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 Iran Confirms Secret 
 2nd Nuclear Lab 

Tehran preempts Obama accusation, admits to underground enrichment site

Sep 25, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran confirmed today that it has built a second uranium enrichment site in an underground facility hidden from weapons inspectors—a revelation coming just hours before Barack Obama and other Western leaders were prepared to disclose it. The US has been tracking the secret project for years, officials say, but... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • IAEA • nuclear weapons • sanctions • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • nuclear enrichment • G20 • Qom

ANALYSIS

Russia Shifts on Iran, But Why Remains Unclear

Did Obama convince Medvedev, or is it quid pro quo, Ambinder wonders

Sep 23, 09 8:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Has the US finally convinced Russia that reining in Iran is in both countries’ common interest? Or are indications today that Russia could support sanctions on the rogue nuclear program part of a quid-pro-quo arrangement that President Obama launched last week by shelving the Eastern European missile shield? Marc Ambinder... More »

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Iran • Russia • nuclear program • Dmitry Medvedev • international sanctions • quid pro quo • President Obama • Marc Ambinder

 Russia Silent 
 on Iran Concessions 

Critics charge that Obama may have scrapped missile shield for nothing

Sep 19, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - While Russia's leaders praised President Obama's decision to drop plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe yesterday, they were conspicuously silent on whether they would, in return, join the West in pressuring Iran to halt its nuclear program, the New York Times reports. If Russia doesn't start taking a... More »

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Iran • Russia • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • missile defense system • Dmitry Medvedev • Obama administration

OPINION

 Obama's Forcing 
 Israel to Attack Iran 

President accused of 'outsourcing' action against Iran's nuclear program

Sep 15, 09 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities now looks inevitable and President Obama appears to be doing his best to speed the process along, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal. The president has accepted Iran's offer for talks—despite Iran making it clear that its nuclear program won't... More »

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Iran • Israel • diplomacy • nuclear weapons • Benjamin Netanyahu • nuclear program • nuclear facilities • President Obama • preemptive strike

 US Agrees to Iran Talks  

Iran says nukes not on the table, but White House will try anyway

Sep 12, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has accepted an offer from Iran to hold direct talks on a range of issues, the New York Times reports, despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's insistence that the country's nuclear enrichment program will not be on the negotiating table. State Department officials say they will still press Iran on the... More »

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Iran • diplomacy • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • State Department • nuclear program • Obama administration

North Korea Pokes World Again on Nukes

Pyongyang reports progress on uranium
for weapons program

Sep 3, 09 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea’s official news agencies say the country “is in the concluding stage” of uranium enrichment key to a nuclear-weapons program, the BBC reports—the latest instance of the outlaw regime thumbing its nose at a disapproving international community. “Reprocessing of spent fuel rods is at its... More »

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North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • international sanctions

 Iran Reopens 
 Nuke Negotiations 

Tehran will present 'updated' package to US, others in Germany today

Sep 2, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran will present an "updated nuclear package" at talks with five UN Security Council nations and Germany today, according to state-run Iranian television. The Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator promised to "cooperate in order to alleviate mutual preoccupations"—days after Angela Merkel threatened stiffer sanctions if Iran... More »

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Iran • Angela Merkel • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Saeed Jalili • weapons of mass destruction • UN Security Council

US Near Deal
to Restart Mideast Talks

West will get tough
on Iran; Israel will freeze settlements

Aug 25, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In exchange for a tougher US and European line on a nuclear Iran, Israel is prepared to freeze the majority of settlement construction in Palestinian territory, paving the way for renewed Mideast peace talks, the Guardian reports. The groundwork—George Mitchell and Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to hammer out... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Mahmoud Abbas • Benjamin Netanyahu • economic sanctions • nuclear program • Israel and Palestinians • Mideast peace talks • Obama administration • President Obama • settlements

