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International Nuclear News 03/2007 - Διεθνή Πυρηνικά Νέα
02 March 2007
Six powers discuss new UN resolution on Iran The United States, four European powers and China held telephone talks Thursday on toughening sanctions on Iran over its refusal to halt its nuclear programme, the French foreign ministry said. afp
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070301/wl_afp/irannuclearunfrance_0703011
94938> / ap
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR20070
30102120_pf.html>
Iran: Officials Put Positive Spin On IAEA Report Although the February
22 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran is not in compliance with UN demands to suspend nuclear fuel-making activities, several Iranian officials are saying the report has positive aspects and confirms that Tehran has not broken any nonproliferation rules. rferl
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fbb531656c.html>
Iranian nuclear issue faces IAEA once again Iran's nuclear activities are expected to figure high on the agenda of an emergency meeting of the Trustees of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is due to kick off on March 5, 2007. kuna <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&articl
e_id=80029>
Syria and IAEA in cooperation Talks Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Ottri on Wednesday discussed with Head of Asia and Pacific Department for Technical Cooperation in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Peter Salama the technical cooperation between Syria and the IAEA and means of making use of the nuclear energy for peaceful and developmental aims and generating electricity power. sana <
http://www.sana.org/eng/21/2007/02/28/105201.htm >
Other Nuclear News
CIA blunder 'prompted Korean nuclear race' The United States appears to have made a major intelligence blunder over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, one that may have exacerbated tensions with Pyongyang over the past four years and goaded Kim Jong-Il into pressing ahead with last October's live nuclear test, intelligence and Bush administration officials have said. independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2318711.ece >
N. Korea Reasserts Pledge to Denuclearize North Korea's No. 2 leader reiterated Thursday his country's pledge to abandon its nuclear weapons, as the impoverished nation sought a resumption of aid in its first high-level talks with South Korea since conducting an atomic test. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR20070
30100199_pf.html>
South Korea withholds aid from North pending nuclear disarmament progress South Korea refused to immediately restore aid to North Korea until the impoverished country makes progress on dismantling its nuclear weapons program, as the two Koreas agreed Friday to resume wide-ranging reconciliation moves at their first high-level talks since Pyongyang's atomic test. cnews <
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/03/02/3684887-ap.html >
China urges Iran to return to disarmament negotiations China urged Iran on Thursday to halt uranium enrichment and step up efforts to reach a peaceful, negotiated solution to an international dispute over its nuclear program amid a visit by Iran's deputy foreign minister. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/01/asia/AS-GEN-China-Iran-Nuclea
r.php>
Report: Russian senator says Iran trip indicated Tehran could develop nuclear weapons A Russian senator's recent trip to Iran indicated the country's nuclear program could turn to weapons development, he said Thursday, according to the Interfax news agency. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/01/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran.php
>
Iran foreign minister seeks nuke talks Iran wants a negotiated solution to its nuclear stand-off but parties must recognise the country's right to peaceful nuclear power, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday. reuters <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/news/news10.htm >
TEPCO admits that more nuclear power plant data was falsified Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has found that additional data at its nuclear power plants was falsified, company officials said. mainichi <
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070301p2a00m0na025000c.ht
ml>
Enriched uranium unearthed from German man's garden A German man obtained enriched uranium and buried it in his garden, raising concerns about the security of Germany's nuclear reactors, the environment ministry in the state of Lower Saxony said on Thursday. reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNew
s&storyID=2007-03-01T210200Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-289709-1.xml&archi
ved=False>
S.Africa seeks secrecy order in atomic trade case A German man pleaded not guilty in a South African court on Thursday to charges linking him to a global black market in atomic weapon technology as the government sought a black-out order on further proceedings. reuters <
http://za.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-03-01T143034Z_01_BAN152202_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-SAFRICA-NUCLEAR-KHAN-200
70301.XML&archived=False>
Canada sees possible nuclear renaissance Concern over global warming has breathed new life into Canada's nuclear industry, which is eyeing the possibility of its first new plants in the country in a quarter century, industry officials said on Thursday. reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/sponsoredby/ge/eco-business/article.aspx?type=
environment&storyid=2007-03-01T213332Z_01_N01390715_RTRIDST_0_DCBRIGHTS-
NUCLEAR-DC.XML&src=rss>
Papers: Spy Caused British Nuclear Fears Stunned by the revelation that a British scientist was passing American nuclear secrets to the Soviets immediately after World War II, diplomats feared the scandal could result in Britain's exclusion from U.S. atomic weapons programs, documents released Friday revealed. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Britain-Atomic-Spy.html?pagewa
nted=print>
Westinghouse to build 4 nuclear reactors in China Westinghouse Electric Co. sealed a deal on Thursday to provide China's State Nuclear Power Technology Co. with the technology to build four civilian nuclear reactors, state media said. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/01/asia/AS-GEN-China-Energy-West
inghouse.php>
U.S. unprepared for nuclear terror attack, experts say Although the Bush administration has warned repeatedly about the threat of a terrorist nuclear attack and spent more than $300 billion to protect the homeland, the government remains ill-prepared to respond to a nuclear catastrophe.
mercurynews
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/16812650.htm >
Czech Nuclear Plant Leak Deemed Harmless More than 500 gallons of radioactive water leaked at a nuclear power plant, but did not contaminate the environment, an official said Thursday. guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6450447,00.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Come clean on North Korea latimes
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-nkorea02mar02,0,7481490.story
?coll=la-opinion-leftrail>
A Pig Looking at a Watch: Assessing Iran's Nuclear Program huffingtonpost <
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/walter-c-uhler/a-pig-looking-at-a-watch_b
_42425.html>
Nuclear Hypocrisy and Iran fpif <
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4039 >
Don't Count on the Security Council to Curb Iran's Nuclear Ambitions humanevents <
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19574 >
Splitting atoms to cool the planet csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0302/p08s02-comv.html >
Punishment to Fit the Nuclear Crime wp
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR20070
30101326.html>
Analysis: U.S. Intel on Nukes in Doubt ap <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2916725 >
A Suddenly Convenient Truth nyt
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/opinion/02fri1.html?pagewanted=print >
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Posted: 06/03/2007 07:53 PM
05 March 2007
Nuclear watchdog to meet on Iran, N. Korea The U.N. nuclear watchdog's
governing body is this week expected to ratify cuts in aid to Iran imposed
because of Western suspicions that the Islamic Republic is secretly pursuing
nuclear weapons. reuters <
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/04/korea.elbaradei.reut/index .
html> / ap
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orea.php>
Diplomats: Iran Still Refuses Cameras Iran is still refusing U.N.
requests to put up cameras with a full view of the site where the Islamic
Republic is assembling what it says will eventually be 54,000 uranium-enriching
centrifuges, diplomats said ahead of a key meeting on Iran's nuclear program. ap
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/04/AR20070
30400815_pf.html>
UN nuclear chief to head to N Korea UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei is
travelling to North Korea next week to discuss the dismantling of nuclear
facilities. afp <
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21325840-38200,00.html >
North Korea fully ready to end nuclear work - envoy North Korea is fully
prepared to shut down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South
Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang and Washington are
set to begin rare talks on improving ties. reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=200
7-03-05T000803Z_01_SEO262451_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-ENVOYS.xml>
US, North Korea to open landmark talks in New York US and North Korean
negotiators were to open landmark talks Monday on normalising relations amid
questions over whether US intelligence had exaggerated the communist state's
nuclear threat. afp <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/262041/1/.h
tml>
NAM, G77 call on UN to drop Iran nuclear issue The Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) and the Group of 77 have prepared separate statements calling for
Iran's nuclear dossier to be removed from the agenda of the UN Security Council,
an informed source at the IAEA said on Sunday. mehrnews <
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=456772 >
Report warns against Iran attack Military strikes against Iran could speed
Tehran's development of nuclear weapons, according to a UK think tank. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6418049.stm >
/ bbc < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6414771.stm >
Other Nuclear News
U.S. to Offer North Korea Face-Saving Nuclear Plan In an effort to make the
best of newly murky intelligence about North Korea, Bush administration
officials say they plan to tell the North's nuclear negotiators on Monday that
Washington's doubts about how much progress the country has made in enriching
uranium gives North Korea a face-saving way to surrender its nuclear equipment.
nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/world/asia/05korea.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
2 Koreas' nuclear negotiators meet in New York Chief nuclear envoys from the
two Koreas met in New York, where North Korea showed a commitment to
implementing its recent agreement to start dismantling it nuclear weapons
program, news reports in South Korea said Sunday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/04/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
North Korea inspections will put U.S. to the test too North Korea's
unexpected promise last month to open its nuclear weapons arsenals and
production facilities to U.N. inspectors provided a welcome foreign policy
success for the White House, but may prove embarrassing as well.
latimes
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-norkor4mar04,1,4685
659.story>
Major Powers Fail to Settle Iran Differences Major powers failed on Saturday
to settle all their differences over a second U.N. sanctions resolution against
Iran for its nuclear work but remain committed to passing one soon, the United
States said. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-usa.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Nuclear Warhead Plan Draws Opposition The selection of a basic design for
what could become a new generation of U.S. nuclear warheads has drawn immediate
opposition from some key members of Congress. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR20070
30301077_pf.html> / bbc
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6414197.stm >
Gaddafi blasts West failure to reward Non-Nuclear Libya Speaking to the BBC
diplomatic correspondent James Robbins, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi slammed
the West over failure to reward Libya in return for its decision to remain a
non-nuclear country. aljazeera <
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=13230 >
Plan to sell low-cost N-reactors India has not only stepped up its diplomacy
with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) countries to allow it to access civil
nuclear technology and fuel but may also become a supplier of low-cost nuclear
reactors to other countries by joining the NSG. ians <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontine
nt/2007/March/subcontinent_March168.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=>
US envoy urges greater transparency from China on nuclear program The U.S.
