Annan Warns Against Escalation In Iran Nuclear Dispute
Washington DC (AFP) Feb 13, 2006
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged Iran Monday to take steps by March to enable talks on its nuclear program to resume and warned against actions that might escalate its tense dispute with the West.
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China's Economic Support Of NKorea Undermines US-led Sanctions
Seoul, SKorea (UPI) Feb 13, 2006
U.S.-led financial sanctions against North Korea can hardly bear fruit without China's participation and will only make the closed economy further depend on its robust neighbor, South Korean officials said Monday.
Iran Row: Germany Debates Military Option
Kehl Am Rhein, Germany (UPI) Feb 13, 2006
Germany's grand coalition government is bickering over whether Iran's nuclear ambitions should be stopped with a military strike.
Iran Starts Enrichment Work, Upping Stakes With West
Vienna, Austria (AFP) Feb 13, 2006
Iran has restarted uranium enrichment work by putting its feedstock gas into centrifuges, defying the West with a program that could make nuclear reactor fuel or atom bomb material, diplomats told AFP Monday.
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North Korea Clarifies Stance On Talks With Japan
Pyongyang, NKorea (XNA) Feb 13, 2006
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday clarified its stance on the DPRK-Japan inter-governmental talks for normalization of ties, calling on Japan to make up for its war past and conduct economic cooperation with the DPRK.
EDO Receives Contract For F22 Aircraft Armament System
New York NY (SPX) Feb 13, 2006
EDO has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin for continued production of its LAU-142/A AMRAAM Vertical Ejection Launcher, or AVEL, for the F-22 Raptor.
Gore Says Iran Danger For World
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Feb 12, 2006
Former US vice president and defeated presidential hopeful Al Gore on Sunday lashed out at Iran's clerical regime, denouncing it as a threat "for the future of the world".
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Iran Says Committed To NPT For Now
Tehran, Iran (AFP) Feb 12, 2006
Iran is committed to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but could review its position depending on the outcome of the next meeting of the UN atomic energy agency, the foreign ministry said Sunday.
North Korea Remains Defiant Over Nukes
Seoul, SKorea (UPI) Feb 10, 2006
A year ago, North Korea stunned the world by declaring itself a nuclear power, posing a major challenge to U.S.-led efforts to curb proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
North Korea Warns Seoul Of Nuclear War Over WMD Interception Drills
Seoul, SKorea (AFP) Feb 12, 2006
Stalinist North Korea has warned South Korea against sparking "nuclear war" by joining a US-led international drill aimed at intercepting weapons of mass destruction, state media said. Rodong Sinmun, the official communist party mouthpiece said late Saturday Seoul's participation in the drill would be "conspiring with the US in its moves for a war of aggression."
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Russia Increasingly Displeased With Iran
Moscow, Russia (UPI) Feb 10, 2006
Three major Russian news agencies -- RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS and Interfax -- have published a statement by a certain "expert", who is closely involved in the negotiations on the Iranian problem.
Sunday Telegraph Claims US Drawing Up Plans For Iran Attack
London, UK (AFP) Feb 12, 2006
US military strategists are drawing up plans for an attack on Iran as a last resort to stop the Islamic republic from developing nuclear weapons, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper in London reported.
India And Nonproliferation
Philadelphia (UPI) Feb 09, 2006
Nonproliferation advocates in Washington argue that recent U.S. efforts extending civilian nuclear cooperation with India would undercut global nonproliferation. One argument is that many states like Japan and Brazil either had nuclear bombs or the ability to make them but gave up that ability in return for the civilian nuclear cooperation guaranteed by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
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