OPINION

Bolton: Israel May Strike Iran by December

Jerusalem gets what Obama doesn't, writes ex-UN ambassador

Jul 29, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Jerusalem recently to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran, but according to John Bolton, "relations between the US and Israel are more strained now than at any time since the 1956 Suez Canal crisis." Israel understands what the Obama administration does not—... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Robert Gates • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • John Bolton • negotiations • Obama administration • preemptive strike

(Newser) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took square aim at Iran's nuclear ambitions today, bluntly warning Tehran that "Your pursuit is futile." Clinton’s statements mark a step back from her musings earlier this week about creating a “defense umbrella” to protect other Middle Eastern countries from a... More »

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Iran • Hillary Clinton • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Meet the Press

OPINION

 Israel Should Attack Iran 


Jun 11, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - No matter who wins tomorrow’s presidential election in Iran, the threat of its nuclear program won’t go away, and that’s why Israel should attack sooner rather than later, writes former UN ambassador John Bolton in the Wall Street Journal. Attacking Iran now won’t be... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Israel • nuclear program • John Bolton • mullahs • Iran war

 N. Korea Set to Launch 
 2nd Long-Range Missile 

Weapon may be launched when S. Korea prez visits DC

Jun 1, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea is preparing to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile, according to South Korean media reports. Pyongyang is said to have moved its most advanced missile, whose 4,000 mile range puts Alaska within striking distance, to a brand-new launch pad and has forbidden ships from sailing the waters off... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • missile • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear missiles • Lee Myung-bak

ANALYSIS

North Korea's Real Aim May Be to Peddle Nukes to Others

Sale of weapons, info is true threat from secretive regime

May 26, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea's nuclear test yesterday makes it no likelier that the rogue state will actually launch a weapon of mass destruction, argues AP analyst Robert Burns. What it does suggest is something perhaps even scarier: that the regime may facilitate the nuclear ambitions of other state actors or even... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Barack Obama • North Korea • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Kim Jong Il • weapons of mass destruction • nuclear test

(AP) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proposed a face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama at the United Nations if he is re-elected next month as Iran's president. But at a news conference today, Ahmadinejad balanced the offer with a sharp rebuke to Washington and its allies over Iran's nuclear program. He reiterated that Iran... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • economic sanctions • nuclear program • President Obama

 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

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

US Frets as Pakistan Rapidly Expands Nukes

Weapons program complicates Obama's Af-Pak strategy

May 18, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan is rapidly building its nuclear arsenal even as it struggles to fight a growing insurgency, reports the New York Times. While Washington remains concerned about the security of Pakistan's 80 to 100 existing weapons, the country is producing uranium and on its way to manufacturing bomb-grade plutonium. US legislators... More »

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Afghanistan • Congress • Taliban • Pakistan • nuclear program • Carl Levin • nuclear safety • Obama administration

Arab Prince
Linked to
Taped Beatings
of 25 Others

New blow to UAE's relationship with US

May 3, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United Arab Emirates prince whose torture video has shaken relations with the US has been accused of 25 other attacks on people that have been videotaped, the Guardian reports. The American who smuggled out the first tape has more than two hours of video footage showing attacks involving Sheikh... More »

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torture • nuclear program • United Arab Emirates • tape • taped beating • prince • Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan

 Two Koreas Agree 
 to Rare Meeting 

Will discuss shared factory complex amid international tension

Apr 19, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea has agreed to North Korea's rare request for talks over a shared factory park, Reuters reports. South Korea will send 10 envoys north of the border Tuesday to discuss the Kaesong complex, where the North has been holding a South Korean worker for weeks after he derided its... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • nuclear program • factory • rocket • meeting • Kaesong

(AP) - Iran's president said today he is willing to build a new relationship with the United States, adding that he is preparing new proposals aimed at breaking the impasse with the West over his country's nuclear program. "The Iranian nation is a generous nation," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a rally.... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear program • uranium enrichment • negotiations • Obama administration • President Obama

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