State Department's No. 2 diplomat urged China to be more transparent about its
military buildup, just hours after Beijing on Sunday announced its biggest hike
in defense spending in over a decade.
ap
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/04/asia/AS-GEN-Asia-Negroponte.p
hp>
Pakistan test-fires short-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warhead
Pakistan successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range nuclear
capable missile on Saturday, the military said, ahead of peace talks with
archrival neighboring India. ap
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/03/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Missile -
Test.php>
U.S., North Korea Set for Talks Under Nuclear Deal U.S. and North Korean
negotiators will start talks on Monday aimed at normalizing diplomatic ties as
part of a complex agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its
nuclear arms programs for aid. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-korea-usa-talks.html
?pagewanted=print>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran: Can a military strike work? bbc
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6414771.stm >
Engage Iran through the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty dailystar <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article
_id=80136>
Trust negotiations, not Iran haaretz
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/832717.html >
The Nuclear Threat From China wp
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR20070
30201402_pf.html>
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Posted: 06/03/2007 07:55 PM
06 March 2007
IAEA: Iran May Have Halted Nuke Program Iran seems to have at least
temporarily halted the uranium-enrichment program at the heart of its standoff
with the U.N. Security Council, the head of the International Atomic Energy
Agency said Monday. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Nuclear-Iran-NKorea.html?_r=1&
oref=slogin&pagewanted=print> / afp
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/262153/1/.html >
/ reuters < http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/05/korea.elbaradei.reut/index.ht
ml?section=cnn_latest>
U.N. Ambassadors Discuss Iran Sanctions Ambassadors from the world's major
powers met Monday to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran for refusing to
suspend uranium enrichment, but differences emerged and an agreement did not
appear to be close, diplomats said. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR20070
30501172_pf.html>
EU foreign ministers agree to keep pressure on Iran over nuclear program
European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to keep pressure up on Iran,
warning it would pursue further U.N. sanctions if Tehran failed to abide by
international demands that it suspend its nuclear activities and return to
negotiations. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/05/europe/EU-GEN-EU-Iran.php >
Some Fear Iran Space Program Is Hostile Iran's announcement that it launched
a research rocket has called new attention to a space program that Tehran says
is peaceful but which some fear aims to produce long-range ballistic missiles
that could reach Europe or the United States. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/05/AR20070
30501190.html>
New generation of nuclear detectors: boon or boondoggle? At a busy border
crossing, a truck passing through a radiation scanner sets off an alarm. It
could be a nuclear device, but it is far more likely to be kitty litter, ceramic
tile or a load of bananas. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/06/america/NA-GEN-US-Nuclear-Det
ectors.php>
GCC pushes for atomic programme Saudi Arabia said yesterday Iran's nuclear
programme was an extra burden for the Middle East, but Gulf Arab allies had the
right to their own atomic ambitions. gulf-times
<
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=13661
4&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56> / gulf-times <
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/General/10109096.html >
Kurdish protestors storm UN Centre during IAEA meeting Vienna- Kurdish
protestors stormed the entrance to the United Nations Centre in Vienna Monday
where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were holding a board
meeting. DPA <
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/36708.html >
Other Nuclear News
U.N. halts North Korea aid operations The move comes as the nation and U.S.
discuss renewing diplomatic ties. latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-norkor6mar06,1,5603
167.story?coll=la-headlines-world>
U.S., North Korea Open Historic Talks The United States and North Korea began
landmark talks on establishing diplomatic relations, but a State Department
official cautioned against high expectations during this week's meetings. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-US-NKorea-Talks.html?pagewante
d=print>
China's foreign minister says Iran should cooperate with U.N.'s nuclear
agency China's foreign minister called on Iran on Tuesday to intensify its
cooperation with the United Nation's nuclear watchdog and for the Security
Council to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear dispute. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/06/asia/AS-GEN-China-Iran.php >
EU does not rule out omitting India WMD clause The European Commission hinted
on Monday that a clause on combating weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) could be left out of a new pact with nuclear-armed India, despite
worries this could set a risky precedent. reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-03-05T175849Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-290060-1.xml>
Australians warm to nuclear future FEAR of global warming has dramatically
reversed Australians' attitude to nuclear energy, with more people supporting
nuclear power for the first time. the australian <
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21332881-2,00.html >
China close to deal on French reactors China will award a contract to build
two nuclear reactors in southeastern China to Areva of France, a Chinese
official said Monday. Bloomberg <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/05/business/nuke.php >
Opinion and Analysis
Momentum builds for more sanctions against Iran csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0306/p01s01-wogi.html >
Pride under pressure: a resurgent Iran fears its leader's defiance may
backfire ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/95c60204-cabe-11db-820b-000b5df10621.html >
America and Israel wary as war drums beat ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/ff84f876-cabe-11db-820b-000b5df10621.html >
A thaw in the winter of discord? hindu
<
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/06/stories/2007030603381100.htm >
Powers of persuasion guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/hans_blix/2007/03/hans_blix.html >
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Posted: 09/03/2007 08:27 PM
08 March 2007
EU powers at IAEA urge Iran to take nuclear timeout EU powers urged Iran on
Wednesday to embrace a U.N. idea of a "timeout" from nuclear activity they fear
could yield atom bombs, saying sanctions they sponsored against Tehran would be
simultaneously suspended. reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070307/wl_nm/nuclear_iaea_dc_12 >
Iran Accuses West Of Misinforming World On Its Nuclear Aims Iran has accused
the U.S. and its allies of misinforming the world about its nuclear intentions,
saying they cooked up "poisonous food" and served it to the U.N. Security
Council to get it to act against Tehran. AP <
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070307%5cACQDJON200703071958DOWJONESDJONLINE001207.htm& >
Japan, North Korea cut short talks Japan and North Korea cut short talks on
Thursday toward establishing diplomatic relations, Japanese diplomats said, but
the reason was not immediately clear. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030702681.html >
Japan Urges NKorea to Scrap Nuclear Arms Iran accused the United States and
its allies Wednesday of misinforming the world about its nuclear intentions,
saying they cooked up ``poisonous food'' and served it to the U.N. Security
Council to get it to act against Tehran. guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6464436,00.html >
Normalization Of US-North Korea Ties Still A Long Way Off The United States
and North Korea have expressed optimism after landmark talks on normalization of
ties, but much remains to be done before they can thaw icy relations and nail
down a nuclear agreement. afp <
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Normalization_Of_US_North_Korea_Ties_Still_A_Long_Way_Off_999.html >
Other Nuclear News
Nations Struggle to OK Iran Sanctions The world's major powers are struggling
to reach agreement on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium
enrichment with the U.S. and Europe pushing for tougher measures than Russia and
China will accept, council diplomats said Wednesday. guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6465216,00.html >
Former Iranian Defense Official Talks to Western Intelligence A former
Iranian deputy defense minister who once commanded the Revolutionary Guard has
left his country and is cooperating with Western intelligence agencies,
providing information on Hezbollah and Iran's ties to the organization,
according to a senior U.S. official. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030702241_pf.html >
Talks between Iran, Russia over payment delays at Bushehr nuclear plant end
without result Russian nuclear energy officials held more than six hours of
talks with an Iranian delegation Wednesday on the construction of a
Russian-built nuclear plant that has fallen behind schedule because of what
Moscow said were delays in Iranian payments. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/07/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran-Nuclear.php >
Head of Congo's atomic energy commission arrested on suspicion of illegal
uranium sales The head of Congo's atomic energy commission has been arrested on
suspicion of illegally selling uranium found in the Central African mineral
giant, officials said Wednesday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/07/africa/AF-GEN-Congo-Uranium.php >
General: U.S. Still Wary of North Korea The general in charge of U.S. forces
in South Korea said Wednesday he remains wary of North Korea's nuclear
intentions, despite Pyongyang's recent agreement to begin dismantling its
weapons programs in return for aid. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030700713_pf.html >
British lawmakers claim Blair's new nuclear program risks encouraging rogue
regimes British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to commission a new nuclear
missile defense system risks justifying the actions of regimes seeking to
illicitly develop atomic weapons, a panel of lawmakers said Wednesday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/07/europe/EU-GEN-Britain-Nuclear-Missiles.php >
Estonia, Latvia surprised by Polish-Lithuanian nuclear deal Estonian and
Latvian officials expressed dismay on Wednesday at an agreement signed between
Poland and Lithuania on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the
Baltics. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/07/europe/EU-GEN-Baltics-Poland-Nuclear.php >
Gorbachev attacks British govt over N-deterrent Former Soviet president
Mikhail Gorbachev hit out at the British government's "astonishing" intention to
replace its ageing nuclear deterrent in a letter to the Times newspaper
Thursday. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/March/theworld_March239.xml§ion=theworld&col= >
Experts Don't See Nuclear Plants In Chile Before 2015 As Chile searches for
new energy sources to end its dependence on dwindling Argentine natural gas
supplies, local experts say a nuclear power plant couldn't be built before 2015.
