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International Nuclear News 02/2007 - Διεθνή Πυρηνικά Νέα
01 February 2007
Shunning "timeout" call, Iran, West face conflict Western powers and Iran seem to be lurching towards conflict over Tehran's pursuit of atomic power with bomb potential, having dismissed a call by the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog for a "timeout". reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&
storyID=nL31729379&from=business> / irna <
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702018941000440.htm >
Chirac Unfazed by Nuclear Iran, Then Backtracks President Jacques Chirac said this week that if Iran had one or two nuclear weapons, it would not pose a big danger, and that if Iran were to launch a nuclear weapon against a country like Israel, it would lead to the immediate destruction of Tehran. nyt <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/world/europe/01france.html?pagewanted
=print> / 2nd interview NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/world/europe/01france-text2.html?page
wanted=print> / 1st interview NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/world/europe/01france-text1.html?_r=1
&oref=slogin>
Report: Iran Years From Nuclear Weapons Iran is two to three years away from having the capacity to build a nuclear weapon, a leading security think tank said Wednesday. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR20070
13101064.html>
Nuclear power faces stormy seas threat Dozens of nuclear power reactors around the world could be threatened by rising sea levels and violent storms unless power companies spend millions on defending them from the effects of climate change. reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24353447.htm >
Kazakh Parliament ratifies agreement with IAEA The Senate, the upper chamber of the Kazakh Parliament, has adopted a bill ratifying an additional protocol to Kazakhstan's agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency on guarantees related to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. interfax <
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11669241 >
Washington, Tokyo consider FM meeting on N Korea nuke issue In the event of considerable progress at talks on the North Korean nuclear programme Washington and Tokyo are ready to call for holding a meeting of the foreign ministers of six countries participating in this process.
itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11208883&PageNum=0 >
Pranab to discuss nuclear issue, pipeline in Iran External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee travels to Iran on a crucial two-day visit next week that will underscore close bilateral ties despite India's vote against the Iranian nuclear programme. IANS <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070201/43/6boji.html >
Other Nuclear News
U.S. - Iran Tensions Could Trigger War Citing Iranian involvement with Iraqi militias and Tehran's nuclear ambitions, the Bush administration has shifted to offense in its confrontation with Iran -- building up the U.S. military in the Persian Gulf and promising more aggressive moves against Iranian operatives in Iraq and Lebanon. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-War-Clouds.html?pagewante
d=print> / ap
<
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Israel-Iran.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Russian jailed in Georgia for nuclear smuggling appeals against conviction A Georgian court has begun hearing a Russian citizen's appeal against his conviction for attempted smuggling of highly enriched uranium, the prosecutor general's office said Wednesday. ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/31/europe/EU-GEN-Georgia-Russia -
Uranium-Sting.php>
Russian diplomat says nuclear-armed North Korea is a threat to Russia A top Russian diplomat said Wednesday that North Korea's nuclear weapons program was a threat to Russia and warned Pyongyang not to carry out another atomic test, the Interfax news agency reported. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/31/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-NKorea-N
uclear.php>
South Korea remains cautious over North Korea nuclear talks South Korea's foreign minister sounded a note of caution ahead of six-nation talks on freezing the North's nuclear program, saying Wednesday there is far to go before a final agreement is reached. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/31/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
Japan's largest utility admits past data falsification at nuclear power plants Japan's largest utility operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., admitted Wednesday that it falsified data at its nuclear power plants for three decades in an attempt to easily pass compulsory government inspections. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/31/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Nuclear.php
>
Hearing against A.Q. Khan's detention today dawn The Lahore High Court registrar office on Wednesday fixed with an objection a constitutional petition, challenging detention of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan before Justice Muhammad Muzammil Khan for Thursday (today). dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/01/nat36.htm >
Delay in building nuclear fuel storage blamed on foreign firms Chiefs of the Russian and Ukrainian supervisory organizations are equally critical of the way the project for the construction of a storage for spent nuclear fuel in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, financed by the European Union, is being implemented. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11208301&PageNum=0 >
Opinion and Analysis
Bullying Iran nyt
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/opinion/01thu1.html?pagewanted=print >
Belligerence is not the answer on Iran ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fadb12b8-b166-11db-b901-0000779e2340.html >
Israel mixes rhetoric with realism asia times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB01Ak01.html >
Four ways for Britain to shape a better world times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1061-2577444,00.html >
An Atomic 9/11? washingtonpost
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/31/AR20070
13101930.html>
The Big Question: Does the US intend to attack Iran, or is it only sabre-rattling? independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2204054.ece >
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Posted: 05/02/2007 06:56 PM
05 February 2007
N. Korea seeks massive aid for nuclear deal North Korea has said it is
prepared to stop its nuclear reactors in exchange for at least 500,000 tons of
oil annually or an equivalent energy package, U.S. specialists said over the
weekend. Asahi <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200702050127.html >
/ AP < http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Nuclear.html?_r=1&pagew
anted=print&oref=slogin>
NKorea must live up to full disarmament pledge, U.S. envoy says North Korea
must live up to its pledge to fully dismantle its nuclear program, the main U.S.
envoy to disarmament talks said Sunday, as news reports suggested Pyongyang may
be willing to shut down a key reactor. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/04/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
Diplomats: Iran Working on Uranium Plant Hundreds of workers in Iran have set
up piping, control panels and electric cables for Tehran's underground uranium
enrichment plant, diplomats said Friday _ the final step before installing
equipment that countries fear could be used to make nuclear arms. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR20070
20200228_pf.html> / NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/world/middleeast/03iran.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Iranian nuclear official: All underground cameras installed at Natanz plant A
top Iranian nuclear official said Friday that U.N. inspectors have set up
cameras in an underground facility where the country intends to install 3,000
new centrifuges to allow them to monitor the activity.
AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/02/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.ph
p>
Iran gives visitors inside look at nuclear facility The squat, tan buildings
with barred windows can be reached only by driving well outside the city to a
flat stretch of desert on the edge of the hills.
The site is surrounded by an array of antiaircraft artillery emplacements,
each with one or two soldiers at the ready, and a large metal fence topped with
barbed wire. LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran4feb04,1,290919
5.story>
Iran top open nuclear facilities to Western diplomats, challenges their
countries to do same Western diplomats will have the opportunity to tour Iran's
key nuclear facilities, the chief its nuclear program said Sunday, challenging
Western countries to provide similar access, the official Islamic Republic News
Agency reported. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/04/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.ph
p>
Gulf states to discuss nuclear ambitions with UN The Gulf Cooperation
Council, which groups the six pro-Western Gulf states, is to discuss its plans
for a civil nuclear programme with the UN watchdog later this month, its
secretary general said Sunday. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February59.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Indonesia to push ahead with nuclear plans Indonesia will pursue its plans to
develop nuclear power as part of efforts to find alternative energy sources to
address its growing needs, Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar has said. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/256484/1/.h
tml>
Other Nuclear News
Iran Official Says No Plans to Halt Atomic Work Iran will not suspend its
uranium enrichment work as demanded by a U.N. sanctions resolution, the
country's top nuclear official said on Sunday in the latest statement of
defiance from Tehran as a U.N. deadline looms. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/04/AR20070
20400445_pf.html>
U.S. not planning for war with Iran, Gates says The United States is not
planning for a war with Iran and instead is trying to stop them from
contributing to the violence in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on
Friday. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=200
7-02-02T152529Z_01_N18464121_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-IRAN-GATES.xml&WTmodLoc=Ho
me-C2-TopNews-newsOne-7>
Iran strike 'would be disastrous' A coalition of organisations has warned
Tony Blair any military action against Iran would be disastrous.
BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6330353.stm >
Georgian Foreign Minister says Russia, Georgia to cooperate in nuclear
smuggling case Georgia's foreign minister said Friday that Moscow and Tbilisi
have agreed to cooperate in investigating a nuclear smuggling case that has
sparked further friction between the two neighbors. AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/02/europe/EU-GEN-Georgia-Russia -
Uranium-Sting.php>
Russia-US talks on nuke cycle centers successful Negotiations on the
promotion of Russian and U.S. mutually supplementary initiatives of opening
centers, which would offer nuclear cycle services to conscientious members of
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, are successful, Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov said after a Friday visit to the White House. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11215697&PageNum=0 >
Two Swedish nuclear reactors shut down because of possible technical problem
Two reactors at Sweden's Forsmark nuclear plant were shut down Saturday because
of a possible problem with rubber sealing, authorities said. AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/03/europe/EU-GEN-Sweden-Reactor -
Shutdown.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Crisis de-fusion in Iran. The case for a nuclear time-out SFGate <
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/
02/04/EDGC7N6OD91.DTL>
Iranian Boast Is Put to Test NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/world/middleeast/04natanz.html?pagewa
nted=print>
Chirac's Iran Gaffe Reveals a Strategy: Containment NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/world/europe/03france.html?pagewanted
=print>
War fever over Iran Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/February/opinion_February14.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
What to Ask Before the Next War WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/02/AR20070
20201551.html>
India must have a proactive agenda in Iran The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/05/stories/2007020503241100.htm >
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Posted: 08/02/2007 01:04 AM
06 February 2007
Officials: Iran has assembled 2 small uranium-enriching units underground
Shrugging off the threat of new and tougher U.N. sanctions, Iran has set up more
than 300 centrifuges in two uranium enrichment units at its underground Natanz
complex, diplomats and officials said Monday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/05/europe/EU-GEN-Nuclear-Iran.ph
p> / CNN
<
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/05/iran.nuclear.ap/index.htm
l> / ABC News
<
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2850947 >
Iran to test uranium enrichment soon Iran has set up centrifuges in two
underground nuclear plants and will test them soon as it moves towards the
industrial-level enrichment of uranium in defiance of UN demands, diplomats told
AFP. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070205/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_0702052
11433&printer=1;_ylt=AmF6KU4ha.Ny2x4eEvDN67qROrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0B
HNlYwN0bWE->
US wants nuclear aid to Iran cut sharply: diplomats The United States and
other Western nations want considerable cuts in the UN nuclear agency's aid to
Iran but face stiff opposition from non-aligned states, diplomats told AFP. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070205/pl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_0702051
70355>
US aims to cut back on IAEA aid programs that involve Iran - McCormack
confirms State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Monday confirmed a report
out of Vienna that the United States is looking to cut about half of the 80
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) aid programs that involve Iran. Kuwait
News Agency <
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=949464 >
/ Dawn < http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/06/int4.htm >
Gulf nuclear plans take shape, says Al Attiyah The Gulf states are expected
to begin building a nuclear industry as a "sustainable and clean" source of
power by 2009, a top official said yesterday. Gulfnews <
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/General/10102238.html >
N.Korea could give up nukes for light-water reactor - paper North Korea may
agree to suspend its nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy supplies and
the construction of light-water reactors, a Japanese pro-Pyongyang newspaper
said Monday. RIA Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070205/60224694.html >
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to Find 149 Cases of Illegal Trade
of Nuclear Materials in 2006 Accordingly to IAEA in 2006 149 cases of trade and
use of nuclear and radioactive materials were found out.
IAEA experts fear that terrorists may use them to create "dirty bomb", UN
information center informs. In 15 cases private persons who tried to sell or
illegally to export these materials abroad were involved with this business, RIA
"Novosti" informs. newsru <
http://www.demaz.org/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0055&n=002276&prf
r=1&g=&prev=>
Other Nuclear News
Iran's Nuclear Negotiator to Attend Munich Security Conference Iran's top
nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said that he would take part in a major annual
security conference to be held in Munich this weekend.
dw/AFP <
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2338565,00.html >
Iraqi Shiite Calls for U.S.-Iran Talks A senior Iraqi Shiite leader said
Monday that his country had urged Iran to hold talks with the United States and
that such talks were important for the security of the region. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/world/middleeast/06iran.html >
U.S. Says N. Korea Must Get Out of Nuclear Business North Korea must get out
of the nuclear business if it wants energy or economic aid, the chief U.S.
negotiator said Monday, adding he believed the North was prepared to negotiate
at the coming arms talks in Beijing. AP <
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=nation_world&id=5003940 >
/ Korea Times < http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200702/kt2007020611104310610.htm
>
India wants time to consider gas price Iran said on Monday India had
asked for more time to consider a price formula for Iranian gas to be
supplied by a proposed $7 billion pipeline project that will also supply
Pakistan. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/06/top8.htm >
Water level drops at Westchester's Indian Point nuclear plant The Indian
Point nuclear power station in Westchester County experienced an
unexpected drop in cooling water Monday morning, but the problem was not
enough to take the reactor offline, officials said. The Examiner
<
http://www.examiner.com/a-548582~Water_level_drops_at_Westchester_s_Ind
ian_Point_nuclear_plant.html>
Georgia, Russia Cooperate on Nuclear Smuggling Georgia's foreign
minister said Friday that Moscow and Tbilisi had agreed to cooperate in
investigating a nuclear smuggling case that has sparked further friction
between the two neighbors. AP
<
http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=20273 >
Opinion and Analysis
Best bet may be to let Iran play nuclear poker The Herald
<
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/features/display.var.1171266.0.0.ph
p>
Pivotal visit, critical time Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/February/opinion_February20.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
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Posted: 08/02/2007 01:05 AM
07 February 2007
India against military option in Iran N-crisis India today opposed use of
military option to resolve Iran's nuclear issue as External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee arrived here on a two-day visit to impart "greater substance
and strategic content" to bilateral ties, reports PTI. Undertaking his first
visit here as External Affairs Minister, he said Iran had the right to pursue
civil nuclear programme but it should consider the opinion of the international
community, including the IAEA.
