterday, suggesting that if Iran's nuclear weapons program wasn't halted, bombing could be the only alternative. He called Iran's atomic ambitions "without doubt the most serious crisis that weighs today on the international... More »

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Iran • Nouri al-Maliki • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • nuclear weapons • Bernard Kouchner

Hillary to Barack: 'Don't Even Do as I Say'

Clinton chided Obama for untabling nukes— like she did last year

Aug 10, 07 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A year before Hillary Clinton blasted Barack Obama’s prohibition on nukes against Pakistan, she made one on using them in Iran. The AP reports the frontrunner’s head-shaking rebuke last week—no “president should make any blanket statements” about nuke use—doesn't jibe with her own position last... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Pakistan • presidential campaign • nuclear weapons • Election 2008

Clinton, Obama in Nuke War

Candidates square off over use of A-bombs on al-Qaeda

Aug 2, 07 6:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in a Cold War of words over how their putative administrations would handle the US nuclear arsenal. Clinton launched a scathing attack on Obama's apparent reluctance to deploy nukes against al-Qaeda, calling "blanket statements with respect to the use or nonuse of... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • nuclear weapons • al-Qaeda • Election 2008 • presidential election

Deal Close
on Disarming Nukes

North Korean talks extended, agreement near, says upbeat Hill

Jul 19, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Negotiators were optimistic they're close to forging an agreement as early as tomorrow on a deadline for North Korea to permanently close down its nuclear facilities and reveal details of its nuclear weapons program, Reuters reports. The deadline could be as soon as the end of the year. The North... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • Christopher Hill • Yongbyon • International Atomic Energy Agency

North Korea Shuts Down Reactor

UN nuclear inspectors to confirm claim; first fuel oil shipment arrives

Jul 14, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea claimed to have shut down the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon today, just hours after a ship arrived bearing the first installment of the fuel oil that  was promised in exchange for closing the reactor. UN inspectors are headed to the site to confirm the shutdown, the first major... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Yongbyon • nuclear reactor • nuclear program

North Korea Seeks Military Talks With US

US parries request, stands firm on push to end nuclear programs

Jul 13, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the eve of the arrival of UN observers monitoring the shutdown of its main nuclear plant, North Korea today appealed for direct military talks with the US. But Washington insists that the elimination of Pyongyang's nuclear-weapons program takes precedence, the Voice of America reports, and a South Korean expert... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • South Korea • IAEA • nuclear weapons • Pyongyang • Six nation talks

US Goes One-on-One With N. Korea

Top envoy dispatched to Pyongyang as nuke talks get serious

Jun 21, 07 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a sudden reversal of White House strategy, envoy Christopher Hill has been dispatched to North Korea for direct talks on dismantling the nation's nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reports. The move came just hours after the US released $25 million in frozen North Korean funds that had stalled... More »

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North Korea • nuclear weapons • Christopher Hill • Yongbyon • nuclear program

US and Russia Lock Horns over Kosovo, Missile Shield

Cold War fault lines rumble
at prelim G-8 summit

May 31, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Condi Rice butted heads during a sit-down with G-8 foreign ministers yesterday, over US plans to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield in the region. The entire group endorsed freeing Kosovo from Serbian control, the Washington Post reports, except... More »

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Russia • Serbia • missile shield • Poland • anti missile bases • Condoleezza Rice • nuclear weapons • Czech Republic • United States • Sergei Lavrov • Kosovo • independence • G8 summit • missile

Russia Tests New Missile System

Russian nuclear arsenal can now circumvent defense shields

May 30, 07 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia tested a new line of missiles yesterday that the Kremlin claims can penetrate any defense system. Putin took the opportunity to reiterate his warning that the US plan to to deploy an anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic will turn the region into a "powder keg,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • missile shield • anti missile bases • nuclear weapons • RS 24 • ICBMS • missile

Bush Urges Stiffer Sanctions
on Iran

Iran persists in building nukes,
against UN orders

May 24, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush called for tougher sanctions against Iran today, a day after a new report showed the country is continuing its nuclear enrichment programs. Bush vowed to form a multinational bloc with Russia, China, and European allies to pressure Iran into ceasing its nuclear aspirations, reports the Washington Post. More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Europe • IAEA • nuclear weapons • sanctions • International Atomic Energy Agency

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