dow jones <
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070307%5cACQDJON200703071637DOWJONESDJONLINE001081.htm& >
Czechs, Slovaks urge EU to debate nuclear energy The Czech Republic and
Slovakia will use the European Union's summit this week to try to revive a
debate on the merits of nuclear energy, diplomats said on Wednesday. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/March/theworld_March222.xml§ion=theworld&col= >
Opinion and Analysis
On Latin America trip, Bush should strengthen ties with Brazil chosun <
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200703/200703060013.html >
Can U.S. and N.Korea Move Past the 2000 D?tente? csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0308/p09s02-coop.html >
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Posted: 09/03/2007 08:28 PM
09 March 2007
U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Cuts Iran Aid U.N. nuclear agency governors on Thursday
approved cuts in technical aid to Iran to uphold U.N. sanctions implemented over
concern that Tehran may be trying to master the means to build atom bombs.
Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-iaea-iran.ht
ml?pagewanted=print> / AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/262823/1/.html >
/ WP < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR20070
30801108_pf.html>
Iran Shrugs Off U.N. Pressure Over Nukes Iran on Thursday shrugged off the
latest punitive U.N. action -- suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear aid
programs -- and showed no signs it was cowed by the possibility of even tougher
penalties in the form of new Security Council sanctions. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Nuclear-Iran.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
Iran says Moscow wants NPP funding ahead of time Iran's top security official
said Thursday Russia demanded payments for the construction of a nuclear power
plant in southern Iran ahead of schedule. Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070308/61730399.html >
UN agency debates Israel's nuclear programme Iran branded Israel "a uniquely
grave threat" to world peace because of its alleged nuclear weapons Thursday,
after the UN atomic agency sharply cut aid to Tehran because of its own atomic
programme. AFP <
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=19905 >
S Korea to restart supply shipments to N Korea South Korea will restart
shipments of fertiliser to North Korea within weeks, in time for spring planting
in the hunger-stricken country, in the latest gesture aimed at giving Pyongyang
a taste of the rewards it can expect if it makes good on its pledge to dismantle
its nuclear weapons programme. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/a7436154-cd6e-11db-839d-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=7f5f6b12-2f66-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
U.S. companies meet Indian officials, private players after key civilian
nuclear deal Top American nuclear energy company representatives are in India to
explore business opportunities after the U.S. approved legislation paving the
way for a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/08/asia/AS-FIN-India-US-Nuclear .
php>
US says nuclear deal with India not to fuel arms race Allaying apprehensions,
the US has said its civilian nuclear agreement with India provides no
"incentives" to New Delhi's military programmes and will not in any way fuel an
arms race in South Asia. PTI <
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1947119,0008.htm >
UN nuclear agency backs Lithuania's NPP plans Lithuania's president has
secured the support of the UN nuclear watchdog for the Baltic state's plans to
continue its nuclear program after the closure of its Soviet-era nuclear power
plant. Ria Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070309/61746789.html >
DR Congo 'uranium ring smashed' Authorities in the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) say they have dismantled an international network set up to
illegally use uranium mined there. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6432363.stm >
Other Nuclear News
Reports: N. Korea Wants Sanctions Lifted A top North Korean official said the
U.S. must lift sanctions against his country before it will shut down its
nuclear reactor as part of an international disarmament deal, news reports said
Friday. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR20070
30900093_pf.html>
U.S.,North Korea caution on hope for nuclear deal Prospects of ending North
Korea's nuclear arms ambitions brightened a little on Friday as negotiators
considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend activities at a nuclear plant as a
first step to dismantlement. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=200
7-02-09T200504Z_01_PEK231255_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-
C2-TopNews-newsOne-9>
N. Korea's nuclear envoy in Beijing for apparent meeting on talks with U.S.
North Korea's nuclear envoy arrived here Friday on his way back home from the
unprecedented normalization talks he held with U.S.
officials in New York, officials here said. Yonhap
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070309/6300000000200703091029
17E0.html>
Russia, China Balk at Many Proposed Bans on Iran Major powers are considering
proposals for sanctions on Iran's nuclear ambitions that include penalties
against Tehran's Revolutionary Guards as well as the Tehran's state-owned Bank
Sepah. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-resolution.html?p
agewanted=print>
Baghdad meeting a rare opportunity for Tehran, Washington Iran's decision to
attend a regional meeting in Iraq with US officials reflects a more conciliatory
approach in its foreign policy and Tehran's hope it might ease tensions in
nuclear and other issues. Reuters <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/09/int12.htm >
Split on nuclear power threatens agreement on global warming Divisions over
nuclear power and renewable energy threatened to derail the EU's campaign to
assume a global leadership role in the fight against climate change at the
bloc's spring summit which began last night. The Guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,2029941,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
>
U.S. Air Force is scrapping its fleet of nuclear stealth missiles The Air
Force said Wednesday it will retire the most modern cruise missile in the U.S.
nuclear arsenal, a "stealth" weapon developed in the 1980s with the ability to
evade detection by Soviet radars. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/07/america/NA-GEN-US-Nuclear-Mis
sile.php>
Vietnam, RoK cooperate in nuclear safety Vietnam's Department for Nuclear
Radiation Safety Control and the Atomic Energy Institute of the Republic of
Korea (RoK) signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation on
Mar. 8 in Hanoi. VNA <
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2007/03/671086/ >
Opinion and Analysis
Russia's interests are not with Tehran IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/08/opinion/edklaeden.php >
Faulty US intelligence is anything but intelligent CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0309/p09s01-cods.html >
A US plan for simpler, safer nuclear arms CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0309/p01s01-usmi.html >
Nuclear double talk Huston Chronicle
<
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4614471.html >
The United States' Nuclear Hypocrisy Foreign Policy in Focus <
http://www.alternet.org/audits/48890/ >
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12 March 2007
Chief U.N. Nuclear Inspector in Beijing The U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector
played down expectations Monday that his trip to North Korea heralded the
communist country's rapid disarmament, saying a buildup of trust and confidence
were needed first. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR20070
31200095_pf.html> / reuters
<
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070312/137/6d5np.html >
/ afp < http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070312/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearpoliticselbara
deichina_070312063019> / kyodo
<
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070312/kyodo/d8nqdvig0.html >
No deal on UN sanctions for Iran Russia and China have said they have
reservations about some of the proposed UN Security Council sanctions to punish
Iran for continuing to enrich uranium. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6436799.stm >
Iran warns Russia, IAEA over nuclear cooperation Iran Sunday warned both
Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over future nuclear
cooperation. DPA <
http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/march/11/muslim_world_news/iran
_warns_russia_iaea_over_nuclear_cooperation.html>
Peaceful nuclear technology for all if IAEA-compliant - Kuwait FM Kuwait
believes all countries have the right to own nuclear technology for peaceful
purposes, but in line with regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), said Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. kuna
<
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=960062 >
India, US look to tone up 123 language India is looking for a March date to
begin negotiations on the 123 Agreement with the US to formalise the nuclear
deal. indiatimes <
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_US_look_to_tone_up_123_languag
e/articleshow/1749898.cms>
Indo-US agreement, safeguards will decide Japan's stand: Envoy As India tries
to garner the support of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Japan has
said the 'actual content' of the India-US bilateral civil nuclear cooperation
agreement and the quality of New Delhi's safeguards agreement with the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will determine Tokyo's final response.
