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Nuclear Weapon

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Name: Nuclear Weapon

description: A device that releases nuclear energy in an explosive manner as the result of nuclear chain reactions involving the fission or fusion or both, of atomic nuclei.

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 11 Documents (in Politics)

Barack Obama

Obama: Talks Under Way on Iran Sanctions

President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz uranium ... [ABC News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Iran, Sanctions, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 3 hours ago - 5 Documents

Mohamed ElBaradei

World Powers Urge Iran to Accept Nuke Offer

Officials from six global powers, including the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany, implored Iran on Friday to accept a U.N.-drafted proposal aimed at cutting its ability to manufacture nuclear weapons, Reuters reports.'We urge Iran to reconsider ... [World Jewish Daily - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents

N.Korea, Free Trade Likely to Dominate Obama's Visit to Seoul

President Obama arrives in South Korea next week (Nov. 18-19) as he wraps up his tour of Asia. Opening markets and dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons are high on the agenda. North Korea's nuclear weapons remain as much a concern for Obama and ... [Digital Chosun - 11/20/2009]

Entities: North Korea, Seoul, South Korea

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

International Atomic Energy Agency

U.N. Nuclear Chief Urges Iran to Agree to Deal by Year End

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad by the end of 2009, and advised Western powers not to impose further sanctions on Tehran.Mohamed ElBaradei, director general ... [New York Times - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Sanctions

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 3 Documents

Envoy hits out US media on Obama visit

media over Obama visit Related criticizes US media over Obama visit (China Daily)Updated: 2009-11-21 09:18 The US ambassador to China on Friday hit out at the American media for their negative coverage of US President Barack Obama's visit ... [CHINAdaily - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Jon Huntsman, China, Peking University

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Russia's new military doctrine allows preventive nuclear strike

Moscow, Nov 20 (UNI) Russia today said it views its nuclear arsenal as deterrence, but may deliver a preventive strike in a critical situation in line with its new national military doctrine.''The possibility of using nuclear weapons depends on the situation ... [United News of India - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Russia, Military/Armed Forces, Doctrine, Nikolai Patrushev

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Global powers ponder how to punish Iran

Meeting considers Islamic republic's refusal to halt nuclear programSlide showA perilous pathA history of modern Iran and its love-hate relationship with the United States.more photosIranian President AhmadinejadSept. 18: Watch TODAY’s Ann Curry’s exclusive ... [MSNBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Iran, Uranium, Enrichment

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

'Pak has more nukes than India'

Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the two Asian neighbours along with China are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two eminent American atomic experts have claimed.While Pakistan is estimated ... [India Today - 11/19/2009]

Entities: India, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistan, Arsenic, Hans M Kristensen

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Iran nuclear deal: six world powers mull sanctions

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a news conference in Manila, Wednesday.Reuters Paris - A closed-door meeting of six world powers signaled growing impatience with Iran's inscrutability on its nuclear program, coming a day after ... [Christian Science Monitor - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Sanctions, Robert Cooper, Brussels

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Sanctioned N. Korean firms operating via dummies: U.N. panel report

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 KYODONorth Korean firms that have been slapped with an asset freeze and other penalties by the United Nations for their involvement in nuclear weapon and missile development programs are still operating via affiliates and dummy firms, ... [Kyodo - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Nuclear Weapon, United Nations, News International Ltd

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Iran rejects U.N. nuclear deal, but offers alternative

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's foreign minister yesterday said his country would not send abroad its enriched uranium for further processing for civilian uses, brushing aside a U.N. plan aimed at reducing both Tehran's potential to build nuclear weapons and Western ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Iran, Uranium, Tehran, Nuclear Weapon

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Rafsanjani reacts to Alavi seizure

The United States and its allies know full well that Iran has no intention of developing nuclear weapons, former President said. 'The U.S. and the West are well aware that the Islamic republic of Iran has no interest of achieving nuclear weapons,' he ... [UPI - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Iran, Nuclear Weapon, Tehran, United States, Assa AB

Quotes

...That would defeat the purpose of exporting the uranium: to reduce Iran's nuclear stockpile below the amount necessary to make a nuclear weapon. "There's a window of opportunity for Iran Robert Wood, a deputy State Department spokesman, said in a briefing Friday. 'That window is not going to be open forever. And if (Iran) doesn't respond to the calls of the international community for it to live up to its international obligations, then we will have to look at the pressure track.' Iran's foreign minister announced Wednesday that his country opposes the deal to have another country turn Iran's partially enriched uranium into material for medical research."

