Nuclear Weapons – Lehman Brothers sitting on nuclear stockpile (The Times of India)

Lehman Brothers sitting on nuclear stockpile (The Times of India)
NEW YORK: Failed investment bank Lehman Brothers sits not only on toxic sub-prime mortgage loans but also toxic nuclear stockpile. According to reports, the bankrupt bank holds up to 450,000 pounds of uranium called yellowcake which can be upgraded to run nuclear plants and make nuclear weapons.

CALL FOR END TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT OSLO LAUNCH OF EXHIBIT ON HUMAN SECURITY AND NUCLEAR ABOLITION (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
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NKorea Needs Time To Restart Nuclear Weapons Program- Analysts (Nasdaq)
SEOUL (AFP)–North Korea will need a few months to carry out its defiant threat to restart its nuclear weapons program, analysts say, giving diplomats time to try to persuade it to change course.

Obama s Nuclear Weapons Plan (The Tech)
By Keith Yost Early this April, President Obama unveiled his vision for strengthening the world s nuclear non-proliferation regime: renewed arms reduction talks with Russia and the creation of an international fuel bank in Kazakhstan to provide fuel services to non-weapons states. Both are excellent ideas which are long overdue, but neither will resolve the major proliferation threats facing us …

Peres says Israel won’t hit Iran’s nuclear sites (Independent)
President Shimon Peres rejected speculation Israel might attack Iran to stop it making nuclear weapons and said US-led diplomacy was the solution.

US nuclear experts expelled from N.Korea: Xinhua (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Four US experts monitoring the shutdown of a North Korean nuclear plant were expelled Friday from the isolated nation, Chinese media reported, days after they were told to leave.

12 Russian targets for U.S. nuclear missiles (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
The Federation of American Scientists and Natural Resources Defense Council has published a study entitled From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence: A New Nuclear Policy on the Path Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons.

Taking the Bang Out of Nuclear Weapons (The Moscow Times)
13 April 2009 By Daryl G. Kimball In a stirring speech delivered in Prague a week ago, U.S. President Barack Obama outlined his vision for strengthening global efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons, moving forward on long-overdue disarmament measures and preventing nuclear terrorism.

Iran, nuclear weapons to be discussed April 26 (The Greater New Milford Spectrum)
A program, “A Conversation about Iran and Nuclear Weapons,” will be held April 26 at 3 p.m. at New Milford Public Library on Main Street.The guest speaker will be Ambassador William H. Luers, president of the United Nations Association, USA Northwest Connecticut Chapter, who has been involved in unofficial “working groups” frequently traveling to Iran over the past few years.

North Korea Plans to Restart Its Nuclear Weapons Production (US News & World Report)
After U.N. criticism for missile test, North Korea withdraws from stalled nuclear disarmament talks.

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