ians <
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070311/43/6d54u.html >
Other Nuclear News
Europe agrees to embrace nuclear option in battle to save the planet The role
of nuclear power in Europe received an unexpected boost yesterday as EU leaders
hailed a landmark climate change deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
switch to renewable fuels. timesonline <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1495115.ece >
Iran to take nuclear case directly to UN Iran's president, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, is planning to respond in person to intensifying international
pressure over his country's controversial nuclear programme by taking his case
directly to the United Nations security council in New York, it emerged
yesterday. guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2031592,00.html >
Key nations split over Iran sanctions The world's most powerful nations
failed to agree on new sanctions against Iran amid reports that President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to put Tehran's case for a nuclear program before the
U.N. Security Council. ap <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran_nuclear;_ylt
=AtcMwL.YlS5Rwyn50jdsZCqs0NUE>
Khatami urges Iran to "pay a price" on nuclear Former president Mohammad
Khatami has urged Iran to prevent a crisis with world powers over its nuclear
programme, saying it should pay a "a certain price" for talks to resolve the
standoff, media reported on Monday. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March171.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Iran expects Russia to deliver nuclear fuel in two weeks Iran expects Russia
to deliver the nuclear fuel for the Bushehr nuclear power plant in two weeks,
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said here on Sunday. mehrnews <
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=459926 >
Iranian defector well acquainted with nuke sites: report An Iranian general,
who defected to the West, may be in possession of information that could be
useful in possible military action against Iran's nuclear installations, media
reports said on Sunday. dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/12/int5.htm >
French foreign minister says a military strike against Iran is unlikely A
military strike against Iran is unlikely even if it doesn't obey an
international demand to stop enriching uranium France's foreign minister said
Sunday during a visit to the United Arab Emirates' capital. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/11/africa/ME-GEN-Emirates-France
.php>
Military action against Iran would backfire on Israel, report warns Military
action against Iran would backfire against Israel, which in turn would face
"dire and far-reaching" consequences, a leading British foreign policy
think-tank believes. independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2349991.ece >
Iran blasts Russian firm for nuclear delays Iran complained on Sunday that
financing problems at the Russian contractor building its first atomic plant
were behind a string of delays and expressed hope Moscow was not "politicising"
the issue. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March153.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Iraq summit brings U.S., Iran to the table The first crashing sound came just
after lunch Saturday, when mortar rounds slammed into the street outside the
building where U.S., Iranian and other officials were meeting here to discuss
ways to end the violence in Iraq. latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-summit11mar11,1,179
5060.story>
North Korea says war games hurt nuclear talks U.S. and South Korean war games
on the divided peninsula have the effect of holding a gun to North Korea's head
and could hamper efforts to negotiate an end to its nuclear weapons development,
Pyongyang said. reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2
007-03-11T031105Z_01_SEO12504_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-MILITARY.xml&src=
rss>
Tohoku Electric Power failed to report emergency shutdown of reactor Tohoku
Electric Power Co. failed to report an emergency shutdown of a reactor at its
Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture in 1998, the second such
admission by a utility this month, officials said Monday. asahi <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200703120180.html >
Nuclear Weapons Rarely Needed, General Says The head of U.S. Strategic
Command has told Congress that precision conventional weapons have replaced the
need for nuclear ones in almost all areas, except when a quick intercontinental
strike is required against unexpected or fast-moving threats. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR20070
30902334_pf.html>
Strapped for Energy, Chile Looks at Nuclear Option Burgeoning demand for
electricity and steeper prices for natural gas imports are prompting Chile to
consider nuclear power to address an energy shortfall that seems certain to
intensify. reuters <
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/40789/story.htm >
Blair forced to rely on Tories for victory in Trident vote Labour MPs opposed
to early modernisation of Britain's Trident fleet will this week force Tony
Blair to rely on Conservative support to push the policy through a divided House
of Commons. guardian <
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2031777,00.html?gus
rc=rss&feed=1>
Opinion and Analysis
Reporters and Sources Slowed Their Dance to Show the Steps nyt <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/weekinreview/11sanger.html?_r=1&oref=
slogin&partner=MW_CUSTOM&pagewanted=print>
Did N.Korea Get All It Wanted From the U.S.? chosun <
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200703/200703120028.html >
Where Those Reactors and Centrifuges Came From nyt <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/opinion/10bernstein.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
The nuclear trail to North Korea iht
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/09/news/edbernstein.php >
The smiling face of North Korean diplomacy ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/71cb352a-cff2-11db-94cb-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=5d866f00-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html>
Iranians should engage one another before the West engages Iran csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0312/p09s01-coop.html >
Continuing myopia in West Asia the hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/12/stories/2007031201361000.htm >
Policy Successes -- or U-Turns wp
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/10/AR20070
31001377_pf.html>
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13 March 2007
IAEA chief begins delicate North Korea mission The UN nuclear watchdog's
chief arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday hoping to secure North Korea's permission
to allow his inspectors back into the country, four years after they were kicked
out. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070313/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearpoliticsiaea_0
70313060839> / xinhuanet
<
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/13/content_5840062.htm >
/ bbc < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6440913.stm >
US nuclear envoy to arrive Beijing for 6-nation talks The top American
nuclear negotiator will arrive in Beijing this week ahead of a fresh round of
six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. ap
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/March/theworld_March376.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
U.S. sees signs of North Korea nuclear shutdown: official The United States
has seen signs in recent days that North Korea is preparing to shut down its
Yongbyon nuclear complex as called for under a six-country agreement, a U.S.
official said on Monday, but other officials were more cautious. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR20070
31200879.html>
Major powers closer to Iran sanctions The major powers moved closer to
agreement Monday night on a modest package of new sanctions against Iran likely
to include an embargo on arms exports and an asset freeze on more individuals
and companies linked to Tehran's nuclear and missile programs. ap <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iran_nuclear_7 >
US should drop preconditions for Iran talks, says Hans Blix Former director
general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Hans Blix is repeating
his call for the second time in a week to drop US-led demands for Iran to
unconditionally suspend its enrichment program. irna <
http://www.payvand.com/news/07/mar/1168.html >
Russia losing patience with Iran over its nuclear stance Moscow will delay
the start-up of a reactor it's building for Tehran. Money is just one issue.
latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-russiran13mar13,1,9
97176.story?track=rss>
Dispute Halts Delivery Of Atomic Fuel to Iran Russian officials said Monday
that nuclear fuel will not be delivered to Iran this month as planned and that
the September completion of a Russian-built nuclear power plant will be
postponed because of an escalating dispute between the two countries. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR20070
31201296.html>
NSG stands in way of India-US nuclear deal The early finalisation of the
proposed Indo-US bilateral agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation
-- referred to commonly as the 123 agreement-- may run into problems on
account of the seeming lack of progress in relaxing the Nuclear Suppliers' Group
(NSG) guidelines... deccanherald <
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar132007/national35052007313 .
asp>
INSAG chairman and IAEA [D]DG meet Kakodkar Chairman of the International
Nuclear Safety Advisory Group (INSAG) Richard Meserve and Deputy Director
General of International Atomic Agency Tomihiro Taniguchi on Monday met the
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakdodar here. dnaindia <
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1084342 >
Other Nuclear News
'Substantial progress' on UN Iran sanctions: British envoy Six major powers
moved closer Monday toward a draft resolution tightening sanctions against Iran
over its controversial nuclear program, Britain's UN ambassador said. afp <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/263627/1/.html >
Khatami calls for nuclear caution Iran's former President Mohammad Khatami
has urged caution to avoid another UN resolution against Iran over its nuclear
programme. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6442575.stm >
Iran eyes sites for new nuclear power plants Iran's conservative-dominated
parliament has allocated $135 million of next year's budget for the completion
of a nuclear power plant and to select sites for new plants, state radio
reported on Monday. reuters <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March182.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Libya says it will sign a nuclear power agreement with U.S., news agency
reports Libya said Monday that the United States will help the north African
country generate nuclear electricity as part of a new agreement, the country's
official news agency reported. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/12/africa/ME-GEN-Libya-US.php >
/ reuters < http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Libya_says_to_
sign_nuclear_power_deal_with_U_S.html?siteSect=143&sid=7612912&cKey=1173
717491000>
Israel urged to end nuclear ambiguity Israel should pursue a strategy of
"open nuclear deterrence" towards Iran if international attempts to curtail
Teheran's nuclear ambitions fail, a London think tank argues in a report to be
released Monday. jerusalem post <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173642640243&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
British deputy parliament leader resigns over Blair's nuclear missile plans A
member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government resigned and two other
ministers threatened to quit Monday over a multibillion-dollar plan to renew
Britain's nuclear missile defense system. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/12/europe/EU-POL-Britain-Nuclear
-Missiles.php>
Iran issues new bank note with nuclear symbol Iran issued a bank note
emblazoned with a nuclear symbol, in a move seen as an assertion of the national
will in the face of international sanctions over its insistence on enriching
uranium. ap <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March185.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran should be more open bangkokpost
<
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/13Mar2007_news22.php >
Is the North Korea Deal Worth Celebrating? cfr <
http://www.cfr.org/publication/12791/ >
Abandoned at a Nuclear Crossroads by Kim Dae-joong chosun <
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200703/200703120029.html >
The cold war is over guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/joan_ruddock/2007/03/on_wednesday_m
ps_will_vote.html>
An invitation to proliferate guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2032271,00.html >
The Gulf states consider nuclear energy daily star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article
_id=80392>
Next step: Separate ideology from the technicalities of nuclear proliferation
daily star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&article_id=80393&c
ateg_id=17>
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14 March 2007
IAEA chief unable to meet with N. Korea nuke negotiator The head of the U.N.