The Assam Tribune
<
http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=feb0707/at04 >
/ The Indian Express < http://www.indianexpress.com/story/22692.html >
France somewhat sceptical on Iranian diplomacy France appeared rather
sceptical Tuesday in view of Irans recent diplomatic initiatives to open up its
nuclear facilities to outside visits and French officials insisted Tehran must
abide by the resolutions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and
the UN Security Council. KUNA <
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=949728 >
Other Nuclear News
N. Korea Aims to Improve on Clinton-Era Nuclear Deal North Korea has set
tough terms for a freeze of one of its nuclear facilities, demanding that the
United States exceed commitments made under a Clinton-era deal that the Bush
administration previously derided as inadequate. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR20070
20501588.html>
US envoy cautiously upbeat about six-way talks in Beijing US envoy
Christopher Hill headed Wednesday for talks on ending North Korea's nuclear
programmes sounding cautiously upbeat about achieving progress.
AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/257098/1/.h
tml>
Nuclear expert: North Korea says it will freeze reactor for electricity
commitments Ahead of this week's North Korean nuclear disarmament talks,
Pyongyang is proposing to freeze its main nuclear reactor and allow U.N.
monitoring in return for massive energy shipments and normal relations with
the United States, according to an American nuclear expert who visited Pyongyang
last week. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/06/america/NA-GEN-US-NKorea.php >
Talks with Iran still possible, says Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel
said on Tuesday that the door remains open for negotiations between Iran and the
international community over its contested nuclear programme. AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/07/int6.htm >
Iran's FM rejects secret talks with US over nukes Manouchehr Mottaki
dismissed the idea of holding secret talks between Tehran and Washington to
settle their differences over Iran's peaceful nuclear activities, IRNA reported.
IranMania <
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=49510&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
US eases tone on Iran's role in Iraq In an atmosphere of sharp skepticism
about intelligence and heightened sensitivity to saber rattling since the Iraq
invasion, the Bush administration is signaling a more cautious tone toward Iran,
The Christian Science reported.
IranMania
<
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=49534&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
Legacy of Radiation Illness Stirs Objection to Nevada Bomb Test When the baby
boomers of St. George were children, radioactive ash from nuclear test
explosions in Nevada regularly drifted toward the red bluffs of their town and
fell like snow. They played in it and wrote their names in it on car windows. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR20070
20601606.html>
Nuclear plant managers let radioactive particles flow into sea NUCLEAR plant
operators yesterday admitted illegally dumping radioactive waste and releasing
nuclear fuel particles into the sea more than 40 years ago. Scotsman <
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=199942007 >
Opinion and Analysis
Iran's weakened hard-liners crave a US attack CS Monitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0206/p09s01-coop.html >
Why Iran must make the next move Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/07/d
o0702.xml>
Iran: The all new Russia and China game StopFundamentalism <
http://stopfundamentalism.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id
=311&Itemid=71>
Challenging the Mullahs, One Signature at a Time NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/opinion/07observer.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Tony Brown and the nuclear deterrent The Guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,2007378,00.html >
>From Russia, with liking CSMonitor
<
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0207/p09s02-coop.html >
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Posted: 09/02/2007 08:37 PM
08 February 2007
Iran's top security official says he will 'negotiate' with West at Munich
conference Iran's top security official, Ali Larijani, said Wednesday he would
hold negotiations with Western officials over the country's controversial
nuclear program during a security conference in Germany this weekend. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/07/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.ph
p>
US urges additional UN action against Iran The United States on Tuesday said
non-military measures can be effective against Iran's nuclear ambitions and
called for a new round of tougher UN sanctions if Tehran fails to halt nuclear
enrichment that could be used to produce weapons.
Reuters
<
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=qw1170910981
350B252>
EU diplomats looking to defuse Iranian nuclear crisis European countries will
use informal contacts with top Iranian negotiator Ali Larijani at a security
conference in Germany this weekend to try to defuse the crisis over Iran's
atomic ambitions, diplomats told AFP. AFP
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/February/theworld_February228.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
Iran, India agree to IAEA supervision External affairs minister Pranab
Mukherjee's meeting with Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran on
Wednesday was . CNN-IBN
<
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/iran-india-agree-to-iaea-supervision/32995 -
2.html> / The Hindu
<
http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/08/stories/2007020819091400.htm >
IAEA should play central role in resolving Iran N-issue: Pranab Amid growing
international pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme, India today said UN
nuclear watchdog IAEA should play a Central role in resolving the issue and
called for restrain and flexibility by all sides. Zeenews <
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=352694&sid=NAT >
Rice rejects Middle East 'linkage' concept US Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice rejected Wednesday the linkage concept, according to which ending
Israeli-Palestinian strife is the key to resolving the other conflicts in the
Middle East. Jerusalem Post <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359808409&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
Expectations low for North Korea nuclear talks Talks beginning Thursday on
halting North Korea's atomic weapons program are bedeviled by a fundamental
question: Is the newest self-proclaimed member of the nuclear club willing to
give up its membership? LA Times <
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-norkor7feb07,1,1670
990.story?track=rss>
US signals flexibility on N Korea deal The US would be prepared to start
normalising relations with North Korea before it completes nuclear disarmament
if that would persuade Pyongyang to move forward on a previous agreement to
denuclearise the Korean peninsula. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8eeb22ea-b61c-11db-9eea-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=5aedc804-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
Forsmark Nuclear Plant Would Welcome IAEA Inspectors The operators of the
Swedish Forsmark nuclear plant were open to proposals to invite the
International Atomic Energy Agency to visit the plant, officials said Wednesday.
DPA <
http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_12787-Forsmark-Nuclear-Plant-Would-Welc
ome-IAEA-Inspectors.html>
Russia playing "responsible role" on Iranian nuclear issue - McCormack
Commenting on the latest visit to Tehran by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack on Wednesday said Russia is
"playing a responsible role" in trying to convince the Iranians to abandon
nuclear enrichment in exchange for various offers made through the United
Nations. KUNA <
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=950135 >
Other Nuclear News
NKorea ready to discuss nuke disarmament North Korea expressed readiness
Thursday to discuss initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, raising hopes for
the first tangible progress at international talks on Pyongyang's atomic weapons
program since they began more than three years ago. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=ApM
gGdo2MRQ.z75PO27kvlOs0NUE>
Nuclear Talks on North Korea Set to Resume in Beijing Negotiators on Thursday
will resume the long-stalled talks aimed at North Korean nuclear disarmament
amid tentative signs of a possible breakthrough in a diplomatic process that
seemed shattered four months ago when North Korea tested a nuclear device. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/world/asia/08korea.html?_r=1&oref=slo
gin>
Japanese newspaper reports U.S.-North Korea deal signed in Berlin The United
States and North Korea signed a memorandum during bilateral talks last month,
agreeing Pyongyang's first steps toward its denuclearization and U.S. energy
support should begin simultaneously, a major Japanese newspaper reported
Thursday. AP
<
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=c1e6e7a5-f474-463
e-a87d-6c370509dc03&k=6470>
Why latest Korea nuclear talks raise hopes International negotiations on
North Korea's nuclear program resume in Beijing Thursday with more optimism than
at any time in more than 18 months - largely because the two principal parties
in the talks, North Korea and the United States, both have reason for craving
the appearance of progress. CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0208/p01s03-woap.html >
/ Al Jazeera < http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3CF2EC9D-EDA0-4795-9E7B-ACEF615C
689E.htm>
Food aid key to N Korea talks As six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear
programme resume in Beijing, the BBC's Penny Spiller considers whether food
shortages in the secretive communist state may have an impact on progress. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6338941.stm >
Rice Disputes Claim of Iranian Overture Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
disputed claims Wednesday that the Bush administration bungled a diplomatic
overture from Iran that offered a broad dialogue with the United States after
nearly a quarter-century of enmity. AP <
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2858126 >
Iranian public is uneasy with leaders' nuclear diplomacy Iran's leadership is
facing mounting public unease and the seeds of mutiny in the parliament over the
combative nature of its nuclear diplomacy. LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran8feb08,1,474421
1.story?coll=la-headlines-world&track=crosspromo>
Israel sounds alarm on Iran's nuclear efforts Israeli leaders rarely invoke
the Holocaust in the face of enemies. The Jewish homeland founded after Adolf
Hitler's genocide has, for the last generation, felt secure enough to fight its
many battles with little or no help. LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-israel7feb07,1,257
6908.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage>
GCC may build nuclear plants for energy A group of six Persian Gulf countries
will start building nuclear power plants by 2009 to cover energy demand as oil
and natural gas supplies decrease. Earthtimes <
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/28290.html >
Thai environmentalists halt public hearing on plans for nuclear energy Angry
environmentalists demanded Wednesday that the government halt a proposed plan to
build Thailand's first nuclear power plants, forcing the cancellation of a
scheduled public hearing on the issue. AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/07/asia/AS-GEN-Thailand-Nuclear -
Energy.php>
Japan Nuclear Reactor Resumes Operation A nuclear reactor in western Japan
returned to full-scale commercial operation Wednesday more than two years after
it was shut down following the nation's worst fatal accident at a nuclear
facility AP <
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/07/ap3404345.html >
Florida Well-Positioned for New Nuclear Plants, Industry Executive Tells
Miami Business Leaders Thanks to strong business, government and public support,
Florida is well-positioned to build new nuclear power plants to meet the state's
fast-growing electricity needs, Nuclear Energy Institute President Emeritus Joe
F. Colvin said in a speech here today.
PRnewswire
<
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/
02-07-2007/0004522979&EDATE=>
Nuclear terrorism risk grows more real - analysts Western governments must
take seriously the possibility of terrorists exploding a nuclear bomb as the
necessary materials and know-how become easier to acquire, security analysts
argue in two new reports. Reuters <
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/8/worldupdates/2007-0
2-08T091347Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-286772-2&sec=Worldupdates>
Iranian envoy to meet with Russian security adviser Russian President
Vladimir Putin's security adviser will meet Thursday with an envoy of Iran's
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the security council said Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/07/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran.php
> / AFP
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February99.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Russia Plans New ICBMs, Nuclear Subs Russia's defense minister on Wednesday
laid out an ambitious plan for building new intercontinental ballistic missiles,
nuclear submarines and possibly aircraft carriers, and set the goal of exceeding
the Soviet army in combat readiness. AP <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2856773 >
Russia regrets no UK go-ahead for Litvinenko probe Russia regrets Britain has
not yet replied to its request to allow Russian detectives to investigate in
London the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, a foreign ministry
spokesman said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=204102007 >
Insecurity prevents clean-up of Iraq pollution Iraq's government has
identified hundreds of polluted sites that pose huge health hazards, but
insecurity and lack of funds are stifling attempts to make them safe, a minister
said on Wednesday. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid
=2007-02-07T161609Z_01_WAL750145_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-UN-IRAQ.xml&sr
c=rss>
Opinion and Analysis
We must stop Bush bombing Iran, and stop Iran getting the bomb Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2008094,00.html >
The Iran Option That Isn't on the Table WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR20070
20702136.html>
Bring on the clowns Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/February/opinion_February24.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
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Posted: 09/02/2007 08:39 PM
09 February 2007
GERMAN VERSION: Al-Baradei warnt USA und Iran vor unkontrollierter
Kettenreaktion Iran droht Amerika mit neuen Raketen, Washington will Agenten der
Mullahs jagen: Der Streit droht zu eskalieren. Mohammed al-Baradei, Atomexperte
und Friedensnobelpreistr?ger, warnt im Interview: "Der Nahe Osten ist in der
schlimmsten Situation, die ich je erlebt habe". Der Spiegel - German Version <
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,465327,00.html >
| English Version < http://www.spiegel.de/international/ >
EU's Solana open to meeting with Iran's Larijani EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana said on Thursday he was open to meeting Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator at a security conference in Munich as the United States presses
Europe to get tougher with Teheran. Reuters <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/February/theworld_February251.xml§ion=theworld&col= >
U.S., North Korea signed nuke memorandum The United States and North Korea
signed a memorandum last month under which Pyongyang would freeze its nuclear
reactor while Washington initiates energy and humanitarian aid, sources said.
