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 Obama: We Will Sanction Iran 

Obama ups pressure on Tehran, North Korea in South Korean speech

Nov 19, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama offered his toughest talk yet on nuclear issues today in a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Obama blasted Iran for turning down a deal to turn their nuclear stockpiles into fuel rods, “for internal political reasons, or perhaps because they are stuck in... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • North Korea • South Korea • sanctions • international sanctions • Lee Myung-bak • President Obama • Iranian nuclear program

 Ahmadinejad Backs 
 Nuke Deal—in Some Form 

But Iran won't retreat 'even an iota' on right to program

Oct 29, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(AP) - Iran will not give up its nuclear program but is ready to cooperate with the West, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech today. It's Western powers that have moved, he said in a speech on state television, “from confrontation to interaction” with Iran on the nuclear issue so that... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • IAEA • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • uranium enrichment • uranium

Obama Had Hand in Secret Talks With Iran

Worked out deal with France, Russia to process uranium

Oct 20, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama personally stepped in multiple times during the secret multinational talks with Iran that led up to the negotiations that began yesterday in Vienna, White House sources tell Time. When Iran put the word out that it needed enriched uranium plates for its aging research reactor, the Obama... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • France • nuclear program

OPINION

Iran Not Nearly as Crazy as Neocons Claim

Its leaders aren't stupid—and deterrence can work: Greenway

Oct 6, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has no nuclear bomb, but already the old Bush-Cheney chorus has returned to insist it's time for another war in the Middle East. It's true that sanctions may not stop Iran from ramping up its nuclear program, but that doesn't mean that deterrence and diplomacy can't help, writes Boston ... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Israel • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • neoconservatives • deterrent

North Korea Weighs Return to Nuke Talks

Depends on meeting with US, Kim Jong Il tells China premier

Oct 5, 09 7:14 PM CDT
(AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier today that the North was prepared to return to multi-nation disarmament talks depending on progress in its two-way negotiations with the US. Kim's comments were the clearest sign yet that Pyongyang was readying to resume the six-nation talks it withdrew from... More »

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China • nuclear proliferation • North Korea • Wen Jiabao • Kim Jong Il • nuclear test • six-party talks

Obama to Tighten Bush's Iran Sanctions

White House will apply pressure unilaterally
on world trading

Sep 29, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration’s plan to sanction Iran looks a lot like that of his predecessor. Officials say that if nuclear talks with Iran fail, they will likely tighten enforcement of Bush sanctions rather than impose new ones, the Washington Post reports. Obama has even retained the top architect... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear proliferation • economic sanctions • nuclear program • UN sanctions • Obama administration

 Obama-Led 
 Security Council 
 OKs Nuke Resolution 

US-drafted measure strengthened by Obama appearance at meeting

Sep 24, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN Security Council today adopted a US-drafted resolution that outlines much of President Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The president’s attendance at the meeting of heads of state—just the fifth in UN history—underscores the centrality of the issue for his administration.... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • nuclear weapons • UN Security Council • UN resolution • Obama administration • President Obama • head of state

 Obama Scores on Nuclear Proliferation at UN 

Manages to get Russia and China to cooperate

Sep 24, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama scored two significant victories at the UN yesterday, cajoling Dmitry Medvedev into saying he would get behind tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran, and convincing both Russia and China to support a resolution strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Publicly the administration wouldn’t acknowledge any quid-pro-quo, but several official... More »

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China • Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • United Nations • UN sanctions • Dmitry Medvedev

analysis

Paranoid Russia Poses
Big Test for Obama

President's trip to Moscow will be hard work, no fun

Jul 3, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last time Barack Obama went to Russia, he and another senator were detained by border guards for hours—and his upcoming trip won't be much fun either, say the editors of the Economist. Russia's economy is beholden to unstable oil and gas prices, the country's mortality rate is spiking,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Dmitry Medvedev • arms control

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

(Newser) - The five permanent members of the UN Security Council have agreed on a draft resolution to step up sanctions against North Korea in response to its nuclear testing, the BBC reports. With Japan and South Korea also on board, passage by the full 15-member council is all but assured. The... More »

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(AP) - Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood together today on thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions and furthering a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states. "We want peace. We want dialogue. We want to help them develop. But we do not want military nuclear weapons... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Guantanamo Bay • D-Day • Normandy

 North: Korean War Is Back On 

North declares end to peace deal, restarts its nuclear plant

May 27, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - North Korea warned today that it no longer considers itself bound by the 1953 truce that brought the Korean War to an effective—but not official—end. The country said South Korea's announcement yesterday that it is joining a US-led initiative to stop ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • South Korea • Pyongyang • truce • Korean War • Proliferation Security Initiative

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

(Newser) - American officials believe North Korea’s increasingly hostile foreign policy is the result of a power shift quietly taking place in the secretive nation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Analysts note that North Korea withdrew from nuclear talks shortly after Kim Jong Il’s suspected stroke, and say the leader’... More »

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OPINION

 Obama Speaks 
 Softly, Carries 
 ... You Know 
 the Rest 

President trades macho for cool

Apr 8, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama didn't swagger through his European road trip, but that doesn't mean he isn't ready to play hardball. "If George W. Bush was a cowboy, Obama is a group hug," writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. The contrast between Obama, who's still establishing his presidential... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Barack Obama • North Korea • diplomacy • Kim Jong Il • Obama administration • Kathleen Parker • President Obama

Nukes? Climate Change? Love 'Em to Death

Newsweek scribe lists
a few issues pundits
may misunderstand

Apr 5, 09 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Few so-called experts predicted the subprime meltdown or the September 11 attacks, Jacob Weisberg writes in Newsweek—so what else might the pundits be wrong about?
  • Nukes are bad: An influential political scientist “argues that possessing nukes induces restraint and caution, causing irresponsible regimes to behave more responsibly.
... More »

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China • climate change • nuclear proliferation • September 11 • homeownership • subprime crisis

 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

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

New Evidence Suggests Iranian Missile Program

Metal shipments, banking activities come under US scrutiny

Jan 16, 09 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - New evidence suggests that Iran may be evading international sanctions, importing high-performance metals that could be used to build long-range weaponry, US security and law enforcement officials tell the Wall Street Journal. One invoice shows a shipment of metals going to an Iranian company through an intermediary. UAE officials,... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • nuclear program • nuclear missiles • UAE • titanium • tungsten copper

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