nuclear watchdog, on a visit to Pyongyang, was unable to meet with North Korea's
top nuclear negotiator on Wednesday morning and held talks with another vice
foreign minister instead, an IAEA spokeswoman said.
kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070314/kyodo/d8nrpoqo0.html >
/ ap < http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Nuclear.html?_r=1&pagew
anted=print&oref=slogin> / reuters
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070314/ts_nm/korea_north_dc_3 >
N.Korea Reactor in Spotlight as Diplomacy Heats Up South Korea said on
Wednesday it saw no signs that North Korea has begun shutting the reactor at the
heart of its nuclear weapons ambitions, as diplomats headed to Beijing to push
forward a nascent disarmament deal. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR20070
31400054_pf.html>
DR Congo 'uranium ring' men freed Two men accused of being part of a network
to exploit the Democratic Republic of Congo's uranium have been released after
their arrest last week. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6445303.stm >
Other Nuclear News
Iran Sanctions Talks at U.N. Said to Enter Last Phase Six major powers hope
on Wednesday to put finishing touches on a draft text imposing sanctions against
Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, which can be used in a bomb or
for peaceful ends. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-un-sanctions.html
?pagewanted=print>
U.N. Council Says No Request From Iran for Briefing Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad wants to address the U.N. Security Council to defend Tehran's
nuclear plans, but he has yet to officially ask the 15-member body for a
meeting, said the council president on Tuesday. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-un.html?pagewante
d=print>
Iran indicates will to discuss enrichment suspension - under certain
conditions Iran is prepared to discuss the suspension of uranium enrichment
activities - if the U.N. Security Council closes its file on Tehran's nuclear
program, Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/13/news/UN-GEN-UN-Nuclear-Iran.p
hp>
Russia warns Iran of "irreversible consequences" Russia warned Iran on
Tuesday of "irreversible consequences" for the Bushehr nuclear power station
project should Tehran fail to resolve a financing dispute, state-run RIA Novosti
reported. afp
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/March/theworld_March401.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
U.S. nuclear deal won't power India's boom Nuclear energy will remain a small
part of India's power supply for the next 25 years even if the country seals a
civil nuclear deal with the United States, a member of India's top policy making
body said on Tuesday. reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-03-13T194541Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-290792-1.xml&archived=False>
Dirty Bomb Materials Remain a Concern The Energy Department has not done
enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that
could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said
Tuesday. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Dirty-Bomb-Material.html?pagewant
ed=print>
PM faces nuclear vote rebellion Tony Blair may face his biggest Commons
rebellion since the start of the Iraq war when MPs vote on plans to renew the
UK's Trident nuclear weapons system. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6448173.stm >
EU rejects Balkans nuclear plea The European Union has rejected a plea from
Balkan countries to restart two reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant in
Bulgaria to ease power shortages. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6445795.stm >
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15 March 2007
U.S. Ends Bank Probe; Possible Step Toward N. Korean Reactor Closure The
Treasury Department said yesterday that it has ended its investigation of a
Macau bank that it accused of facilitating money laundering and counterfeiting
by North Korea, removing a possible roadblock to a six-nation agreement to shut
down the reclusive nation's nuclear reactor. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR20070
31402299.html> / bbc
<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6452189.stm >
North Korea Is Said to Tie Nuclear Accord to Freeing of Funds The chief of
the International Atomic Energy Agency said here on Wednesday that North Korea
had pledged to honor its commitment to dismantle its nuclear arms program only
after sanctions had been lifted on its funds frozen in a bank in Macao since
2005, which could introduce a snag in carrying out the accord negotiated with
the United States last month. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/world/asia/15korea.html?_r=1&oref=slo
gin>
UN official denies North Korea nuclear snub The head of the UN nuclear
watchdog denied he had been snubbed by North Korea's top nuclear negotiator
after returning from an ice-breaking visit to Pyongyang ahead of the resumption
of six-party talks in Beijing tomorrow. smh <
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/un-official-denies-north-korea-nuclear
-snub/2007/03/15/1173722569252.html>
North Korea, El Baradei Hold 'Useful' Talks North Korea says it is ready to
shut down its main nuclear reactor, which has produced plutonium for its nuclear
weapons program. npr <
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8904406&ft=1&f=100
1>
30 days since North Korea nuclear agreement, deadlines largely met but key
hurdles remain Initial steps on the road to North Korea's nuclear disarmament
have so far gone largely according to the plans laid out by a breakthrough
international agreement, but key hurdles remain and Pyongyang has yet to take
any concrete action that would prevent it from making atomic bombs. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/15/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-30
-Days.php>
DPRK wants to come back as IAEA member, ElBaradei says IAEA Chief Mohamed
ElBaradei said Wednesday in Beijing that the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) wanted to come back as a member of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA). PDO <
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/15/eng20070315_357703.html >
/ ap < http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/nkorea.nuclear.talks.ap
/index.html>
Diplomats converge on Beijing ahead of nuclear talks Negotiators seeking to
persuade North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons program converged in Beijing
on Thursday after Washington said it had ended a probe into Pyongyang's bank
activities that had been blocking progress. reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070315/ts_nm/korea_north_dc_12 >
Iran says it still hopes diplomatic solution to nuclear issue Iran still
hoped a diplomatic solution to its nuclear program issue could be achieved in
spite of efforts by the West to pass a new UN Security Council resolution
stepping up sanctions, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in the
Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Wednesday.
pdo <
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/15/eng20070315_357654.html >
North Korea says war games hamper efforts to defuse nuclear tension North
Korea on Thursday warned that upcoming joint US-South Korea military exercises
were obstructing the settlement of a stand-off over its nuclear weapons
programme. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070315/wl_asia_afp/skoreankoreausmilitary
exercise_070315071021>
Peace Prize Forum 'The Impact of One' Augustana College hosted the 19th Nobel
Peace Prize Forum March 9 and 10 in Sioux Falls, S.D. This year's forum honored
the works and efforts of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA). chips <
http://chips.luther.edu/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4978 >
Other Nuclear News
World Powers Agree on New Iran Sanctions U.N. ambassadors from six world
powers agreed in principle Wednesday on a proposed new package of sanctions
against Iran and were expected to introduce a resolution to the Security Council
on Thursday if their governments approve it, the U.S. ambassador said. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR20070
31402125_pf.html>
Iran Vows "No Surrender" in Face of New Sanctions Iran's president said on
Wednesday his country would not surrender to pressure as world powers prepared
to put the finishing touches to new United Nations sanctions against Tehran over
its nuclear ambitions. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-ahmadinejad.html ?
pagewanted=print>
Iran would respond militarily to U.S. attack: Iran would respond militarily
if the United States attacks the country to disrupt its nuclear program, Iran's
official IRNA news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Wednesday. IRNA
reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSDAH44005620070314 >
'Israel not enthusiastic about strike on Iran' Israel is not "enthusiastic"
about using military means to stop Iran's controversial nuclear programme, Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday. "The central issue bothering Israel
nowadays is Iran," Olmert's office quoted him as telling representatives of the
American Jewish Council. afp <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/15/int7.htm >
Russia: Iran Nuke Plant Project at Risk The Russian state-run company
building a nuclear plant in Iran warned Wednesday that Iranian payment delays
may cause "irreversible" damage to the project _ another strong signal of
Moscow's annoyance with Tehran. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/14/AR20070
31400657_pf.html>
Senegal's Wade hopes to build nuclear power plant Senegal's newly re-elected
President Abdoulaye Wade has contacted foreign experts to advise on building a
nuclear power plant, part of an ambitious programme to develop the country's
creaking infrastructure reuters <
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A412242 >
US Retains Right For Nuclear Tests If Necessary The United States reserves
the right to conduct nuclear tests in the future, but hopes it will not be
necessary, a U.S. government official said Wednesday. ria novotny <
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Retains_Right_For_Nuclear_Tests_If_N
ecessary_999.html>
Blair wins vote on nuclear subs British prime minister survives a split in
his party over building a new generation of weapons. latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-trident15mar15,0,68
18429.story?coll=la-home-world>
Austrian activists block 4 border crossings with Czech Republic over nuclear
plant Austrian activists blocked four border crossings with the Czech Republic
for one hour Wednesday in protest against a Czech nuclear power plant, a news
agency reported. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/14/europe/EU-GEN-Czech-Austria-N
uclear.php>
Opinion and Analysis
A Way Out of Iran's Nuclear Impasse? time <
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1599063,00.html >
The possibility of easing tension between the US and Iran csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0314/p09s01-cojh.html >
Nuclear insurance guardian
<
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/columnist/story/0,,2034309,00.html >
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Posted: 16/03/2007 05:04 PM
16 March 2007
U.N. Council Gets New Draft Decree on Iran Nuclear Sanctions The Security
Council received on Thursday a draft of a new resolution to impose sanctions on
Iran for its defiance of demands that it suspend its nuclear enrichment
activities and return to negotiations over its nuclear program. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/world/middleeast/16nations.html?_r=1&
oref=slogin> / wp
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR20070
31500248.html?nav=rss_world> / timesonline <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1521415 .