Asahi Shimbun <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200702090193.html >
Guarded hope greets proposal at North Korea talks With guarded optimism in
the air, six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program will consider a
draft agreement on Friday that promises rare but limited steps toward curbing
Pyongyang's atomic ambitions. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020800677.html?sub=new >
/ Reuters < http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/07/nkorea.talks.reut/index.html >
/ BBC < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6344819.stm >
Washington poised for climbdown as Korea nuclear talks near deal The US was
poised for an embarrassing climbdown as a new round of six-nation talks over
North Korea opened yesterday, the best hope for a breakthrough since the
standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme began in 2002. The Guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,,2009012,00.html >
Nations Divided Over How to Punish Iran Europeans are accusing Americans of
strong-arming them into cracking down on Iran in the latest trans-Atlantic
conflict, a dispute that is straining efforts to maintain a joint front on
Tehran over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment. U.S. officials, in turn,
complain that Europe is not pulling its weight because individual nations are
placing business interests above the common goal of keeping Iran from heading
down a path that could lead to nuclear weapons. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020800202.html >
IAEA to release report on its technical cooperation with Iran An official
from the Press Department of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) here
Thursday told IRNA that the a report on the agency's technical cooperation with
Iran is to be released on Friday by its secretariat. IRNA <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0702085688143339.htm >
Russia Urges Positive Response From Iran Over Nuclear Standoff Russia's
foreign minister has told Iran that Moscow is hoping for a positive response to
its efforts to help resolve the international standoff over Tehran's nuclear
program. RFE/RL <
http://www.huliq.com/10017/russia-urges-positive-response-from-iran-over-nuclear-standoff >
A countdown to confrontation THE streets of Iran are festooned this week with
revolutionary bunting. Black and green banners commemorating the martyrdom of
the third Shia imam, Hussein, still flutter from lamp-posts, even though the
mournful Ashura rites of late January are over. They now hang beside flags
looking forward to February 11th, when Iranians mark the anniversary of the
Islamic revolution of 1979. Economist <
http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8669160 >
Rafsanjani warns Iran on potential US attack Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the
influential former Iranian president, on Thursday warned of the grave
consequences for Iran of a possible US attack, in a public challenge to the
leadership's handling of the crisis surrounding its nuclear programme. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fa77a754-b784-11db-bfb3-0000779e2340.html >
Ambassador speaks at Marshall Center about threat of Iran's nuclear activity
The senior U.S. representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency gave
military and civilian leaders from more than 31 countries insight into a
seemingly intractable diplomatic problem when he spoke on Iran's nuclear
ambitions at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Feb. 6.
PressZoom <
http://presszoom.com/story_123989.html >
Other Nuclear News
Rice Denies Seeing Iranian Proposal in '03 Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice was pressed yesterday on whether the Bush administration missed an
opportunity to improve relations with Iran in 2003, when Tehran issued a
proposal calling for a broad dialogue with the United States, on matters
including cooperation on nuclear safeguards, action against terrorists and
possible recognition of Israel. WP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/07/AR2007020702408.html >
Ayatollah: even Bush can be brought to his senses The war of words between
the US and Iran today escalated as Iran's supreme leader warned that Tehran
would target American interests if attacked. The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2008811,00.html >
Head of nuclear power plant Forsmark steps down The head of the Swedish
Forsmark nuclear plant where security routines have been brought into question
resigned with immediate effect Thursday. DPA <
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1261329.php/Head_of_nuclear_power_plant_Forsmark_steps_down >
China Proposes 5 Working Groups on N. Korean Denuclearization China has
proposed creating five working groups within the six-nation nuclear disarmament
talks to oversee North Korea's denuclearization process, the Yonhap New Agency
reported quoting unidentified sources Friday. Korea Times <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200702/kt2007020911573611950.htm >
N. Korea talks resume on positive note South Korea's nuclear envoy said
Friday that a Chinese draft agreement - with North Korea accepting in principle
the initial steps for its disarmament - offered a good start for discussion. But
the main U.S. envoy said there was still much work to do. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070209/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear >
/ Reuters < http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/wl_nm/korea_north_kim_dc >
/ AFP < http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070209/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponstalks_070209050816 >
/ NTnews < http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,21196840%255E1702,00.html >
Guarded hope as North Korea talks eye deal The prospect of initial steps
toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms program brightened on Friday as
negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at a nuclear
plant within two months. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/wl_nm/korea_north_dc >
Hacker drops a bomb on nuclear watchdog's website Someone hacked into the
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's website and inserted a photograph of a
nuclear explosion - spurring the agency to call in the RCMP. CBC News <
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/02/08/cnsc-hacked.html >
Big rise in Russian military spending raises fears of new challenge to west
Concerns were growing yesterday over a new bout of east-west confrontation,
after Russia unveiled a big increase in military spending in the wake of the
American decision to site parts of its controversial missile defence system in
eastern Europe. The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2009339,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12 >
Washington riveted by Libby trial as defence prepares to put its case The
prosecution was winding up yesterday in a perjury trial that has gripped
Washington for the past three weeks and seen a parade of witnesses from the Bush
administration and the US media. On Monday it will be the turn of defence
lawyers representing Lewis Libby, the former chief of staff to the
vice-president, Dick Cheney, who is also due to give evidence. The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2009127,00.html >
Gov. Richardson says U.S. must cut nuclear weapons as part of global
leadership Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Thursday the
United States must lead the way on global struggles by reducing its nuclear
weapons, closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and dramatically cutting
energy use. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/08/america/NA-POL-US-Richardson-White-House.php >
Opinion and Analysis
Treading the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Minefield Science Magazine <
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/315/5813/791 >
Six-way talks Asahi Shimbun <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200702090159.html >
Next stop Iran? Economist <
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8668903 >
At long last, the soft underbelly is revealed The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article1355906.ece >
Turning colder The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2009142,00.html >
Comment: Bush is main obstacle to North Korea talks The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1353992.ece >
The bear is happy to be back Economist <
http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8672258 >
Russia's new standing can help Putin buttress Middle Eastern stability The
Daily Star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&article_id=79379&categ_id=17 >
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Posted: 12/02/2007 06:05 PM
12 February 2007
El Baradei says 'full transparency' needed for Iran to resume negotiations
with West on nuclear issues The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog on Sunday
welcomed Iran's willingness to resume negotiations with the West on its uranium
enrichment plans, but said nothing short of "full transparency" on Iran's part
will bring the two sides to the negotiating table. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/11/europe/EU-GEN-UN-Iran-Nuclear
.php> / FT
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Iran.php >
Iran talks offer backs watchdog's 'time out' call Iran's new offer of talks
on its disputed nuclear programme is intended to reinforce a call made by the
head of the UN atomic watchdog for a "time out" in the standoff, diplomats say.
AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February183.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Iran Softens Tone, Declares Readiness To Resume Talks President and Top
Negotiator Reject U.N. Call to Freeze Nuclear Program washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/11/AR20070
21100334.html> / FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cce42bf0-ba31-11db-89c8-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=fc3334c0-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
No News From Iran's Leader on Nuclear Program President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
vowed in a speech marking the 28th anniversary of the Islamic revolution here on
Sunday that Iran would not stop its nuclear program despite a United Nations
deadline next week. nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/world/middleeast/12iran.html?ex=13289
36400&en=d535c556659a10d4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss> / cnn <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/11/iran.nuclear/index.html?s
ection=cnn_latest>
Iran negotiator: Nuclear program 'no threat to Israel' Iran's nuclear
programme is not a threat to Israel and the country is prepared to settle all
outstanding issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency within three
weeks, its top nuclear negotiator said on Sunday. AP <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/11/iran.israel.ap/index.html
>
Gulf states to move ahead with N-energy plans The six Gulf Arab states are
moving ahead with plans to explore development of their first nuclear energy
plants, with representatives planning to seek help from the UN's nuclear
watchdog later this month, the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council
said on Sunday. AP <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/12/int2.htm >
US presents 'evidence' that weapons from Iran are being used in Iraq American
officials organised a display of weaponry yesterday designed to prove that Iran
has been supplying Shia insurgents inside Iraq with increasingly sophisticated
equipment. telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/12/wiran12
.xml>
N Korea to shut down Yongbyon reactor, not dismantle-source North Korea is
ready to shut down its nuclear reactor at the Yongbyon research centre under the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) control, but at the current stage
resolutely objects to its "dismantling," a source close to the six-sided
negotiating process told Itar-Tass on Monday.
itar-tasse
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11242835&PageNum=0 >
U.N. nuclear agency suspends nearly half of its technical aid projects with
Tehran The U.N. atomic watchdog agency has suspended nearly half of the
technical aid it provides Iran to punish it for its nuclear defiance, putting
Tehran on the same footing in terms of such action as North Korea and Saddam
Hussein's Iraq. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/10/europe/EU-GEN-Nuclear-Iran.ph
p> / reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR20070
20900832.html>
Iran: UN Surveillance Cameras Installed at Nuclear Plant Iran says the U.N.
nuclear watchdog agency has installed surveillance cameras at a nuclear facility
in Natanz. voanews <
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-10-voa16.cfm >
Putin rails against US foreign policy Vladimir Putin threw down the gauntlet
to the west in a confrontational speech on Saturday, attacking what he called
"illegal" US unilateral military action and arguing it had made the world more
dangerous. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b4eef8e6-b91d-11db-a5bc-0000779e2340.html >
Other Nuclear News
Talks on Energy Aid for North Korea Extended One Day Deadlocked over energy
aid to North Korea, envoys to six-nation denuclearization talks decided Sunday
night to give themselves one more day to come up with an agreement on the first
steps toward getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/11/AR20070
21100439.html>
Nuclear Talks on North Korea Hit Roadblock Negotiations on a step-by-step
deal that the Bush administration hopes will lead North Korea to give up its
nuclear weapons program appeared near collapse on Sunday over North Korea's
demands for huge shipments of fuel oil and electricity before agreeing to a
schedule for turning over its nuclear weapons and fuel. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/world/asia/12korea.html?_r=1&ref=worl
d&oref=slogin> / reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/12/worldupdates/2007 -
02-11T233244Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-286884-27&sec=Worldupdates>
Israel considering building nuclear power station Israel is considering
building a nuclear power station, an official of the country's atomic energy
commission confirmed Sunday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/11/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Nuclear .
php>
Opinion and Analysis
Why latest Korea nuclear talks raise hopes csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0208/p01s03-woap.html?s=t5 >
In defence of their right hindu
<
http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/12/stories/2007021218871400.htm >
The nuclear ambiguity route haaretz
<
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/824555.html >
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Posted: 13/02/2007 07:28 PM
13 February 2007
In Shift, Accord on North Korea Seems to Be Set The United States and four
other nations reached a tentative agreement to provide North Korea with roughly
$400 million in fuel oil and aid, in return for the North's starting to disable
its nuclear facilities and allowing nuclear inspectors back into the country,
according to American officials who have reviewed the proposed text. nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/world/asia/13korea.html?hp&ex=1171429
200&en=b3df230fb5479cfb&ei=5094&partner=homepagel> / AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR20070
21300130.html> / FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/16b905c4-bafb-11db-bbf3-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=7f5f6b12-2f66-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
Senior atom inspector removed from Iran post The veteran official who has
overseen U.N. nuclear inspections in Iran has been removed from his post nine
months after Teheran banned him from entering the country, a senior diplomat
said on Tuesday. reuters <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February201.xml§ion=middleeast>
U.S. Seeks Diplomatic Solution to Iran Stalemate, Bush Says President Bush
said today the United States will continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the
stalemate over Iran's nuclear program. washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR20070
21201048.html?nav=rss_world/mideast>
Swiss demand new Iran nuclear programme talks Swiss foreign minister
Micheline Calmy:Rey has held informal discussions with Iran's national security
chief Ali Larijani over his country's atomic programme NZZ <
http://www.nzz.ch/2007/02/12/eng/article7521981.html >
E.U. Nations to Impose Limited Sanctions on Iran Sale of Nuclear-Related
Material Banned washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR20070
21200250.html?nav=rss_world> / nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/world/europe/13sanctions.html?_r=1&or
ef=slogin>
Too late to halt Iran's nuclear bomb, EU is told Iran will be able to develop
enough weapons-grade material for a nuclear bomb and there is little that can be
done to prevent it, an internal European Union document has concluded. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ae2d5d24-badd-11db-bbf3-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=b
e75219e-940a-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html>
US Happy With IAEA Reduction Of Technical Assistance To Iran The United
States signalled Monday that the UN atomic agency's cuts in aid to Iran met
requirements for tough measures intended to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions.
