Merkel rebuffs German industry attack on nuclear tax
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday dismissed angry calls by German business leaders to scrap a planned tax on nuclear energy production which they call a threat to investment.
In nuclear negotiations, more women at the table for U.S.
When Rose Gottemoeller began negotiating the new nuclear treaty with Moscow, the U.S. diplomat got questions on the usual topics: missile defense, warheads, inspections. United States – Nuclear – Nuclear weapon – Environment – Warfare and Conflict
Informant is key to synagogue bomb plot case
Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way: a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain. Synagogue – Muslim – New York City – New York – Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nuclear fuel arrives at Iran plant
Associated Press BUSHEHR, Iran Trucks rumbled into Iran s first nuclear reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel. It was a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country s peaceful intentions to produce electricity, as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear program.
Bomb blasts injure 15 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Aug. 22 (UPI) — Bomb blasts in Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded at least 15 others, authorities said Sunday. Iraq – Baghdad – Middle East – Government – Ramadi
Nuclear Liability Bill: More trouble likely
Among the 18 amendments the Indian government has moved in the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill is a clause providing for a future situation in which the government covers the liability for a private nuclear operator. The amendment to this – clause 7 – may raise controversy too. Jayanth Jacob reports. See graphics
Informant is key to NY synagogues bomb plot case
Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the plot every step of the way: a wire-wearing FBI informant named Shaheed Hussain.
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant has “no proliferation threat”: U.S.
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant has “no proliferation threat,” the U.S. State Department said Saturday. The department also said the plant showed that Iran does not need to be able to enrich nuclear fuel by itself, according to news reports here.
In nuclear negotiations, more women at the table for U.S.
When Rose Gottemoeller began negotiating the new nuclear treaty with Moscow, the U.S. diplomat got questions on the usual topics: missile defense, warheads, inspections. United States – Nuclear – Nuclear weapon – Environment – Warfare and Conflict
Iran starts to fuel up first nuclear power plant
Iran began loading fuel into its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol of its growing regional sway and its rejection of international sanctions designed to prevent it building a nuclear bomb.
