Nuclear Weapons – ‘Mumbai terror attacks continue to haunt us’ (rediff.com)

‘Mumbai terror attacks continue to haunt us’ (rediff.com)
‘There is much that India and the United States can do together to reduce the global risks of nuclear proliferation, including by building a new global consensus on the way ahead. The negotiation of a verifiable Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament will be a significant contribution.’

Key facts about U.S. – Russia nuclear arms pacts (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
(Reuters) – Russia and United States will sign a new nuclear weapons reduction pact this year but may not manage to sign the treaty by a December 5 deadline, a Kremlin source told Reuters on Friday. [nGEE5AQ0UB ]

Iran nuclear arms probe ‘dead end’ (The Age)
Director of the UN nuclear watchdog has declared, in unusually blunt language, that his efforts to reveal the truth about Iran’s nuclear weapons design have ‘effectively reached a dead end’.

Russia, U.S. to sign nuclear arms pact this year (The Star)
MINSK (Reuters) – Russia and United States will ink a new nuclear weapons reduction pact this year but may not manage to sign the treaty by a Dec 5 deadline, a Kremlin source told Reuters on Friday.

Again, India votes against Irans nuclear programme (Express India)
India has voted along with the US, China and other major powers in favour of a German-sponsored resolution at the IAEA on referring the Iran…

IAEA votes to rebuke Iran over nuclear cover-up (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret, and Iran said the “hasty and undue” rebuke would damage its cooperation with the agency.

Tehran nuclear talks at dead end (Gulf Daily News)
VIENNA: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday that his probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms is at “a dead end” because Tehran is not co-operating, and he warned that confidence in Tehran had shrunk in the wake of its belated revelation of a previously secret nuclear facility.

Nuclear power regains support (Washington Post)
LONDON — Nuclear power — long considered environmentally hazardous — is emerging as perhaps the world’s most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the backing of even some green activists who once campaigned against it.

Nuclear Power Regains Support (CommonDreams.org)
by Anthony Faiola LONDON — Nuclear power — long considered environmentally hazardous — is emerging as perhaps the world’s most unlikely weapon against climate change, with the backing of even some green activists who once campaigned against it. read more

IAEA governors approve first nuclear fuel bank plan (The Star)
VIENNA (Reuters) – International Atomic Energy Agency governors on Friday approved a Russian plan for a multilateral uranium fuel bank, seen as a way to stem the spread of nuclear arms.

Gordon Brown calls for sanctions after Iran nuclear vote (Daily Telegraph)
PM warned Iran must quickly demonstrate a change of heart to prevent the UN imposing more sanctions on its economy.

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