AFP <
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Happy_With_IAEA_Reduction_Of_Technic
al_Assistance_To_Iran_999.html>
Ahmadinejad puts his faith in the 'wise people in US' to avoid conflict
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, yesterday shrugged off the threat of a US
attack and said accusations that Tehran was arming insurgents in Iraq
represented an attempt to find a scapegoat for American "defeats and failures".
guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2011928,00.html >
Iran seen as key to untangling Iraq Tehran favors a regional approach, and it
has the clout to settle the conflict or block U.S. aims, some analysts say.
latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran13feb13,1,29356
14.story?track=rss>
NAM to Report on Iran's N. Plant to ElBaradei Representatives of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) troika to the International Atomic Energy Agency are
due to report on their recent visit to Iran's Uranium Conversion Facility in
Isfahan to IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei late this week. farsnews <
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8511230297 >
Installation of radiation detection equipment at Slovenia-Croatia border
Equipment for detection of nuclear and other radioactive material is due to be
installed today at the Slovenia/Croatia border crossing Bregana.
makfax
<
http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublica
tion=2&NrArticle=54676&NrIssue=270&NrSection=20>
BP Device With `Small Amount' of Radiation Is Missing in Gulf BP Plc,
Europe's second-largest oil company, has lost a device in the Gulf of Mexico
that contains a small amount of radioactive material, according to the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Agency. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=atqrIbIhkkXY >
Larijani's Prepared Remarks for 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy
washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR20070
21200562.html?nav=rss_world>
Other Nuclear News
'Deal reached' at N Korea talks A tentative deal to curtail North Korea's
nuclear programme has been reached at six-party talks in Beijing. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6355681.stm >
Analysis: N.Korea Talks Hinge on Energy The main U.S. nuclear envoy once
quipped that not a single light bulb in North Korea has been turned on with
power generated from its sole operating atomic reactor. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/12/AR20070
21200868.html> / AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR20070
21300120.html>
Iran rejects U.S. accusations it armed insurgents in Iraq with roadside bombs
Iran today rejected U.S. accusations that the highest levels of Iranian
leadership have armed Shiite militants in Iraq with armor-piercing roadside
bombs. AP <
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-021207iran,1,7495416.s
tory?track=rss>
West Adds to Strains on Iran's Lifeline Western political and economic
pressure on Iran over its nuclear program has chilled foreign investment to the
extent that it is now squeezing the country's long-fragile energy industry,
adding strains to a government that is burdened by sanctions and wary of unrest
at home. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/business/13energy.html?partner=MW_CUS
TOM>
Opinion and Analysis
Gabrielle Rifkind: Want to ease tensions with Iran? Just try talking
independent <
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article2264679.ece >
Diplomacy, not war jordantimes
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion1.htm >
Accusations, denials and a weird form of diplomacy independent <
http://comment.independent.co.uk/leading_articles/article2264630.ece >
Iran's Nuclear Web nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/opinion/13milhollin.html >
Iran and the Nameless Briefers nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/13/opinion/13tue1.html?hp >
US claims against Iran: why now? BBC News <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6353489.stm >
How Not to Deal with North Korea nybooks <
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19923 >
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14 February 2007
IAEA will return to N Korea: ElBaradei The International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) will resume inspections in North Korea following Pyongyang's announcement
that it will curb its nuclear activities, its chief Mohamed ElBaradei announced.
AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070214/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons_0
70214004831> / hankooki
<
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200702/kt2007021415031110610.htm
>
IAEA's Plan For Enforcing N Korea Nuclear Deal Still Murky Just how the
International Atomic Energy Agency will be able to enforce a new North Korea
nuclear deal - and just how much involvement the North will allow
- appeared to be pure guesswork at agency headquarters, just hours after the
deal was announced. AP <
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070213%5cACQDJ
ON200702131558DOWJONESDJONLINE000789.htm&>
Questions remain on N. Korea disarmament A hard-won disarmament pact that the
U.S. and four other nations struck with North Korea requires the communist
nation to halt its nuclear programs in exchange for oil.
AP
<
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/02/13/koreas.nuclear.ap/index
.html?section=cnn_latest>
Official announcement on North Korea The Third Session of the Fifth Round of
the Six-Party Talks was held in Beijing among the People's Republic of China,
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the
Russian Federation and the United States of America from 8 to 13 February 2007.
ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0444b940-bb48-11db-afe4-0000779e2340.html >
International community responds positively to nuclear deal with DPRK The
six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue ended Tuesday with the
signing of a joint document, under which the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) will shut down and seal the Yongbyon nuclear facility, including
the reprocessing facility, and invite back IAEA personnel to conduct all
necessary monitoring and verifications.
Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/14/eng20070214_350034.html >
/ AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/14/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-Re
lations.php>
Agreement no model for Iran: experts The deal struck on North Korea's nuclear
programme is not a model for settling the crisis over Iran's nuclear programme,
analysts said on Tuesday. AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/14/int12.htm >
'North Korea deal prototype for Iran' North Korea's announcement Tuesday that
it would shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its nuclear
program in return for aid provides hope that the same type of deal could be cut
with Iran, senior Israeli officials said Tuesday. jpost <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1170359848325&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
2003 Memo Says Iranian Leaders Backed Talks The Swiss ambassador to Iran
informed U.S. officials in 2003 that an Iranian proposal for comprehensive talks
with the United States had been reviewed and approved by Iran's supreme
religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; then-President Mohammad Khatami; and
then-Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, according to a copy of the cover letter to
the Iranian document. washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR20070
21301363_pf.html>
Fuel Needs Specify Enrichment Volume Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki said that his country would define the quantity of uranium enrichment in
accordance with the fuel needs of its power plants.
farsnews <
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8511240374 >
EU study: sanctions alone won't prevent Iran atom bomb International
sanctions alone will not prevent Iran eventually producing enough high-grade
uranium for a nuclear bomb, according to an internal European Union study leaked
on Tuesday. reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/14/worldupdates/2007 -
02-14T043718Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-287580-1&sec=Worldupdates> / ft full report
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/9222452a-bb66-11db-afe4-0000779e2340.html >
Ankara meeting considers ways to combat nuclear terrorism A group of partner
nations finished a two-day meeting in Ankara yesterday to sketch out an agenda
of future counter-terrorism and nonproliferation activities to prevent and
reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.
abhaber <
http://www.abhaber.com/news_page.asp?id=3296 >
Other Nuclear News
Pact With North Korea Draws Fire From a Wide Range of Critics in U.S.
The deal that could lead North Korea to shut its main nuclear reactor came
under criticism from both ends of the political spectrum immediately after it
was announced on Tuesday. NYTimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/world/asia/14korea.html?_r=1&oref=slo
gin>
Bush welcomes North Korea agreement The Bush administration called a deal to
begin dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program a breakthrough, but the
North's history of broken promises kept the celebrations to a minimum. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_nkorea_11 >
/ Bloomberg < http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070214/pl_bloomberg/akzy6bpmjjnm_1 >
Outside Pressures Snapped Korean Deadlock It is hard to imagine that
either George W. Bush or Kim Jong-il would have agreed even a year ago
to the kind of deal they have now approved. nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/world/asia/14assess.html?ex=132910920
0&en=797e9494f55050d8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
U.S. Flexibility Credited in Nuclear Deal With N. Korea The six-nation
deal to shut down North Korea's nuclear facility, four months after
Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test, was reached yesterday
largely because President Bush was willing to give U.S. negotiators new
flexibility to reach an agreement, U.S. officials and Asian diplomats
said yesterday. washingtonpost
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR20070
21300130.html>
U.S. Senate 9/11 bill seeks more security aid, drops cargo inspection
requirements Top senators are proposing an anti-terrorism bill that
could spark future clashes with the House of Representatives as it would
allocate more domestic security money for smaller and rural states and
drop requirements for tougher cargo inspections. AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/14/america/NA-GEN-US-Congress-Te
rrorism.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Multilateralism works on North Korea latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nkorea14feb14,0,4597893.story
?coll=la-opinion-leftrail>
The Lesson of North Korea nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/opinion/14wed1.html >
Nuclear Bargaining washingtonpost
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/13/AR20070
21301158.html>
Reaching a Deal on North Korea time
<
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1588816,00.html >
Imperfect progress WSJ
<
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/PDF/ImperfectProgress.pdf >
Diplomacy works khaleejtimes
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/
2007/February/editorial_February28.xml§ion=editorial&col=>
>From the axis of evil to a grand bargain ft
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4aa3df6e-bbd0-11db-afe4-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=063fb9c2-3000-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html>
Korea's nuclear deal doubts AP
<
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=237112007 >
Bad behaviour works guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2012313,00.html >
New Regime timesonline
<
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article1381318
.ece>
Claims about Iranian arms carry familiar lack of proof usatoday
<
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/02/post_33.html#more >
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15 February 2007
Iran inspired by N. Korea nuclear deal? Iran is quietly accelerating efforts
to negotiate a deal on its nuclear program, using this week's agreement to
freeze North Korea's program as a model. latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nukes15feb15,0,5426
008.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Iran official hints at halting atomic work - paper An adviser to Iran's top
authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggested in remarks published
on Wednesday that Tehran might consider suspending sensitive atomic work.
reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/15/worldupdates/2007 -
02-15T022158Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-287677-2&sec=Worldupdates>
Nuclear agreement in Korean hands now Negotiators and analysts yesterday
warned that much work remained to force North Korea to go ahead with the
landmark nuclear agreement it made in the Beijing six-party agreement on
Tuesday. telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/15/wnkorea
15.xml> / donga
<
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007021571998 >
China, Russia, Backers of North Korea Deal, Fight U.S. on Iran China and
Russia are fighting U.S. efforts at the United Nations to prevent Iran from
building nuclear bombs while working to strip North Korea of the same weapons.
bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aB1AomUpqiDA >
Two Koreas to resume ministerial talks South Korea said on Wednesday it would
resume ministerial talks with North Korea, a day after Washington moved towards
normal relations with Pyongyang under a landmark deal aimed at ending the
reclusive state's nuclear programme. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8a79ef54-bc05-11db-9cbc-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=6700d4e4-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html>
Conservatives Assail North Korea Accord The White House yesterday found
itself fending off a conservative revolt over the North Korea nuclear deal, even
scrambling to mollify one of its own top officials who expressed sharp
disagreement with a provision that could spring Pyongyang from the list of
countries that sponsor terrorism, U.S.
officials said yesterday. washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR20070
21401695.html>
EU says it considers sending mission to DPRK The European Union (EU) is
planning to send a troika mission to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK), the German presidency said in a statement on Wednesday on behalf of the
EU. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/15/eng20070215_350261.html >
Safety problems throw Sweden's nuclear energy program into question The
discovery of serious safety problems at one of Sweden's three nuclear power
plants has thrown the country's energy model into question. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/14/business/sweden.php >
Saudi foreign minister: kingdom ready for nuclear cooperation with Russia
Saudi Arabia: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said on Wednesday
that the kingdom is ready to cooperate with Russia in the military and nuclear
power spheres. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/14/africa/ME-GEN-Saudi-Russia-Nu
clear.php>
UN Secretary-Gen To Attend Quartet Meeting In Berlin,Visit Vienna
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend a meeting of the so-called Quartet of
Middle East mediators in Berlin next week and meet the head of the U.N. nuclear
watchdog in Vienna, a U.N. spokeswoman said. AP <
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070214%5cACQDJ
ON200702142108DOWJONESDJONLINE001236.htm&>
Pakistan for treating nuclear-reactors as ordinary power plants While hoping
to become member of the 'Nuclear Supplier Group' (NSG) in near future, Pakistan
has proposed that nuclear reactors should be treated as 'ordinary power plants'
run under full IAEA safeguards. brecorder <
http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=528774&currPageNo=1&query=&search
=&term=&supDate=>
NAM-Group 77 representatives to IAEA present report on Iranian nuclear sites
Representatives of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and Group of 77 Developing
Nations at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) who visited Iranian
nuclear sites early February on Wednesday reaffirmed their confidence in
civilian nature of Iranian nuclear program. irna <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702144843195920.htm >
Kazakh Parliament ratifies additional protocol with IAEA Kazakhstan's Senate
(upper chamber of Parliament) has approved legislation ratifying an additional
protocol to the country's safeguards agreement with the UN's International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. ANI <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070214/139/6c43t.html >
Energy commissioner once again says Bulgaria's reactor reopening impossible
European energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs once again excluded the possibility
for the reopening of units three and four of Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP).