World leaders eye sanctions against Iran [UPI - 1 hour ago]

"We confirm that we are ready to develop and promote the nuclear-free world idea. However, it is necessary that not only Russia and the United States reject the nuclear weapons, but other member-countries of the 'nuclear club' that currently occupy a wait-and-see attitude follow their suit" he noted

Russia's new military doctrine allows preventive nuclear strike [United News of India - 2 hours ago]

On Wednesday the Queen said in her speech to open the new session of Parliament: "My Government will work towards creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons." This is an aspiration shared with President Obama, which contributed to him being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...

Letters: Treating dementia [The Independent - 3 hours ago]

More Content

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South Korea a bright spot in Obama's frustratin... [World Tribune - 57 mins ago]
World leaders eye sanctions against Iran [UPI - 1 hour ago]
Powers meet over Iran nuke plan [CNN - 1 hour ago]
Why does China have such a short-sighted Tibet ... [MauritiusTimes - 1 hour ago]
UN body condemns rights violations, growing num... [National Council of Resistance of Iran - 1 hour ago]
Frustration as Iran Stalls on Deal [New York Times - 1 hour ago]
Russia's new military doctrine allows preventiv... [United News of India - 2 hours ago]
Iran's Critical Mass [Khaleej Times - 2 hours ago]
'Iran has not responded positively to N-offer' [The News International - 2 hours ago]
Envoy hits out US media on Obama visit [CHINAdaily - 2 hours ago]
Nukewatch publication may cease as donations dr... [Business North - 2 hours ago]
Tehran Snubs UN Security Council Iran Nuclear Deal [Sofia News Agency - 2 hours ago]
Iran: a new phase in the nuclear crisis [ BER&#... [Zaman - 3 hours ago]
Change of axis in foreign policy and Israeli pr... [Zaman - 3 hours ago]
Change of axis in foreign policy and Israeli pr... [Zaman - 3 hours ago]
Envoy criticizes US media over Obama visit [CHINAdaily - 3 hours ago]
World Powers Urge Iran to Accept Nuke Offer [World Jewish Daily - 3 hours ago]
Letters: Treating dementia [The Independent - 3 hours ago]
Hymn to Belgium's EU president [Guardian.co.uk - 4 hours ago]
This Week at War: Heading for a Bad Breakup [Foreign Policy Magazine - 5 hours ago]
Boring Summits Are Better for Everyone [Foreign Policy Magazine - 5 hours ago]
EDITORIAL: Solid foundation for U.S., China [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Iran nuclear deal: six world powers mull sanctions [Christian Science Monitor - 7 hours ago]
Uncle Sam - Friend or Foe? [opinion] [AllAfrica.com - 7 hours ago]
Time Running Out to Achieve New Arms Control Tr... [Jamestown Foundation - 7 hours ago]
Trying KSM [The National Interest - 8 hours ago]
For a nation with doubts on war, Afghanistan st... [Washington Post - 8 hours ago]
Opportunities abound in Indian prime minister's... [Baltimore Sun - 8 hours ago]
As Iran Stalls on Nuclear Deal, New Sanctions W... [New York Times - 8 hours ago]
Aging Nuclear Stockpile Good For Decades To Come [Slashdot - 9 hours ago]

Blogs

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Russ Wellen: Can Nuclear Terrorists Be Deterred? [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 5 hours ago] THE DEPROLIFERATOR -- As you no doubt know, deterrence is the product of a balance of power -- nuclear arsenals, in other words, that are roughly equal. ...
George Mitrovich: Of Roadside Bombs And Afghani... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 6 hours ago] On Sunday night 60 Minutes ran a story entitled, "The Deadliest Weapon." Before that broadcast and the story reported by Bryon Pitts, I had been ambivalent ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 6 hours ago] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...
JASON and Replacement Warheads [FAS Strategic Security Blog - 6 hours ago] Claims that nuclear weapons need to be as safe as a coffee table might drive warhead replacement By Hans M. Kristensen and Ivan Oelrich The ...
Joe Cirincione: Scientists: The Nukes Are Alright [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 7 hours ago] In a blow to the far-right, scientists conclude that U.S. nuclear weapons don't need new tests or new designs. The premier scientific panel advising ...

Audio/Video

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Obama Warns N. Korea, Iran on Nukes [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
How can we communicate the dangers of nuclear w... [Slate Magazine - 11/16/2009]
How can we communicate the dangers of nuclear w... [Slate Magazine - 11/16/2009]
Atomic Priesthoods, Thorn Landscapes, and Munch... [Slate Magazine - 11/16/2009]
Obama: U.S. Won't Be 'Cowed by North Korea' [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/14/2009]

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