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  • Ahmadinejad appoints new nuclear chief

    AP – 1 hr 45 mins ago

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed a new chief for the country's nuclear program, following the abrupt resignation of its veteran head, the official IRNA news agency reported Friday.

  • Iran names new head of atomic energy body: media

    Reuters – 1 hr 47 mins ago

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's government has named a former envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog as new head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization after its head for 12 years resigned, Iranian media reported Friday.

  • NKorea faces worst crisis since 1994: think tank

    AFP – 2 hrs 1 min ago

    SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea faces its worst crisis in 15 years due to international tensions over its nuclear weapons and uncertainty about the health of leader Kim Jong-Il, a South Korean think tank said.

  • Iran nuclear arms worst threat to security: Gates

    AFP – Thu Jul 16, 9:11 pm ET

    CHICAGO (AFP) - Iran's nuclear ambitions are the greatest current threat to global security, according to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

  • UN panel issues new sanctions against North Korea

    AP – Thu Jul 16, 8:53 pm ET

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. imposed new sanctions Thursday against five North Korean officials, four companies and a state agency, and banned imports of two weapons-making materials, in a rare unified push by the world's powers to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

  • UK says could cut warheads if U.S., Russia go further

    Reuters – Thu Jul 16, 8:51 pm ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could look at further reductions in the number of its nuclear warheads, but only if the United States and Russia make deeper cuts in their arsenals than those already announced, the government said on Thursday.

  • House spending bill allows DC abortion funding

    AP – Thu Jul 16, 7:48 pm ET

    WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia government could fund abortions for the poor and take steps toward legalizing marijuana for medical purposes under a spending bill passed by the House on Thursday.

  • Iranian president casts doubt on US engagement

    AP – Thu Jul 16, 2:06 pm ET

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad railed against the U.S. in a speech Thursday, showing little indication of embracing Washington's offer of engagement, a day after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said time was running out.

  • World at 'critical moment' on nuclear arms: Brown

    AFP – Thu Jul 16, 8:28 am ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the world was at a "critical and defining moment" on nuclear weapons Thursday as the government released a report underlining its willingness to cut arms before talks in 2010.

  • Head of Iran's atomic energy body resigns: ISNA

    Reuters – Thu Jul 16, 7:16 am ET

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ISNA news agency reported on Thursday.

  • German agency says Iran years away from atom bomb

    Reuters – Wed Jul 15, 1:15 pm ET

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency said on Wednesday that Iran was probably years away from being able to produce and test an atomic bomb.

  • Gadhafi says Iran nuclear program to be supported

    AP – Wed Jul 15, 7:39 am ET

    SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says Iran should be encouraged to pursue its nuclear program as long as it is for peaceful purposes.

  • Russia says no Iran sanctions for START deal: report

    Reuters – Tue Jul 14, 5:44 am ET

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will not agree to tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program in exchange for a new nuclear arms cuts deal with Washington, Interfax news agency quoted a foreign ministry source as saying Tuesday.

  • Progress on Nukes Is Good, but 'Not Enough'

    OneWorld.net – Mon Jul 13, 4:58 pm ET

    WASHINGTON, Jul 13 (OneWorld.net) – U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev made commendable progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons at last week's Moscow summit, but much more needs to be done, say arms control groups, one of which has launched new efforts to ramp up pressure on the U.S. leader.

  • SKorea, China bid to revive NKorea nuclear talks

    AFP – Mon Jul 13, 2:25 am ET

    SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea and China have agreed to try to revive six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, after the North quit the forum and vowed to restart its atomic weapons programme.

  • British PM says Libya offers nuclear lesson to world

    AFP – Fri Jul 10, 12:51 pm ET

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that Libya's renunciation of weapons of mass destruction offered an "important lesson" amid fears over North Korea and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

  • Powers won't wait for Iran to build nuclear weapon: Obama

    AFP – Fri Jul 10, 12:42 pm ET

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - US President Barack Obama cranked up pressure on Iran by saying Friday world leaders were "appalled" at post-poll violence and would not stand idly by while Iran builds a nuclear weapon.

  • Govt could cut nuclear weapons

    AFP – Fri Jul 10, 10:54 am ET

    L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Britain could reduce its nuclear arsenal as part of a global disarmament deal to persuade Iran and North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions.

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