Sofia Echo <
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/energy-commissioner-once-again-says-bu
lgarias-reactor-reopening-impossible/id_20582/catid_68>
Other Nuclear News
Ex - Aide Says Rice Misled Congress on Iran Controversy over a possible
missed U.S. opportunity for rapprochement with Iran grew on Wednesday as former
aide accused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of misleading Congress on the
issue. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-usa.html?_r=1&o
ref=slogin>
Tenuous deal for North Korea North Korea's agreement to readmit nuclear
inspectors happened because it was a multilateral effort, negotiators say.
csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0214/p01s04-woap.html?s=t5 >
Japan Maintains Hardline Stance Toward North Korea South Korea seized upon
the new agreement to freeze North Korea's nuclear weapons program as an
opportunity today to quickly resume high-level talks with the North, contacts
that the South suspended with some reluctance after the North conducted its
first nuclear test detonation last October. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/world/asia/14cnd-japan.html >
/ nytimes < http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/world/asia/15japan.html?_r=1&oref=slo
gin>
South Korea and Japan Split on North Korea Pact The deal to freeze North
Korea's nuclear program has had immediate ripple effects in Japan and
South Korea, apparently freeing South Korea's hands and tying Japan's.
nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/world/asia/15japan.html?_r=1&oref=slo
gin>
Opinion and Analysis
Will the North Korean deal hold? BBC
<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6361477.stm >
Beijing Deal Not the Agreed Framework ohmynews
<
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=392608
>
6-way talks asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200702150153.html >
The lesson of North Korea IHT
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/14/opinion/ednoko.php >
Deal or no deal? Bush makes right pick on North Korea USA Today
<
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2007-02-14-edit_x.htm?c
sp=34>
For Bush and Kim, a welcome nuclear accord NYT
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/14/news/assess.php >
US aim in prodding Iran: negotiation? csmonitor
<
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0214/p01s01-usfp.html?s=t5 >
Nuclear Deal Facing Meltdown spiegel
<
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,466215,00.html >
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16 February 2007
ElBaradei says U.S. must engage Iran The pact to halt North Korea's nuclear
arms programme shows the United States must engage with Iran to settle the
dispute over its atomic ambitions, the head of the United Nations nuclear
watchdog said on Thursday. reuters <
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2007/02/16/world/elbaradei-says-us-must-engage-iran.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html >
U.S. "likely" to seek second Iran resolution: Rice U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday it was likely Washington will seek another
U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution on Iran because of its nuclear
program, but no decision had been made. reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070216/pl_nm/nuclear_iran_rice_dc_4 >
China Intent on Making Nuke Deal Happen Chinese President Hu Jintao
reiterated his country's commitment to helping implement an agreement signed
this week during international nuclear talks aimed at persuading North Korea to
disarm. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021600005.html >
Rice Is Said to Have Speeded North Korea Deal To win approval of a deal with
North Korea that has been assailed by conservatives inside and outside the
administration, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice bypassed layers of
government policy review that had derailed past efforts to negotiate an
agreement, several senior administration officials said this week. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/16/washington/16korea.html >
/ AFP < http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070216/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons_070216000935 >
UN watchdog unveils new symbol for radiation risk The U.N. nuclear watchdog
introduced on Thursday a new radiation warning symbol showing emanating waves, a
skull and crossbones, and a running person. Reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070215/sc_nm/nuclear_symbol_dc_1 >
/ AFP < http://www.spacewar.com/reports/UN_Atomic_Agency_Launches_Graphic_New_Radiation_Symbol_999.html >
First IAEA safeguards agreement, then we decide: EU The European Union would
like India to first take 'certain steps' like 'swiftly concluding' a safeguards
agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) before making up
its mind on civil nuclear cooperation, said EU's commissioner for external
relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner here Friday. IANS <
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/news/article_1264634.php/First_IAEA_safeguards_agreement_then_we_decide_EU >
/ hindu < http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/16/stories/2007021605601200.htm >
Gulf states 'have right to adopt nuclear technology' Gulf states have the
right to acquire nuclear energy for peaceful purposes under the supervision of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Sergie Lavrov, Russian Foreign
Minister, said here yesterday. Reuters <
http://www.gulf-news.com/nation/General/10104717.html >
Radioactive, unprotected: A `dirty bomb' nightmare Soviet-era nuclear
material is a target for smugglers willing to sell to anyone chicagotribune <
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0702150125feb15,1,6578821.story?track=rss >
Security Council Condemns Iran Bombing At Iran's request, the U.N. Security
Council on Thursday condemned the deadliest terrorist attack in the country in
years and extended "sincere condolences" to the Iranian people _ but not to
their government, at U.S. insistence. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021501789.html >
Sharapova Donates $100,000 For Chornobyl Projects The world's top-ranked
female tennis player, Maria Sharapova of Russia, has donated $100,000 to aid
recovery from the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster. rferl <
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/2/ca984adb-b511-44a2-abe4-eef8933cbe10.html >
Other Nuclear News
Russia threat to quit nuclear treaty over US shield plans Russia threatened
yesterday to pull out of a landmark nuclear arms control treaty unless the US
backed away from plans to install parts of its missile defence shield in eastern
Europe. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/caca0964-bd5d-11db-b5bd-0000779e2340.html >
/ ft < http://www.ft.com/cms/s/aa15ad76-bd5e-11db-b5bd-0000779e2340.html >
North Korean nuclear deal no precedent for Iran International negotiators
cajoled North Korea into agreeing to a nuclear disarmament deal. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/europe/EU-ANL-Iran-Not-NKorea.php >
/ AP < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021500868.html >
N.Korea pact may show Iran bargaining power of bomb A six-power pact to halt
North Korea's atom bomb programme might spur Iran to a deal on its disputed
nuclear activity but maybe only after it produces the makings of warheads to
maximise bargaining power, analysts say. reuters <
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/16/worldupdates/2007-02-16T000033Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-287902-1&sec=worldupdates >
SKorea sets talks with North South Korea agreed to resume high-level talks
with North Korea that could restart major aid shipments despite calls for
caution over an international deal on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070215/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons_070215152848 >
Doubts on dismantling N. Korea's arsenal For decades, North Korea badgered
its communist allies to supply it with a nuclear reactor and the technical
know-how that could have allowed it to build a nuclear bomb. It eventually
achieved both. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/15/news/bomb.php >
Russia says only U.N. can lift N.Korea sanctions Russia's top North Korea
negotiator, Alexander Losyukov, said on Thursday only the United Nations, and
not the countries in the six-way talks, could lift economic sanctions imposed on
Pyongyang. Reuters <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070215/137/6c5ua.html >
Bush: North Korea Must Abide by Terms of Nuclear Agreement U.S. President
George Bush says North Korea must abide by terms of an international agreement
aimed at ending its nuclear program. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns
reports, the White House is defending the deal reached Tuesday in Beijing.
voanews <
http://voanews.com/english/2007-02-15-voa51.cfm >
China Advises 'Serious Response' by Iran to U.N. Sanctions China told Iran's
top nuclear negotiator Friday that Tehran should abandon its defiance of U.N.
sanctions and work for a swift return to talks to resolve the standoff over its
nuclear program. Washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/15/AR2007021500728.html >
/ AP < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Iran-Sanctions.php >
Dounreay, part of ?3.3bn industry, fined just ?140,000 for radioactive
dumping ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners last night condemned as "paltry" a ?140,000
fine on the operator of the Dounreay nuclear plant for illegally dumping
radioactive waste. thescotsman <
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=252032007 >
Opinion and Analysis
U.S. Envoy Christopher Hill Discusses North Korea Nukes Deal pbs <
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june07/hill_02-15.html >
Iran versus the West: the view from the Tehran bazaar independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2274482.ece >
North Korea: A Deal is Better Than Nothing time <
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590173,00.html >
North Korea Takes the Bait time <
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590171,00.html >
North Korea Has Agreed To Shut Down Its Nuclear Program. Is He Really Ready
to Disarm? time <
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590455,00.html >
Hot Frogs and Other Fears newsweek <
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17172596/site/newsweek/ >
Trust me? Dealing with North Korea economist <
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8702881 >
Faces saved all round economist <
http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8706148 >
North Korea: Again washtimes <
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20070215-080826-8472r.htm >
It's not too late to stop Iran IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/15/opinion/edevans.php >
How to live with a nuclear North Korea IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/15/opinion/edramberg.php >
Fight Iran with a war of ideas LAT <
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-nafisi15feb15,0,726675.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail >
Nuclear fallout from rushed consultation FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0350fdce-bd5e-11db-b5bd-0000779e2340.html >
The best way to defuse nuclear tension FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d85b87c4-bd5d-11db-b5bd-0000779e2340.html >
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Posted: 20/02/2007 05:39 AM
19 February 2007
Report: IAEA officials to visit North Korea within two weeks to discuss
nuclear inspection A senior official at the U.N.'s atomic energy agency is
expected to visit North Korea within two weeks to discuss details of a planned
nuclear reactor inspection that Pyongyang agreed to at recent disarmament talks,
a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/17/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-NKorea-IAEA
.php>
UNSC cool on Iran nuclear IAEA report The Security Council is expected to
adopt a wait-and-see attitude after the UN watchdog agency releases a report
next Friday on Iran's compliance with demands that it halt sensitive nuclear
fuel work, diplomats here say. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February299.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Iran dashes hopes of nuclear compromise Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday
dismissed talk of immediate suspension of uranium enrichment ahead of this
week's UN Security Council deadline despite a recent flurry of Iranian diplomacy
that had raised hopes of a compromise. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ea6da0c0-bf72-11db-9ac2-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=61e21220-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html>
Larijani to resume talks with Solana on nuclear problem Secretary of the
Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani will resume talks with EU
high commissioner for foreign affairs Javier Solana to find a solution for the
Iranian nuclear problem, said on Sunday spokesman of the Iranian Foreign
Ministry Mohammad Ali Hosseini, speaking at a news conference. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11263025&PageNum=0 >
/ irna < http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702182267154834.htm >
Democratic senator calls North Korea pact progress, says much unaddressed A
senior Democratic senator said negotiators have made progress in encouraging
North Korea to halt its nuclear programs when they reached a pact in the past
week, but the agreement left key issues unresolved. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/19/america/NA-GEN-US-North-Korea
.php>
N Korea forecast to keep nuclear weapons IT'S increasingly likely North Korea
will retain and even build its nuclear arsenal until it is reunified with the
South, reports a high-powered US study group, including former top Bush
administration foreign policy officials.
theaustralian
<
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21247788-2703,00.htm
l>
China tightens nuclear controls Beijing says it will keep a closer eye on
importers and collaborate with the U.N. watchdog group. latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china18feb18,1,3275
961.story?coll=la-headlines-world>
Iran's Chance: U.S. Troubles in Iraq Create Opening for Regional Shift In
recent weeks, President Bush and American military officials have increasingly
accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's affairs. nytimes
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/world/middleeast/18assess.html?ex=132
9454800&en=89d1bb87cd00bc24&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss>
EU Ready To Work With India On Energy Supplies The European Union (EU) will
support India's struggle to meet its huge energy requirements, EU Commissioner
for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Feb. 16 . AFP <
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=13622 >
Other Nuclear News
Top Official: Iran Needs Nuclear Fuel Iran's top leader said Saturday the
country's oil and gas reserves will eventually dry up and defended the drive to
produce nuclear fuel, claiming it was the only way to avoid dependence on the
West for energy. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR20070
21701147_pf.html>
Germany Nudges U.S. on Missile Defense Germany's foreign minister said the
United States should have included Russia in discussions of a proposed missile
defense project in Poland and the Czech Republic, according to comments released
Sunday. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/18/AR20070
21801311.html>
India's proposals on nuclear deal to be conveyed this week Concerned over
certain elements in the newly-enacted United States law on civil nuclear
cooperation with it, India will present its proposals to be incorporated in the
bilateral agreement that is under negotiation to operationalise the deal.
