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Two Koreas
Set Summit

Leaders of divided peninsula will
meet for first time since 2000

Aug 8, 07 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for a three-day summit at the end of the month for the first time in 7 years, Reuters reports. The summit in Pyongyang is expected to have little impact on the six-party negotiations that succeeded in inducing the North Koreans to... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • diplomacy • South Korea • Pyongyang • nuclear program

US Will Share
Nuke Fuel, Technology
With India

Civilian deal reverses US precedent

Jul 27, 07 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The United States unveiled a plan today to share nuclear fuel and technology with India, upending decades of American non-proliferation strictures, the AP reports. The deal allows only civilian uses, but critics are concerned nonetheless about the specter of an Asian  nuclear arms race. More »

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nuclear proliferation • Congress • United Nations • India • United States • nuclear • arms deal • arms race

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

IAEA Prepares for Return to Pyongyang

Previously banished watchdogs will monitor reactor shutdown

Jul 9, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Atomic Energy Association has approved its mission to North Korea, and could be inside the pariah nation this week, the BBC reports. Officials will oversee the closure of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor, a major concession the north made in February in exchange for economic and energy aid which... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • IAEA • Kim Jong Il

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

Iran Raises Nuclear Stakes

'Can Produce Uranium on Industrial Scale'

Apr 10, 07 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran claims to have scaled up its nuclear capability by enriching uranium "on an industrial scale, " the Guardian reports, in defiance of U.S. and U.N. pressure to dimantle the program. The announcement from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  is sure to heighten conflict with the White House and... More »

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Iraq • Iran • nuclear proliferation • United Nations • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ali Larijani • uranium

The Letter That Launched a War

The Post tracks the bogus document from an Italian journalist to the President's hands

Apr 3, 07 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - How the so-called "Italian Letter"—the discredited document suggesting Saddam Hussein sought to buy uranium from Niger—made its way from the hands of an Italian journalist into the President's State of the Union speech is the subject of an irresistible piece of sleuthing by  Peter Eisner in... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • nuclear proliferation • George W. Bush

(Newser) - Talk on North Korean disarmament stalled yesterday when Pyongyang refused to move forward until it receives $25 million that had been trapped in frozen accounts in Macau since February. Frustrated delegates to the six-party talks postured in return, warned that time is running out, while the U.S. said the... More »

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nuclear proliferation • North Korea • Macau • Pyongyang • disarmament

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