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NKorea fires four short-range missiles amid nuclear standoff Seoul (AFP) July 2, 2009 
North Korea on Thursday test-fired four short-range missiles, South Korean military officials said, further fuelling tension sparked by its nuclear standoff with the international community. The missiles -- apparently surface-to-ship ones -- were fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) between 5:20 pm (0820 GMT) and 9:20 pm, defence ministry officials were quoted as saying by Yonhap news ... read moreIAEA's Amano: veteran diplomat battling proliferation 
Vienna (AFP) July 2, 2009Japan's Yukiya Amano, who was elected Thursday as head of the UN nuclear watchdog, is a lifelong diplomat who has no illusions about the challenges the agency faces in hotspots including Iran. An expert on disarmament and non-proliferation, the bespectacled Amano has represented Japan on the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board of governors since September 2005, acting as ... more
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Two Koreas fail to agree in talks on joint project
Seoul (AFP) July 2, 2009North and South Korea failed to reach agreement in talks Thursday about the fate of their last major joint business project, amid high cross-border tensions and the North's continuing nuclear standoff with the world. The two sides could not narrow differences and did not set a date for the next round, Seoul's unification ministry said. The meeting at the Kaesong joint industrial estate ... more Obama on 'reset' mission in Russia summit 
Washington (AFP) July 2, 2009President Barack Obama leaves for Russia Sunday, seeking to honor a US vow to "reset" strained but tentatively easing ties with Moscow and to muster a united front against Iran's nuclear program. With questions clouding his push for Middle East peace, and facing fresh challenges from US foes North Korea and Tehran, Obama will seek to highlight what aides hope will be an emerging foreign ... more Israel moves to block missiles to Iran 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 1, 2009 Israel has intensified its efforts to block the sale of advanced Russian air-defense missiles to Iran that would be a serious obstacle to any Israeli airstrikes against the Islamic Republic's nuclear infra-structure, according to media reports in Tel Aviv and Moscow. The outcome of that effort could have immense ramifications for the Middle East and particularly for U.S. President Barack ... more Russia says nuclear talks with US going well: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 1, 2009Talks on a new US-Russian nuclear disarmament treaty are going better than initially expected, a top Russian diplomat told the RIA-Novosti news agency on Wednesday. "The degree of progress is beyond the expectations that existed when we started," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying. The United States and Russia have been seeking to agree a successor to the 1991 ... more |
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Switzerland vows to destroy secret nuclear documents
Geneva (AFP) July 1, 2009The Swiss government vowed Wednesday to destroy sensitive documents related to an alleged case of international nuclear smuggling, rejecting demands from lawmakers to reverse its decision. "There are no grounds ... to reverse its decision, which takes into account in a measured manner the needs of the prosecuting authorities and Switzerland's international engagements," the government said ... more South Korea updates defense plan 
Seoul (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 South Korea announced an update of its national defense plan, including an increased potential to hit North Korea's military assets. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak announced the refinements to the National Defense Reform 2020 plan that Seoul established in 2005. Since then, however, North Korea has become a nuclear power, and diplomatic moves, many initiated by Lee, have be ... more Revolutionary Guard gains power in Iran 
Tehran (UPI) Jun 29, 2009 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the praetorian guard of the Tehran regime, has gained immense power with the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and is likely to gain more in the months ahead by crushing his political opponents. The Guard Corps, or Pasdaran as it is known in Farsi, has established a parallel authority in the Islamic Republic over the last few years ... more Japan denies secret pact allowing nuke-armed US warships 
Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2009Japan's government Monday denied a report that Tokyo had secretly agreed with Washington during the cold war to allow US warships carrying nuclear weapons to make port calls in the country. "Such speculation has gone on for decades, but the government of Japan has said there is no such secret agreement," said a foreign ministry official. The Mainichi Shimbun national daily on Monday ... more |
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