ece>
IAEA chief confers with U.S., Japanese, ROK envoys on Korean nuclear issue
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed El Baradei,
met with U.S., Japanese and Republic of Korea (ROK) envoys in Beijing on Friday
morning to discuss the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/16/eng20070316_358295.html >
N Korea 'committed' to disarmament North Korea is committed to a disarmament
agreement reached in February but wants sanctions against it lifted first, the
head of the UN nuclear watchdog said today on return from the reclusive
communist state. au <
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21385603-38197,00.html >
/ afp < http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/264272/1/.h
tml>
U.S.: NK-Macau dispute resolved Nuclear negotiators gathering in Beijing will
turn their focus to implementing a disarmament agreement with North Korea, the
chief U.S. envoy said on Friday, seeking to bury a rift with China over a small
Macau bank. cnn <
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/16/nkorea.us.reut/index.ht
ml>
North Korea Meets Most Nuclear Deadlines Progress toward North Korean nuclear
disarmament has so far gone largely according to the plans laid out under an
international agreement, but key hurdles remain and Pyongyang has yet to take
any concrete action that would prevent it from making atomic bombs. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Nuclear-30-Days.html?pa
gewanted=print> / bloomberg
<
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=an15.Qi4Gh18 >
S. Korea To Give 50,000 Tonnes Of Fuel Oil To N. Korea South Korea said
Thursday it will provide North Korea with energy equivalent to 50,000 tonnes of
fuel oil in exchange for its taking initial denuclearisation steps in line with
a February agreement of the six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programmes,
Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese and South Korean officials as saying
here. bernama <
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=251623 >
IAEA Begins Preliminary Visit The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA,
will begin its preliminary visit to Sweden ahead of its safety inspections of
the country's nuclear power plants. radio sweden <
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramI
D=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=1256494>
India Can Take Lead In Promoting Nuke Safety In Asia The International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) Thursday said India has a leading role in promoting safe
and secure use of nuclear technology in Asia, the Press Trust of India (PTI)
reported. bernama <
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=251582 >
/ newkerala < http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=6563 >
Nobel hopefuls Three Kuwaiti women in 'Peace Prize' list bahraintribune <
http://www.bahraintribune.com/ArticleDetail.asp?ArticleId=144906&Catego
ryId=2>
Other Nuclear News
New Sanctions Said Unlikely to Hurt Iran New sanctions agreed on by the major
powers at the U.N. are unlikely to hurt Iran much, serving more as a signal to
Tehran that worse could come, analysts say. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR20070
31600328.html>
Ahmadinejad says new U.N. sanctions 'illegitimate,' won't undermine Iran's
nuclear technology Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called the
U.N. Security Council an "illegitimate" body and said that any new sanctions
imposed on his country would only stimulate it to be self sufficient and further
develop nuclear technology. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/15/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.ph
p>
Iran's president wants to address U.N. Security Council Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked to go before the U.N. Security Council when it
debates and votes on a resolution to impose sanctions for Iran's refusal to stop
uranium enrichment, the president of the Security Council said Thursday. cnn <
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/15/iran.nuclear/index.html >
/ ap < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/15/news/UN-GEN-UN-Iran-Ahmadinej
ad.php>
Japanese utility to shut reactor after admitting accident cover-up A nuclear
power plant operator agreed Thursday to shut down a reactor in central Japan for
inspection after it acknowledged a cover-up of an uncontrollable nuclear chain
reaction eight years ago. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/15/business/nuke.php >
/ reuters < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR20070
31500393_pf.html>
Businessman linked to poisoned former Russian agent still being treated for
radiation: ex-wife A Russian businessman linked to the fatally poisoned former
security agent Alexander Litvinenko is continuing to undergo outpatient
treatment, his ex-wife said in comments published Thursday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/15/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Poisoned
-Spy.php>
Power utility takes steps to reduce malfunctions in Czech nuclear plant in
Temelin Two recent leaks at a Czech nuclear plant near the Austrian border were
caused by human error, but the state-run utility has taken concrete steps to
limit such mistakes in the future, the trade minister said Thursday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/15/europe/EU-GEN-Czech-Nuclear.p
hp>
Opinion and Analysis
US and Iran: Squint-eyed double-dealing atimes <
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IC17Ak01.html >
A nuclear nightmare guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2035487,00.html >
This is nuclear madness guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/caroline_lucas/2007/03/replacing_tr
ident_illegal_immo.html>
Outside View: Bushehr's nuclear fate upi
<
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20070228-115834-5
310r>
Sanctions will fuel growing Iranian anger against Ahmadinejad timesonline <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1521271 .
ece>
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Posted: 19/03/2007 06:09 PM
19 March 2007
Bank Row Resolved as North Korea Talks Open North Korea and the United States
have resolved a dispute over $25 million frozen at a Macau bank, U.S. officials
said, clearing a major obstacle to six-party talks on nuclear disarmament that
resumed on Monday. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north.html?pag
ewanted=print> / bloomberg
<
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a5w9WTY2MlcQ >
US Upbeat On Korea As North Says Nuke Plant Shutdown Soon Negotiators met
Sunday on getting the North Korean nuclear disarmament accord under way amid
expectations a key hurdle -- a row over North Korean funds frozen in a Macau
bank -- would be cleared. afp <
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/US_Upbeat_On_Korea_As_North_Says_Nuke_P
lant_Shutdown_Soon_999.html>
UN nuclear chief hopes North Korea deadline can still be met UN atomic chief
Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he hoped an April 13 deadline could be met
for starting to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program despite the
current stalemate. afp <
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/177803.asp >
New round of 6-way talks opens with delegation heads meeting A plenary
meeting of six delegations in the Chinese capital opened a new round of talks on
the Korean Peninsula nuclear problem. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11348487&PageNum=0 >
N. Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor in normal operation: intelligence source
North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear reactor, which faces a shutdown as part of last
month's six-nation agreement aimed at dismantling the North's nuclear weapons
program, is currently operating normally, a ranking official at the National
Intelligence Service (NIS) said Monday.
yonhapnews
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070319/6300000000200703191556
04E3.html>
Looking for Nukes An ex-inspector explains the art and science of nuclear
detective work, and how it applies to Iran. newsweek <
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17659938/site/newsweek/ >
U.N. experts to inspect Swedish nuclear plants U.N. experts will start a
review of Sweden's nuclear plants in June after a series of reactor shutdowns
prompted by technical failures, a spokesman for the International Atomic Energy
Agency said Friday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/16/europe/EU-GEN-Sweden-UN-Nucle
ar.php>
Austria reluctant to endorse India-US Nuke deal Austria, a member of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), has conveyed to New Delhi its reluctance to
endorse the India-US civil nuclear energy cooperation deal.
dailyindia
<
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/126241.php/Austria-reluctant-to-endorse -
India-US-Nuke-deal>
Russia to set up uranium enrichment center - Ivanov Russian First Deputy
Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said that setting up international uranium
enrichment centers was one of Russia's priorities. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11344142&PageNum=0 >
Other Nuclear News
Fresh round six-party nuclear talks launched The six parties for the Korean
Peninsula nuclear issue started their sixth round of negotiation here Monday
morning, focusing on implementing initial steps to fulfill the Sept. 19 joint
statement. xinhuanet <
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/19/content_5866050.htm >
/ xinhuanet < http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/19/content_5867479.htm >
UNSC braces for sanctions showdown with Iran The UN Security Council braces
this week for a dramatic showdown with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
over a vote on new sanctions to prod Tehran to comply with demands that it
suspend uranium enrichment. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March274.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Fate of nuclear power plant strengthens Iran's resolve to pursue uranium
enrichment For Iranians across the political spectrum, delays in construction of
the country's first nuclear reactor have strengthened their resolve to master
their own nuclear technology and resist U.N.