navhindtimes <
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=021916 >
Iran's Elite Guards to Hold War Games Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards will
launch their second war games in a month on Monday, just days ahead of a U.N.
deadline regarding Iran's nuclear program. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/18/AR20070
21800284_pf.html>
Opinion and Analysis
Go nuclear, save the planet timesonline
<
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1400073.ece >
Deciding on the Enemy Worth Talking To nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/weekinreview/18sanger.html?pagewanted
=print>
Hold the Applause usnews
<
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070218/26korea.htm >
Now the real nuclear test begins for N. Korea starbulletin <
http://starbulletin.com/2007/02/18/editorial/special2.html >
North Korea bowed to pressure from five countries theolympian <
http://www.theolympian.com/109/story/66093.html >
The Iran Options wp
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR20070
21701143.html>
Why is the West heading for catastrophe in Iran? Khaleej times <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/February/opinion_February59.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
The best way to defuse nuclear tension FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d85b87c4-bd5d-11db-b5bd-0000779e2340.html >
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Posted: 20/02/2007 09:52 PM
20 February 2007
FT interview: Mohamed ElBaradei On Monday, the Financial Times talked to
Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency ahead of a
crucial week in the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d229a13c-c056-11db-995a-000b5df10621.html >
/ Guardian < http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2017089,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=
1>
Head of UN nuclear agency gloomy on Iran breakthrough Mohamed ElBaradei
has not given up hope that the US and Iran will one day sit down and
negotiate their -differences away, but in the much shorter term his
prognosis is bleak. ft
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1dfdeb38-c087-11db-995a-000b5df10621.html >
/
telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/20/ntriden
t20.xml>
ElBaradei: Still time to talk to Iran about its nuclear program Mohamed
ElBaradei, chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, said Monday there
is still time to negotiate with Iran about its nuclear program, noting
that it would take years for Tehran to produce weapons. AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/19/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-El-Bara
dei-Iran.php>
Iran's Larijani to meet IAEA head before key report Iran's nuclear
negotiator Ali Larijani will meet International Atomic Energy Agency
director Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday, shortly before a critical IAEA
report on Tehran's disputed nuclear activity, officials said. reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR20070
21900313_pf.html>
Iran readies gas for enriching uranium: diplomats Iran has moved
feedstock gas needed to start uranium enrichment into a nuclear plant at
the center of a crisis over Teheran's defiance of UN demands to halt
enrichment activity, diplomats said Monday. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070219/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_070219190040>
Russia Delays Iran Atom Plant Work as Tensions Rise Russia will delay
the building of Iran's first nuclear power plant as Tehran is behind
with payments, a Russian atomic industry source said, as pressure grew
on Tehran to curb its disputed nuclear activity. reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR20070
21900419_pf.html> / abcnews
<
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2887118 >
US 'Iran attack plans' revealed US contingency plans for air strikes on
Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country's
military infrastructure, the BBC has learned. bbc
<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6376639.stm >
Iran begins major military exercise Iran has begun a major military
exercise involving nearly 60,000 troops. These manoeuvres are being
conducted in 16 out of Iran's 30 provinces. hindu
<
http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/20/stories/2007022002981400.htm >
Menon to tell US of Indian concerns over N-deal Indian Foreign Secretary
Shivshankar Menon is expected to convey New Delhi's concerns over
"certain elements" in the law passed by US Congress on the civil nuclear
deal with it during a visit starting on Tuesday. hindustantimes
<
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1932992,001301790001.htm >
Other Nuclear News
Australia to send diplomats to North Korea Australia will send a team of
diplomats to North Korea within weeks to discuss lifting financial
sanctions following Pyongyang's agreement to shut down its nuclear
reactor, Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday. reuters
<
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyI
D=2007-02-20T123406Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-288432-1.xml&archived=Fals
e>
Opinion and Analysis
Talking our way out of a nuclear holocaust. Irish Times
<
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/PDF/talkingourwayout.pdf >
The Plan That Moved Pyongyang wp
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR20070
21900918.html>
North Korea - the 2005 deal again jordantimes
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion4.htm >
Fair play, for once? jordantimes
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion1.htm >
Will the United States attack Iran? by H. Blix iht
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/19/opinion/edblix.php >
Iran: a Chronology of Disinformation alarabonline
<
http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2007%5C02%5C02-19%5Cz
opinionz%5C962.htm&dismode=x&ts=19/02/2007%2002:37:30%20%C3%A3>
Pyongyang's denuclearization thejakartapost
<
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070220.E02&i
rec=1>
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Posted: 21/02/2007 09:19 PM
21 February 2007
Iran Sets Condition to Halt Nuke Program Iran's chief nuclear envoy said
Tuesday his country wants to negotiate over its uranium enrichment program, on
the eve of a U.N. Security Council deadline that carries the threat of harsher
sanctions. But the country's hard-line president said Iran will halt enrichment
only if Western nations do the same. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewanted=p
rint> / reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR20070
22000361_pf.html> / guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2017835,00.html >
US dismisses Iranian president's nuclear offer The United States scoffed on
Tuesday at an offer by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to suspend uranium
enrichment work if Western countries do the same. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February336.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
International pressure mounts on Iran Iran was on Tuesday struggling to stave
off further a fresh round of international censure as controversy over its
nuclear programme continued to mount. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/41df0d86-c11b-11db-bf18-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=b
e75219e-940a-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html>
Iran calls for Russia support in Security Council - Margelov Iran is not set
for confrontation with the world community, and it calls on Russia to support it
in the UN Security Council, the chief of the Federation Council's committee on
international affairs, Mikhail Margelov, said.
itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11271617&PageNum=0 >
Washington planning UN arms embargo against Iran The Bush administration is
planning to propose a new resolution against Iran at the United Nations Security
Council that will call for stepping up sanctions against Tehran in an effort to
thwart its nuclear ambitions. haaretz <
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/828426.html >
Move for indigenous N-fuel capability Pakistan will develop an indigenous
nuclear fuel manufacturing capability and set up, as a first step, a chemical
processing plant (CPP). dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/21/top11.htm >
[Kuwaiti] Govt accused of flouting environment regulations The Kuwaiti
government has been flouting environmental regulations for the past 16 years,
Al-Rai quoted Green Line Environment Group as saying.
arabtimesonline
<
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9789&cat
=a>
Other Nuclear News
S. Korea believes N. Korea has uranium-enriching program: intelligence chief
South Korea's intelligence agency said Tuesday it believes North Korea is
running a clandestine uranium-enriching program, an allegation that has been
surfacing as a key source of contention on a nuclear disarmament deal reached
last week. yonhap <
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070220/6300000000200702202000
34E1.html>
Think tank: North Korea has enough plutonium for 4-8 nuclear warheads North
Korea has enough plutonium to build an estimated four to eight crude nuclear
warheads that could potentially be mounted on medium-range missiles, a
Washington-based think tank said. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/21/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
Negroponte to shore up N Korea deal John Negroponte's first mission as US
deputy secretary of state is expected to take him to Asia next week to shore up
last week's breakthrough deal with North Korea, under which Pyongyang is to
close its nuclear bomb-making facilities in return for aid and peace talks. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fb8aa396-c150-11db-bf18-000b5df10621.html >
2 Leaders Rebuff Russia's Nuclear Threats Officials in the Czech Republic and
Poland vowed Tuesday that they would not be intimidated by Russia, a day after a
general in Moscow declared that nuclear weapons could be aimed at their
countries if they allowed the Bush administration to build ballistic missile
defenses within their borders.
nyt
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/world/europe/21russia.html?pagewanted
=print>
France pushes conventional nuclear plants for S.Africa South Africa should
build a second conventional nuclear power plant instead of investing in more
advanced nuclear technology to fix a looming energy crisis, France's minister of
industry said on Tuesday. reuters <
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-02-20T132405Z_01_BAN047653_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-SAFRICA-FRANCE-NUCLEAR-2
0070220.XML&archived=False>
India, Pakistan sign nuclear pact Indian and Pakistani officials signed an
agreement Wednesday to avert the risk of accidentally triggering a nuclear war
between the South Asian rivals. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/21/asia/AS-GEN-India-Pakistan-Nu
clear.php>
Opinion and Analysis
So, Iran is next! Khaleej times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/
2007/February/editorial_February43.xml§ion=editorial&col=>
The axis of evil, five years later csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0221/p09s01-cojh.html >
New tensions over Iran's nuclear plans bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6379611.stm >
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Posted: 22/02/2007 07:52 PM
22 February 2007
Iran vows not to 'retreat one iota' in nuclear pursuit The Iranian president
scoffed Wednesday at a U.N. Security Council demand that the Islamic republic
halt its uranium-enrichment program. cnn <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/21/iran.nuclear/ >
ElBaradei's proposal should be studied: Majlis speaker Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali
Haddad-Adel said here on Wednesday that IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei's proposal
that Iran and the West take a mutual "timeout"
should be studied technically. mehrnews
<
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=451723 >
UN chief to meet ElBaradei on nuclear crisis UN chief Ban Ki-moon will hold
talks Thursday on Iran's disputed nuclear program with the head of the UN atomic
watchdog, who is expected to issue a damning report that could pave the way for
tougher sanctions against Teheran. afp
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/February/theworld_February665.xml§ion=theworld&col=> / dpa <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February348.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
U.N. Atomic Report May Expose Iran to Wider Sanctions A U.N. watchdog report
due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has escalated rather than halted its
nuclear fuel program, exposing Tehran to wider sanctions over fears it is
secretly seeking atom bombs. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pag
ewanted=print> / ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/21/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-France-I
ran.php>
New resolution on Iran nuclear programme looms at UN The UN Security Council
looks set to thrash out another hard-to-negotiate resolution on Iran's disputed
nuclear programme, one likely to punish Tehran for intransigeance. afp <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/259941/1/.html >
Rice to Confer With Diplomats About Iran Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
planned to confer with European diplomats ahead of a likely push for new
sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program. guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6432269,00.html >
/ bbc < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6384725.stm >
The U.S. Tries Quiet Diplomacy on Iran Now that Iran has officially missed
the UN Security Council deadline for stopping its uranium enrichment work,
Western leaders have decided on a deliberately muted response. time
<
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1592218,00.html?xid=rss -
topstories>
India bans export of all nuclear-related material, technology to Iran India
has banned the export of all material, equipment and technology which could
contribute to Iran's nuclear program, the trade ministry said Wednesday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/21/asia/AS-GEN-India-Iran-Nuclea
r-Ban.php>
Tokyo holding no direct talks on uranium enrichment with Moscow Tokyo is not
holding any direct talks with Moscow on enrichment of Japan's uranium on the
Russian territory, an official of the nuclear fuel cycle department of the
Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11272186&PageNum=0 >
Iran's debt to Russia in Bushehr project is less than USD100 mln Iran's debt
to Russia in the Bushehr nuclear power plant's project "makes less than 100
million dollars, and this issue can be settled quickly," an Iranian diplomatic
source told Itar-Tass here on Wednesday. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11272713&PageNum=0 >
IAEA Okays Venezuela Water Projects The International Atomic Energy Agency
has given permission for eight Venezuelan projects to use nuclear techniques for
assessment and management of water resources, university sources informed
Wednesday. plenglish
<
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BFD889D91-3BF0-43DF-AE0A-E3A1
76E6CCEF%7D&language=EN>
Oil Prices Hover Around $60 a Barrel Oil prices hovered around the
psychologically important $60-a-barrel mark in Asian trading Thursday ahead of
the release of the U.S. government's fuel stocks data later in the day. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR20070
22100346.html>
Other Nuclear News
NK Hints at Ability to Mount Nuclear Warheads on Missiles North Korean Vice
Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan suggested that the reclusive country has the
ability to mount nuclear warheads on medium-range ballistic missiles in a recent
meeting with high-profile U.S. visitors, a Washington-based radio station
reported Thursday. hankooki <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200702/kt2007022215233110610.htm
>
Renewed fears of secret uranium enrichment by North Korea Suspicions over
whether Pyongyang has been running a secret uranium enrichment programmeare back
in the spotlight after last week's apparent breakthrough in the long-running
North Korean nuclear crisis. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/916def76-c219-11db-ae23-000b5df10621.html >
Negroponte plans to visit Asia but not North Korea U.S. Deputy Secretary of
State John Negroponte plans to visit Japan, China and South Korea soon but will
not go to North Korea, the State Department said on Wednesday. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR20070
22100582_pf.html>
Russia seeks to boost nuclear sales to South Africa Russia is ready to help
build new nuclear power stations in South Africa and join ventures to mine
uranium for the world market, Russia's nuclear chief said on Wednesday, Interfax
news agency reported. reuters <
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-02-22T065354Z_01_BAN224812_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-NUCLEAR-RUSSIA-SAFRICA-2
0070222.XML>
Russian, German foreign ministers to discuss Iran Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier will meet on
Thursday to discuss the Iranian nuclear issue.
itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11275455&PageNum=0 >
SA considers enriching own uranium South Africa is considering enriching its
own uranium to fuel new nuclear power plants -- including pebble-bed modular
reactors -- to be built in coming decades, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa
Sonjica said on Tuesday. mail&guardian <
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=299669&area=/breaking_ne
ws/breaking_news__business/>
U.S. Tries to Ease Concerns in Russia on Antimissile Plan Bush administration
officials tried Wednesday to tamp down Russian concerns, voiced in strikingly
harsh terms, over American plans to base missile defenses in Eastern Europe. nyt
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/22/world/europe/22policy.html?pagewanted
=print>
Austrian no-nuke activists block 2 border crossings with Czech Republic
Austrian activists blocked two border crossings with the Czech Republic for one
hour Wednesday in protest against a Czech nuclear power plant, Czech Radio
reported. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/21/europe/EU-GEN-Czech-Austria-N
uclear.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Why US is now turning to diplomacy csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0222/p01s04-usfp.html >
How did it come to this? telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/22/wiran12
2.xml>
Iran's Undeterred Nuclear Quest cfr
<
http://www.cfr.org/publication/12683/irans_undeterred_nuclear_quest.htm
l?breadcrumb=%2F>
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Posted: 23/02/2007 07:55 PM
23 February 2007
Iran Expanding Nuclear Effort, Agency Reports In open defiance of the United
Nations, Iran is steadily expanding its efforts to enrich uranium, the
International Atomic Energy Agency reported Thursday. nyt <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html?_r=1&ore
f=slogin&pagewanted=print> / reuters
<
http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-02-22T155847Z_01_L22475863_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-IRAN-NUCLEAR-COL.XML>
IAEA report: Russia insists on diplomatic solution to Iranian nuclear issue
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin has called for a diplomatic solution to
the Iranian nuclear issue instead of imposing additional Security Council
sanctions against the Islamic Republic. app
<
http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4459
&Itemid=2>
Rice Warns Iran It Risks Further U.N. Sanctions Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that it will face further punishment
and isolation if it forges ahead with efforts to develop a uranium-enrichment
program, but she said the United States and other powers are prepared to restart
talks aimed at ending the standoff if Iran suspends its most controversial
nuclear activities. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR20070
22200849_pf.html>
Diplomats to Work on New Iran Resolution Iran is "thumbing its nose" at the
international community by expanding its uranium program, a top U.S.
official said, setting the stage for difficult negotiations on new U.N.
sanctions, with the U.S. likely to push for tougher measures. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR20070
22300185.html>
Six world powers to discuss Iran in London Six world powers will meet early
next week in a bid to defuse the nuclear crisis with Iran, while the United
States and its allies seek stiffer UN sanctions, US officials said. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February383.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Brazil implements U.N. sanctions against Iran President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva signed a decree Thursday enacting a recent United Nations resolution
banning the sale and transfer of nuclear equipment and technology to Iran, the
foreign ministry said. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Iran-Nu
clear.php>
U.N. chief hopes NKorea nuclear deal will send 'good message' to Iran The
U.N. chief said Thursday that a breakthrough North Korea nuclear disarmament
deal reached earlier this month was a "great step forward"
and hoped it would send a positive message to Iran. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/europe/EU-GEN-Austria-UN-NKor
ea-Iran.php> / malaysiasun
<
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/229
886/cs/1/>
Swedish nuclear reactor restarted after valve leak A reactor at Sweden's
Ringhals nuclear power plant was put back online Thursday after a six-day
shutdown to repair a water leak in a valve. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/europe/EU-GEN-Sweden-Nuclear .
php>
UN to help GCC study nuclear plan Gulf states and the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to co-operate on a feasibility study on
regional plans for a nuclear energy programme, a senior Gulf official said
yesterday. gulf-daily-news <
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=170880&Sn=WORL&IssueID
=29340>
US pledges to bat for India at IAEA, NSG The United States has pledged to be
India's supporter in getting the necessary clearances from the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Nuclear Suppliers'
Group (NSG) for their civil nuclear deal. indiaenews <
http://www.indiaenews.com/america/20070223/40615.htm >
New radiation symbol launched The International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) together with the International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) has launched a new warning symbol for ionising radiation to supplement
the well known black and yellow three cornered trefoil.
neimagazine
<
http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=132&storyCode=2042346 >
Other Nuclear News
Pakistan successfully tests nuclear-capable missile Pakistan successfully
test-fired a new version of its long-range nuclear-capable missile on Friday,
the military said. afp <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/260218/1/.html >
U.S. envoy defends North Korean nuclear disarmament deal Under fire from
conservatives, the chief U.S. envoy at North Korean nuclear talks defended on
Thursday a recent disarmament accord as a smart, incremental process that can
eventually lead to a peaceful Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/america/NA-GEN-US-NKorea.php >
U.S. Acknowledges Gaps on N.Korea Nuclear Program The United States on
Thursday acknowledged gaps in its knowledge about the covert uranium enrichment
program it has long accused Pyongyang of pursuing. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-korea-north-usa.html
?pagewanted=print>
Hill warns N Korea on deadlines North Korea must stick to the tight deadlines
of the new deal to freeze its Yongbyon nuclear facility in exchange for a modest
amount of fuel oil, Christopher Hill, the US negotiator at the six-party nuclear
talks, said on Thursday. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/50e29f64-c300-11db-9047-000b5df10621.html >
Swiss government: nuclear to stay world-nuclear-news <
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/nuclearPolicies/220207Swiss_governmen
t_nuclear_to_stay.shtml>
Russia seeks investment in S.Africa nuclear power Russia is seeking
investment in new nuclear power stations and joint uranium mining ventures in
South Africa, Russia's natural resources minister said on Thursday. reuters <
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-02-22T133241Z_01_BAN248735_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-SAFRICA-RUSSIA-NUCLEAR-2
0070222.XML>
No Iran strike plans, says Blair UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that
diplomacy, not military action, is the best way to resolve the stand-off over
Iran's nuclear programme. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6385207.stm >
Pentagon Abandons Big Bomb Test Facing stiff opposition from two Western
states, the Pentagon on Thursday scrapped plans for a 700-ton non-nuclear test
blast that would have produced the first mushroom cloud of dust over the Nevada
desert in decades. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Mushroom-Cloud.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Japan, Russia set to sign nuclear deal Japan and Russia are close to reaching
a uranium enrichment deal for fuel in nuclear power plants, a Japanese daily
said Thursday. upi
<
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20070222 -
044018-9542r>
U.S. diplomat to travel to India for talks on civil nuclear trade A top U.S.
diplomat says a path could be cleared for shipments of U.S.
civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India by the end of the year. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/23/america/NA-GEN-US-India-Nucle
ar.php>
Delays in funding Bushehr project affect negatively construction Delays in
Iran's financing of equipment deliveries for the construction of the Bushehr
nuclear power plant affect negatively the construction, said partakers of an
enlarged meeting with top managers of all largest subcontractors, which are
involved in the construction of this nuclear power plant. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11278577&PageNum=0 >
Opinion and Analysis
Iran -- Looking East abcnews
<
http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=2895691 >
What Scares Iran's Mullahs? nyt
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/opinion/23milani.html?pagewanted=prin
t>
Dealing with Tehran ft
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/22574a64-c2e2-11db-9e1c-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=063fb9c2-3000-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html>
Want peace? Prepare for war khaleej times <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/February/opinion_February76.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
Iran goes down to the wire atimes
<
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB23Ak06.html >
Q&A: What next in Iran nuclear row? timesonline <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1426211 .
ece>
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Posted: 27/02/2007 09:08 PM
26 February 2007
IAEA chief says North Korea has invited him to discuss dismantling nuclear
program North Korea on Friday asked the chief U.N. atomic inspector to visit
more than four years after expelling his experts and quitting the
Nonproliferation Treaty, in an encouraging signal about its willingness to
ultimately renounce nuclear weapons. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/23/europe/EU-GEN-Nuclear-NKorea.php >
/ reuters < http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-02-23T160413Z_01_L23578209_RTRUKOC_0_UK-KOREA-NUCLEAR-ELBARADEI.xml >
/ voanews < http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/02/23/us-welcomes-north-korean-invitation-to-un-nuclear-chief/ >
Iranian Officials Say No Retreat On Nuclear Program Iranian officials say
they will not reverse course and halt their nuclear program. VOA's Paula Wolfson
reports U.S. officials say they will keep pressure on Tehran to stop nuclear
enrichment. voanews <
http://voanews.com/english/2007-02-25-voa13.cfm >
ElBaradei report best document on Iran's peaceful N-program Iran's Ambassador
to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh said the report
presented by the IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei on Thursday was the
best document prepared by the agency on Iran's peaceful nuclear program. irna <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0702252468121343.htm >
Rice Says Iran's Isolation Over Nuclear Work Fostering Dissent Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice said Iran's continued defiance of international demands
that it stop uranium enrichment is stirring dissent within the Persian Gulf
nation that is adding to diplomatic pressure. bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aX1C_WGV24Eg&refer=home >
/ irna < http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-17/0702245888195439.htm >
Rice Vows Talks if Iran Halts Nuke Plans Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
said the U.S. would hold direct talks with Iran if Tehran suspended its nuclear
program. Iran's president, however, pledged to move ahead with enrichment
activity that Washington contends masks weapons development. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Iran.html?pagewanted=print >
Tougher Iran Sanctions On G-6 London Meeting Agenda Diplomats from the five
permanent UN Security Council members and Germany will be meeting at London's
Foreign Office on Monday to consider tougher new measures against Tehran for its
failure to respect a UN deadline to freeze nuclear enrichment work. nasdaq <
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070226%5cACQRTT200702260200RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0052.htm& >
Most US intelligence on Iran inaccurate Most US intelligence on Iran shared
with the International Atomic Energy Agency has proved to be inaccurate and
failed to lead to discoveries of a smoking gun inside the Islamic Republic, a US
newspaper reported on its website Saturday. AFPe <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070225/pl_afp/usirannuclear_070225230207 >
/ latimes < http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran25feb25,1,488919.story >
Final 6-party accord dropped abandonment of nuke arms from 1st draft North
Korea's abandonment of nuclear weapons was stated in a first draft of an
agreement document for the six-party talks held earlier this month, but was
dropped in a second draft drawn up by the United States after the North Korean
side rejected it, negotiation sources said Sunday. kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070225/kyodo/d8nh0cf80.html >
New analysis: March to be crucial month for Indo-US nuclear deal The coming
month will be crucial to the final success of the Indo-US nuclear deal, say both
Indian and US officials. hindustantimes <
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1937775,001301790001.htm >
Chernobyl's forgotten find a champion MORE THAN 20 years have passed since
Zoya Klimakina, an engineer, was sent to Chernobyl to help clean up after the
world's worst nuclear accident. She was exposed to radiation for weeks, has
suffered from breathing difficulties since and receives a disability pension of
just ?100 a month. timesonline <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1434548.ece >
Iran: U.S. Is in No Position to Attack Iran's foreign minister said Saturday
the United States was in no position for another war, and maintained that
negotiations _ not threats _ were the only way to resolve the standoff over its
nuclear activities. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022400570_pf.html >
Cheney Wary of China's Military and North Korea's Credibility Vice President
Dick Cheney expressed concerns on Friday about China's military buildup, and
questioned whether North Korea would follow through on its commitments in a
recent nuclear deal. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/world/asia/24cheney.html?pagewanted=print >
Other Nuclear News
Nations gather for Iran nuke talks Top diplomats from six key nations are
meeting in London to discuss further moves to make Iran comply with demands to
end its nuclear The five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany
likely will consider restrictions on trade and arms for Iran when they meet
Monday to discuss new ways to pressure Tehran to suspend parts of its nuclear
program. ap <
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/26/iran.nuclear.ap/index.html >
Iran says ready for anything in nuclear dispute Iran is ready for anything
the United States does to stop its nuclear programme, Teheran's foreign minister
said on Saturday after the United States maintained it was keeping "all options
on the table"". khaleejtimes <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/February/middleeast_February406.xml§ion=middleeast&col= >
Muslim nations urge peaceful solution to 'dangerous' escalation over Iran
nuclear program Seven Muslim nations warned Sunday of a "dangerous escalation of
tension" over Iran's nuclear program and urged that the standoff be resolved
without resorting to force. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/25/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Mideast-Tensions.php >
Iranian atomic negotiator to hold talks with South Africa's Mbeki Iran's top
nuclear negotiator arrived in South Africa Sunday for talks with President Thabo
Mbeki, ahead of a London meeting of the five permanent U.N. Security Council
members and Germany to discuss Iran's nuclear program. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/25/africa/AF-GEN-South-Africa-Iran.php >
Lithuania Sees Nuclear Plant Open by 2015 The three Baltic states and Poland
have agreed in principle to build a nuclear power plant in Lithuania by 2015 to
ease their energy dependence on Russia, Lithuanian leaders said Friday. reuters
<
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/02/26/049.html >
Russia eyes nuclear plant in Namibia Russia's Techsnabexport, Renova and
Vneshtorgbank have established a joint venture to produce uranium in Namibia,
the head of the Russian nuclear agency said on Friday. namibian <
http://www.namibian.com.na/2007/February/national/077A2095EE.html >
N. Korea Nuclear Envoy to Visit U.S. North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator
plans to visit the United States within days for follow-up talks on a recent
disarmament deal, South Korean news reports said Saturday. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022302192_pf.html >
Opinion and Analysis
The Stuff Sam Nunn's Nightmares Are Made Of nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25Nunn.t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print >
North Korea's welcome opening latimes <
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-nkorea25feb25,1,668313.story >
THE REDIRECTION newyorker <
http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/070305fa_fact_hersh >
Leaving the Options Open With Iran nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/washington/24policy.html?pagewanted=print >
Iran's sputnik csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0226/p08s02-comv.html >
Don't misunderestimate them guardian <
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/niall_stanage/2007/02/iran_1.html >
Seeking the next step economist <
http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8758393 >
Fighting Iran -- With Patience washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301701.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns >
Lions, bears and birds washtimes <
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20070224-101332-8204r.htm >
Analysis: New tensions over Iran's nuclear plans bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6379611.stm >
Why can't MPs see the folly of Trident? guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/comment/0,,2020915,00.html >
The nuclear conspiracy the jakarta post <
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20070226.E01&irec=0 >
Containment makes a comeback latimes <
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-shapiro25feb25,1,1163900.story >
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Posted: 27/02/2007 09:09 PM
27 February 2007
World powers to continue discussions on UN resolution on Iran Six key world
powers pledged to reconvene on Thursday to continue work on a new, tougher UN
Security Council resolution on how to tackle Iran's defiant nuclear programme.
afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070227/ts_afp/irannuclearpolitics_0702270
55017&printer=1;_ylt=AsilAneJIGtjdjC4PVqZyvSGOrgF> / ap <
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-02-26-un-iran_x.htm?csp=34 >
/ bbc < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6397161.stm >
UN action on Iran 'still has time to work' US and British diplomats yesterday
said the west's strategy on Iran - involving a new round of measures at the
United Nations - still had time to succeed, despite Tehran's failure last week
to meet a UN deadline on its nuclear programme. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/52cb3c0e-c608-11db-b460-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=fc3334c0-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
UN powers end Iran nuclear talks Top diplomats from six key nations have
ended discussions in London on further moves to make Iran comply with demands to
end its nuclear programme. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6395867.stm >
U.S. Seeks to Tighten Iran Sanctions The United States wants world powers to
agree to a moderate tightening of U.N. sanctions against Iran because of its
continued work on its nuclear program, the State Department said Monday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Iran.html?pagewanted=print >
Iran Calls on West to Take Confidence Building Measures Iran's Deputy Foreign
Minister Saeed Jalili Monday said that the counterparty in Iran's nuclear case
should attract Tehran's confidence and assure the Islamic Republic that it will
not be deprived of its right to access nuclear technology. farsnews <
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8512070198 >
Arab countries could lead nuclear power The head of Britain's nuclear energy
agency on Monday said that the wealthy Gulf Arab countries could lead a
renaissance of nuclear power because they have the cash to fund plants and lack
the political opposition that often stymies construction.
<
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c8f9b4b9-a112 -
419a-80da-289046a52dde&k=63918> AP
Russia must allow IAEA inspections as premise for any nuclear deal with Japan
Russia must allow inspections from the International Atomic Energy Agency if
Tokyo is to cooperate with Moscow on nuclear energy, Japan's trade minister said
Tuesday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/asia/AS-GEN-Japan-Russia.php >
N Korea to get fuel from South for closing reactor South Korea is preparing
to send oil shipments to North Korea, as its share of a deal to reward the North
for shutting down its nuclear reactor. abc <
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1857808.htm >
International stance on Iran's nuclear program criticized The international
demand that Iran halt uranium enrichment before negotiations on its nuclear
program can begin is unnecessarily blocking diplomatic progress, a series of
speakers said at a conference on weapons proliferation Monday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/america/NA-GEN-US-Nuclear-Ira
n.php> / reuters
<
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Blix-says-Iran-fears-for-security/2007
/02/27/1172338595203.html>
U.S., DPRK nuclear negotiators expected to meet in New York Top nuclear
negotiators from the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) are expected to meet in New York in the next couple of weeks, State
Department spokesman Sean McCormack said on Monday. PDO <
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352666.html >
Panel finds 'no evidence' Israel used depleted uranium in 2006 war A panel of
experts from the United Nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
and other international agencies announced a unanimous determination Monday that
no depleted-uranium weapons had been used in the summer 2006 war in Lebanon.
dailystar <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article
_id=79896>
No 'Brakes' on Iran Nuclear Effort President's Remarks Precede Summit on
Further Sanctions washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/25/AR20070
22501098.html?nav=rss_world/europe>
Press sceptical over Iran talks As diplomats from the six countries involved
in efforts to get Iran to halt its nuclear programme meet in London to discuss
possible further sanctions, the Iranian press is split on the best way forward.
bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6397161.stm >
Other Nuclear News
Iran says will never suspend atomic work: agency Iran will never suspend
uranium enrichment as demanded by the West, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki said on Tuesday after world powers agreed to work on a new U.N.
resolution over Tehran's atomic plans. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR20070
22700109_pf.html e>
Iran Ready For US Talks Without Preconditions Iran said on Monday it would be
ready to examine positively a request by its arch-enemy the United States for
talks but would not accept halting sensitive nuclear activities as a
precondition. afp <
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Iran_Ready_For_US_Talks_Without_Precond
itions_999.html>
Iran Launches First Space Rocket Amid Global Concern Of Possible Nuclear
Weapons Despite looming sanctions from the United Nations, the United States and
the European Union, Iran remains defiant on its nuclear development program, and
according to state-run media, has also launched a rocket into orbit. ahn <
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7006578123 >
Iran earmarks $1.4 b. for nuclear plants Iran said Monday it has earmarked
$1.4 billion for construction of nuclear power plants amid international
pressure to abandon its nuclear program, state television reported. ap <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1171894523813&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
Ahmadinejad under fire in Iran for hardline nuclear stance Iran's president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came under fire from domestic critics yesterday for his
uncompromising stance on the nuclear issue as the US and Britain launched a new
diplomatic effort to agree harsher UN sanctions they hope will force Tehran to
halt uranium enrichment.
guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2022029,00.html >
Iran on dangerous path: UK British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Margaret Becket on Monday warned that Iran was treading a dangerous path by
refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/27/top3.htm >
Reporter: U.S. planning Iran bombs The Pentagon is engaged in intensive
planning to carry out a bombing campaign in Iran on a day's notice to halt the
flow of Iranian aid to sectarian militants in Iraq, Pulitzer-Prize winning
journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday. cnn <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/26/iran.nuclear/index.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Iran's pursuit of nuclear power raises alarms csm <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070227/ts_csm/aprolif_1 >
Stop bullying Iran khaleejtimes
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/February/opinion_February86.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
Defiance as sanctions begin to bite atimes <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB27Ak02.html >
Spinning its way to conflict again hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/27/stories/2007022701931000.htm >
It's high time the 5 leaders met with Kim Jong Il asahi <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200702270102.html >
Solutions, or no effect jordan times
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http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion1.htm >
Smart sanctions vs. dumb bombs latimes
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28 February 2007
It's impermissible to use force against Iran - Lavrov Russia thinks it
impermissible to use force against Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in
Moscow on Tuesday in comments on respective statements by U.S.
officials. Itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11291028&PageNum=0 >
SA likely to oppose more Iran sanctions South Africa is likely to use its new
seat in the United Nations Security Council to vote against the extra sanctions
that Western nations are planning to impose soon on Iran because it had refused
to give up its nuclear programme. The Star
<
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=14&click_id=6&art_id=vn2007022705
1233965C246054>
UNSC applying double standards on countries' N-activities: Soltaniyeh Iranian
Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar
Soltaniyeh said on Tuesday that the UN Security Council was applying double
standards on the nuclear activities of countries, obviously referring to its
demand that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment activities. IRNA <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0702277149124929.htm >
N. Korea offers to resume humanitarian projects North Korea has proposed to
resume inter-Korean humanitarian projects on a full scale immediately as the two
Koreas held the first ministerial meeting in seven months, South Korean
officials said Wednesday. Yonhap
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070228/6300000000200702281604
15E6.html>
India Seeks to Sell Reactors to Malaysia, Indonesia Nuclear Power Corp.
of India Ltd. said it's in talks to sell small nuclear reactors to Malaysia
and other Asian nations once an international embargo on India's atomic
technology ends. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apg_.z6ql0pI&refer=
home>
Southeast Asian countries plan to better enforce treaty banning nuclear
weapons Southeast Asian foreign ministers plan to meet in July to seek ways to
better enforce a decade-old treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region, a
senior diplomat said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/asia/AS-GEN-ASEAN-Nuclear-Fre
e-Zone.php>
Japan, Russia to Begin Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Talks Japan will begin talks
with Russia aimed at allowing Russian companies to enrich spent nuclear fuel for
Japanese power utilities, Trade Minister Akira Amari said. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=auMjYDdVxWkc&refer=
japan>
Other Nuclear News
Iran Will Not Suspend Uranium Enrichment Iran's foreign minister reiterated
Tuesday that his country will never again suspend uranium enrichment, dismissing
the threat of further United Nations sanctions.
AP
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
Iran ready to strike US 'anywhere' if attacked: diplomat Iran is ready to
strike back against the United States 'anywhere' if attacked, Iranian ambassador
to Russia Gholamreza Ansari was quoted as saying Tuesday. AFP <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/February/middleeast_February461.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
British prime minister says Iran making 'big miscalculation' on nuclear
stance Iran is making a "big miscalculation" by refusing to suspend its nuclear
enrichment program, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday - urging the
international community to take "tough, clear and unified" action by toughening
sanctions. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Iran.ph
p>
U.S. intelligence says North Korea beginning to implement nuclear accord U.S.
intelligence officials on Tuesday told skeptical lawmakers that North Korea
appeared to be taking the first steps to implement a recent nuclear disarmament
agreement, but they said they would keep close tabs on the North's actions. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/america/NA-GEN-US-NKorea.php >
U.S. Less Confident of N.Korea Covert Program The United States is somewhat
less confident that North Korea has a production-scale covert nuclear enrichment
program than it used to be, a top U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday.
Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-korea-north-usa.html?pagewante
d=print>
South Korea to Press North on Ending Nuclear Arms North Korea's chief nuclear
envoy looked set on Tuesday to make a rare trip to the United States while South
Korea sent a top official to Pyongyang to persuade the North to quickly start
scrapping its nuclear arms program. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR20070
22700198_pf.html>
Official says failures at Russian nuclear facilities decreasing The head of
Russia's nuclear regulating agency said Tuesday that the number of failures at
the country's nuclear facilities decreased last year compared with 2005, the
RIA-Novosti news agency reported. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Nuclear .
php>
Australian opposition accuses PM of making 'secret' nuclear reactor deal A
leading businessman linked closely to Australia's ruling party has been
encouraged to invest in nuclear power, Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday,
a revelation the opposition quickly denounced. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/27/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-Nuclear
-Power-Row.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran: Switching the nuclear tracks Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB28Ak03.html >
>From the guys who gave you the Iraq war, another fine idea FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/20a63baa-c5c4-11db-9fae-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=b
e75219e-940a-11da-82ea-0000779e2340.html>
Leading by example The Guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/john_sauven/2007/02/britain_cannot_
expect_other_co.html>
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