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Nuclear Weapons

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/ 13 November 2008

N Korea using strong-arm nuclear tactics, says Seoul

North Korea may be hoping to squeeze concessions from the international community, the South’s foreign minister said on Thursday.

By Jon Herskovitz
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/ 16 October 2008

North Korea threatens to cut ties with South

Destitute North Korea on Thursday threatened to end all relations with South Korea, a major source of aid and cash.

By Jon Herskovitz
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/ 13 October 2008

North Korea in nuclear U-turn

Pyongyang has announced plans to allow US and international monitors to resume inspections of nuclear facilities.

By Justin Mccurry
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/ 12 October 2008

US takes North Korea off terrorism blacklist

The US on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearisation talks.

By Sue Pleming
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/ 9 October 2008

North Korea bars UN from nuclear complex

North Korea barred United Nations monitoring throughout its Yongbyon nuclear complex on Thursday.

By Mark Heinrich
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/ 19 September 2008

North Korea dismisses reports of leader Kim’s illness

A North Korean official on Friday dismissed as malicious gossip reports from last week that leader Kim Jong-il may have suffered a stroke.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 August 2008

Moscow warns it could strike Poland over missile shield

The risk of a new era of East-West confrontation triggered by Russia’s invasion of Georgia heightened on Friday.

By Ian Traynor and Luke Harding
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/ 6 August 2008

Major powers mull new UN Iran sanctions

The US State Department said major powers had agreed on Wednesday to consider more United Nations sanctions against Iran.

By Sue Pleming
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/ 4 August 2008

Tehran says it won’t stop nuclear work, talks to EU

Iran and the representative of six world powers talked by telephone on Monday over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.

By Edmund Blair
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/ 23 July 2008

Indian vote clears path for landmark US nuclear deal

The Indian government on Tuesday night survived a knife-edge parliamentary vote of confidence, clearing the way for a landmark nuclear deal.

By Randeep Ramesh
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/ 20 July 2008

Iran given deadline to end nuclear impasse

Iran has been given a fortnight to agree to freeze its uranium-enrichment programme or face further international isolation.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 July 2008

Iran missile test raises tensions

The UN security council has called on Iran to curb uranium enrichment and reprocessing on the grounds that they could be used to make a bomb.

By Julian Borger and Ewen Macaskill
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/ 8 July 2008

Iran to ‘hit Tel Aviv, US ships’ if attacked

Iran says it will hit Tel Aviv, US shipping in the Gulf and US interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities.

By Parisa Hafezi
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/ 4 July 2008

Attack on Iran ‘will be the start of war’

The head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards has warned that any Israeli or US attack on its nuclear sites would mean the outbreak of war.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 July 2008

Iran sends mixed signals over nuclear programme

Iran is keeping the world guessing about its response to the latest offer to suspend its nuclear programme in return for international incentives.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 July 2008

Iran warns of fierce response to any attack

Iran has warned of a fierce response and higher oil prices if attacked, but also signalled possible progress in a nuclear stand-off with the West.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 July 2008

Israeli threats to Iran seen as bluff … for now

Israel seems content to keep Iran and the rest of the world guessing uneasily about whether and when it might attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

By Alistair Lyon
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/ 26 June 2008

US to take North Korea off terror list

The US on Thursday welcomed a North Korea account of its nuclear activities and said it would remove the country from its terrorism blacklist.

By Matt Spetalnick
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/ 24 June 2008

Oil near $138, Iran denies rumoured attack

Oil rose for a third straight session on Tuesday to more than a barrel, boosted by a rumoured attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 June 2008

You have a friend in France, Sarkozy tells Israel

French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Monday promised his country will always defend the Jewish state against existential threats.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 June 2008

Israeli jet exercise ‘was warning to Iran’

Israel carried out a large-scale military exercise earlier this month as a warning to Iran, Pentagon sources confirmed on Friday.

By Ewen Macaskill and Rory Mccarthy
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/ 17 June 2008

Pakistan scientist denies selling nuke blueprint

Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday denied selling blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea.

By Sami Zubeiri
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/ 16 June 2008

Risk of sanctions as Iran rejects deal

A nuclear deal proposed by the major powers appeared on Sunday to have widened rifts among Iran’s ruling conservatives.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 June 2008

Iran rules out nuclear halt after powers offer deal

Top EU diplomat Javier Solana handed Iran an offer by six major powers to try to coax it into halting nuclear work, but Tehran ruled out suspension.

By Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
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/ 7 June 2008

Israel ‘will attack’ Iran if nuclear programme continues

Israel ”will attack” Iran if it continues to develop nuclear weapons, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s deputies warned on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 June 2008

Israel attack on Iran looks ‘unavoidable’, says official

An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks ”unavoidable”, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s deputies said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 June 2008

US voices concerns over China nuclear-weapons plans

The United States pressed concerns about Chinese nuclear weapons and space plans in talks between the two powers on Wednesday .

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 March 2007

Nuclear timebomb?

South Africa’s assumption of the United Nations Security Council’s rotating presidency this week could hardly have come at a more contentious time.

By Staff Reporter
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