efforts to stop them. ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/18/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear-Re
actor.php>
Iran Army Vows to Defend Nuclear Program A senior Iranian army commander
warned the United States and other Western powers not to make any "stupid move"
over Tehran's nuclear program and said they would be surprised by the military
response to any such action. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/world/middleeast/18Iran.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Damning report reveals series of safety lapses at Sellafield Safety alarms
have been routinely ignored, operating instructions flouted, and safety
equipment left broken at the controversial Sellafield nuclear plant, a
devastating official inquiry has found. independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2369013.ece >
More Japanese utilities admit nuclear incidents More Japanese utilities
admitted on Monday they had failed to report past incidents in which nuclear
fuel rods were mishandled at their reactors. reuters <
http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/More_Japanese_
utilities_admit_nuclear_incidents.html?siteSect=143&sid=7633056&cKey=117
4291680000>
Russia to increase uranium reserves Russia may become the world's
third-largest holder of uranium ore in coming years and will nearly double
nuclear power generation by 2030, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov
said. reuters <
http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Russia-to-increase-uranium-reserves/20
07/03/17/1174080198493.html>
Israel, U.S. Test Missile Defense Thousands of American and Israeli troops
conducted an operation Sunday to test new ways of intercepting missiles able to
carry nuclear, chemical and biological warheads, American and Israeli military
officials said. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR20070
31800623_pf.html>
Bush Urged to Develop Overall Nuclear Arms Policy A prestigious scientific
committee made up of retired nuclear weapons lab directors and former Defense
and Energy department officials is recommending that, before the United States
moves ahead on the development of new nuclear warheads, the Bush administration
should develop a bipartisan policy regarding the size of the future stockpile,
testing and nonproliferation. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/17/AR20070
31701372_pf.html>
Opinion and Analysis
Financial sanctions asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200703170078.html >
Ramping up on Iran washtimes
<
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20070317-114439-3553r.htm >
Cleaning Up the 20th Century nyt
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/weekinreview/18yardley.html?pagewante
d=print>
Ballistic-missile defense and WMD washtimes <
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070318-094754-6839r.htm >
Will anxious Arab states soon form a nuclear family? Daliy star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article
_id=80586>
Heading towards a new full-scale arms race? hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/19/stories/2007031902281000.htm >
An exclusive club guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mark_seddon/2007/03/do_as_i_say_not
_as_i_do.html>
Six-party momentum chinadaily
<
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2007-03/19/content_830663.htm >
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Interview voanews <
http://www.voanews.com/english/Transcript-of-Ban-Ki-moon-Interview.cfm >
Smarter sanctions against Iran latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-iran19mar19,0,2130458.story?c
oll=la-opinion-leftrail>
Who's playing by the rules? japantimes
<
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/ed20070318a2.html >
DPRK nuclear issue: from words to action peopledaily <
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200703/17/eng20070317_358503.html >
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Posted: 20/03/2007 04:28 PM
20 March 2007
N. Korea to return to IAEA after initial shutdown of reactors: S. Korean
official North Korea has offered to return to the International Atomic Energy
Agency soon after taking the initial denuclearization steps of shutting down its
facilities in the Yongbyon nuclear complex under a Feb. 13 deal of the six-party
talks on its nuclear programs, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported
Tuesday. kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070320/kyodo/d8nvlbgo0.html >
/ afp < http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsta
lkschinaiaea_070320082216>
NKorea accuses Japan of sabotage at nuclear talks North Korea accused Japan
on Tuesday of trying to sabotage six-nation nuclear talks, although the United
States held firm in support of its ally as envoys sought to flesh out a
disarmament plan. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponstalks_0
70320041918;_ylt=AvuBzZxR4_AUaIPN3lYfqUvMWM0F>
Iran stops inspectors visiting nuclear site: diplomats Iran stopped UN
inspectors from visiting an underground bunker where it is building an
industrial-scale plant to make enriched uranium but the inspectors will try
again, diplomats told AFP Monday. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070319/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_070319234443&printer=1;_ylt=AkPZtR1dRTEZGCPCQFmU0g6bOrgF>
S Africa urges Iran sanctions pause South Africa has called for a 90-day
"time out" on sanctions against Iran. aljazeera
<
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/134685E8-5DAB-473F-A445-AF476067
8536.htm> / voanews <
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-20-voa2.cfm >
reuters
<
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/19/un.nuclear.safrica.reut/inde
x.html>
Scientists Aim for Portable Bird Flu Testing Kits Scientists are developing
portable kits for diagnosing bird flu in poultry, something they say could mean
much faster action to stop the spread of the virus.
reuters
<
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-birdflu-tests.html?pagew
anted=print>
IAEA delegation to visit future uranium enrichment center in Angarsk A
delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit the
Angarsk chemical plant, the future location of the first international uranium
enrichment center, on March 20, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said
at a Monday meeting of government members chaired by President Vladimir Putin.
interfax <
http://www.interfax.com/3/251871/news.aspx >
Vietnam, U.S. Sign Nuclear Conversion Agreement Vietnam has agreed to work
with the United States to begin converting a nuclear research reactor to using
low-enriched uranium fuel from highly-enriched uranium, state media said on
Tuesday. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-vietnam-nuclear.html
?pagewanted=print>
Other Nuclear News
Russia Gives Iran Ultimatum on Enrichment Russia has informed Iran that it
will withhold nuclear fuel for Iran's nearly completed Bushehr power plant
unless Iran suspends its uranium enrichment as demanded by the United Nations
Security Council, European, American and Iranian officials said. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/world/middleeast/20irancnd.html?_r=1&
hp&oref=slogin>
Envoys focusing on N. Korean disarmament International nuclear negotiators
shifted their focus on Tuesday to fine-tuning a timetable for North Korea's
disarmament after the biggest obstacle hindering discussions was removed $25
million in frozen North Korean funds. ap
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070320/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=At3
E1Vgr4ViR9imNQY8nokrMWM0F>
N.Korea Talks to Look Beyond Reactor Closure Talks aimed at ending North
Korea's nuclear threat will focus on Tuesday on how to disable the reactor at
the heart of its nuclear program and begin mapping out future disarmament steps,
the chief U.S. envoy said. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north.html?pag
ewanted=print>
N.Korea refusing talks until funds released North Korea is refusing to
participate in six-party talks on dismantling its nuclear programs before all of
its funds frozen at a Macau bank have been released, a diplomatic source said on
Tuesday. reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070320/wl_nm/korea_north_meetings_dc;_ylt=
AnQnG2R7xgZD26VMCO2y1S_MWM0F>
Japan and N. Korea Clash as 6-Party Nuclear Talks Resume Delegates to the
latest round of six-party talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear program
completed their first day of official discussions in Beijing on Monday, with an
important money dispute apparently settled but another disagreement involving
Japan and North Korea raising its head.
washingtonpost
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR20070
31901721.html>
Experts Fear Six Nations Ignoring Existing Nuclear Weapons A South Korean
government official who is attending six-nation nuclear talks in Beijing on
Monday said North Korea's nuclear weapons are not among the facilities it must
disable under a Feb. 13 agreement. The talks resumed on the day. chosun <
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200703/200703200030.html >
N. Korea urges Japan to implement nuclear disarmament accord North Korea on
Tuesday called upon Japan to act on a recent landmark agreement on the supply of
energy aid in return for the North's nuclear disarmament.
yonhapnews
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070320/6300000000200703201033
15E4.html>
Iran Tells Envoys Not Budging on Nuclear Issue A senior Iranian official told
foreign envoys on Monday the country was prepared for either cooperation or
confrontation, ahead of a U.N. vote on imposing further sanctions because of
Tehran's nuclear program. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/19/AR20070
31900558_pf.html>
US approves Ahmadinejad UN trip The US has approved a visa for Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address the UN Security Council when it votes
on extra sanctions against Iran. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6467547.stm >
Russia, S.Africa to co-operate on nuclear technology South African Deputy
President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov
agreed Monday to work together on developing nuclear and space technology as
they met in Pretoria. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070319/wl_africa_afp/safricarussiadiploma
cypolitics_070319164405>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran must have the Bomb guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_cox/2007/03/iran_must_have_th
e_bomb_1.html>
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Posted: 21/03/2007 05:18 PM
21 March 2007
UN nuclear inspectors visit Iranian enrichment facility: diplomats UN
inspectors visited the Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz on Tuesday, diplomats
said, but it was not clear if they resolved a dispute over monitoring a
strategic underground bunker. afp
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics_0703201
82736>
Security Council to tackle Iran sanctions draft The UN Security Council was
to begin Wednesday crucial bargaining on whether to approve new UN sanctions
against Iran as proposed by six major powers or accept some amendments. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March320.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
'Freeze Iran's uranium enrichment South Africa pushed on Monday for a 90-day
freeze of Iran's uranium enrichment in exchange for a simultaneous suspension of
UN sanctions that the Security Council is looking to toughen. afp <
http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=16605&cat=2 >
Negotiation the Only Solution to Iran's Nuclear Case The Iranian ambassador
to France said that there reside two important points in Iran's nuclear case
i.e. recognition of Iran's right in compliance with the NPT rules and
regulations for the use of peaceful nuclear technology and presentation of
guarantees concerning non-diversion of Iran's nuclear program to military.
farsnews <
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8512290028 >
Russia Pulling Out of Iran Nuke Project Russia is bringing home its
technicians and engineers from Iran's unfinished nuclear reactor site at a time
of growing international pressure on Tehran to curb its atomic ambitions, U.S.
and European representatives said Tuesday. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Nuclear-Iran.html?_r=1&oref=sl
ogin&pagewanted=print>
Korea nuclear talks remain stalled Delegates at talks on disarming North
Korea's nuclear program voiced impatience Wednesday that the negotiations
remained stalled for a second day over a dispute on when
$25 million of Pyongyang's funds will be released from a Macau bank. ap <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070321/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=Aow
ieNINvzIfx5GdVwmN1cSs0NUE> / afp
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons_070320
144233>
North Korea offers to rejoin IAEA at talks North Korea has Tuesday offered to
rejoin the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
during the second day of talks with six nations on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons
programme, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. dpa <
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20070
320092646898C351657>
Existing Nuclear Arms 'Off the Agenda' in Six-Party Talks South Korean top
nuclear negotiator Chun Yung-woo on Tuesday said North Korea's nuclear weapons
are not the target of "disablement" but the target of "abandonment." chosun <
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200703/200703210014.html >
Russia Plans Atomic Fuel Center to Battle Weapons Proliferation Russia will
let the United Nations use some of the country's enrichment capacity in Siberia,
making it easier for nations such as Iran to get atomic fuel and harder for them
to gain the knowledge needed to build nuclear bombs. bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=ahj2VMBUtVfk >
/ rian < http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070320/62303253.html >
Intl uranium centre may start work as organisation structure-view The Angarsk
International Uranium Enrichment Centre (IUEC) may begin work in the short run,
Director General of the Angarsk chemical electrolysis plant Viktor Shopen, told
Itar-Tass on Tuesday. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11354407&PageNum=0 >
/ gazeta < http://eng.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=88480 >
World Cup 'dirty bomb' threat The International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) is co-operating with the South African government to avert a potential
"dirty bomb" attack at the 2010 World Cup. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6472123.stm >
UN nuclear watchdog agency helps Bangladesh protect prized goats The United
Nations atomic watchdog agency seeks to curb nuclear proliferation and stop
weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of terrorists, right? un
news center <
http://www.harolddoan.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3966 >
Other Nuclear News
Russia Denies Ultimatum to Iran Over Nuclear Fuel Russia denied threatening
to halt nuclear fuel deliveries to Iran unless the Islamic state freezes uranium
enrichment, saying a financial dispute was to blame for any delays. bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=audZTBEmup_E&refer=
home> / itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11357013&PageNum=0 >
Nations Propose Iran Sanction Amendments Indonesia, Qatar and South Africa
have proposed amendments to a new U.N. resolution drafted by six world powers
that would impose new sanctions on Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium
enrichment. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-UN-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewante
d=print>
Russia said worried over Iran's nuclear ambitions Russia on Tuesday disputed
a report that it gave Iran an ultimatum to halt uranium enrichment but diplomats
say Moscow has linked sending Tehran nuclear fuel to proliferation concerns.
reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR20070
32000476.html>
Bolton: Iran Won't Give Up Nuke Ambition President Bush's former envoy to the
United Nations says using military force against Iran would be preferable to
allowing the country to acquire nuclear weapons. ap <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6496663,00.html >
Time "running out" in North Korea talks Talks aimed at ending North Korea's
nuclear threat languished on Wednesday, as Pyongyang waited to receive freed
funds and delegates warned time was running out to press forward a disarmament
plan. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR20070
32000615_pf.html>
"Indo-U.S. civil nuclear deal a major opportunity" U.S. Energy Secretary
Samuel W. Bodman on Tuesday described the Indo-U.S. civil nuclear agreement as
"a major opportunity'' in synergising India's scientific talent and creativity
and the U.S. advancement in technology, safety and security in the development
and use of nuclear energy. hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/21/stories/2007032112561200.htm >
Two South Koreans burnt in nuclear plant accident Two South Korean nuclear
power plant workers were burnt by heated, radioactive liquid waste, the energy
ministry said on Tuesday. reuters <
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=432262007 >
US luring Russian, Libyan, Iraqi scientists away from terrorists The United
States is offering alternative jobs to scientists from Russia, Libya and Iraq
with nuclear expertise to prevent their recruitment by rogue states and
terrorist organisations. ians
<
http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/235
515/cs/1/>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran - paper tiger or real threat? upi
<
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070319-014444-8153r >
Iraq: nuclear boomerang guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/joseph_cirincione/2007/03/and_what_
about_iran.html>
Russia, Iran and the Bottom Line nyt
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/opinion/21wed2.html?pagewanted=print >
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Posted: 22/03/2007 07:48 PM
22 March 2007
Swiss discussed compromise idea in Iran: diplomats Switzerland recently sent
a senior official to Iran to discuss a proposal aimed at resolving Tehran's
nuclear dispute with the West, despite requests by key Western powers to drop
the idea, diplomats said. reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070321/ts_nm/iran_nuclear_swiss_dc_2 >
UN Council calls on Iran to halt nuclear programme The U.N. Security Council
on Wednesday formally approved a statement calling on Iran to suspend uranium
enrichment efforts that the West suspects are part of a secret nuclear weapons
programme. reuters <
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/03/30/topn
ews/un-council-calls-on-iran-to-halt-nuclear-programme.html>
No link between UNSC resolution and Bushehr NPP project - FM Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the State Duma lower house of parliament on
Wednesday that Russia will "not support excessive sanctions against Iran."
itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11358815&PageNum=0 >
Intl uranium enrichment center to start working by year-end The International
Center for Uranium Enrichment will start operating in Angarsk by the year-end,
said on Thursday head of the Russian delegation at the Rosatom-IAEA talks
Nikolai Spassky after a seminar, attended by representatives of the Russian
Federal Agency for Nuclear Energy and a delegation of the International Atomic
Energy Agency. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11360477 >
Rosatom submits $5 bln nuclear safety program to govt." The Federal Nuclear
Power Agency (Rosatom) has presented the Russian government with a draft federal
program, Nuclear and Radiation Security 2008-15, the Rosatom chief said
Wednesday. rian <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070321/62374736.html >
Other Nuclear News
North Korea Nuclear Talks Grind to a Halt Deadlocked talks on North Korea's
nuclear program ground to a halt on Thursday, with the North Korean and Russian
envoys both leaving for the airport after four days of negotiations that went
nowhere. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-korea-north.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
U.N. Council Seeks Compromise on Iran Text U.N. negotiators sought on
Wednesday to bridge differences with South Africa on sanctions against Iran over
its nuclear program, with the United States stressing the importance of Russian
pressure on Iran to suspend uranium enrichment.
reuters
<
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-nuclear.html?pa
gewanted=print>
U.K., France, U.S. will not agree to 90-day "time out" on sanctions against
Iran Britain, France and the United States made clear they would not agree to a
90-day "time out" on all sanctions against Iran that was proposed by South
Africa, a suggestion the British ambassador called "totally perverse."
thejakartapost <
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailgeneral.asp?fileid=20070322110347&i
rec=3>
Iranian cleric warns of 'illegal' course on nuclear technology Iran's supreme
religious leader warned Wednesday that his country would pursue "illegal
actions" - an apparent reference to nuclear activities outside international
regulations - if the UN Security Council pressed forward with its insistence
that Iran halt uranium enrichment. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/21/news/iran.php >
Tehran pledges to strike back at nuclear foes Iranian leaders yesterday vowed
to defy a U.S.-led drive to halt the country's nuclear program, warning that
proposed United Nations sanctions will not work and promising to "strike the
enemies" trying to pressure the country.
washtimes <
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20070321-110801-9421r.htm >
UK rules out war over Iran nuclear programme Britain on Wednesday ruled out
war with Iran over its nuclear programme as Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett
discussed a drive to impose fresh UN sanctions against Teheran with Gulf Arab
allies. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March337.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Moscow won't support "excessive" Iran sanctions Russia will not support
"excessive" sanctions against its economic partner Iran, the foreign minister
said on Wednesday, as the UN Security Council considered imposing harsher
measures intended to push Teheran to freeze its nuclear program. ap
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2
007/March/theworld_March585.xml§ion=theworld&col=>
Restrictions lifted at Swedish nuclear plant after bomb threat A nuclear
power plant north of Stockholm was partially evacuated because of a bomb threat
Wednesday but police later lifted restrictions in the area after no explosives
were found. ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/21/europe/EU-GEN-Sweden-Nuclear -
Reactor.php>
Pakistan successfully test fires nuclear-capable cruise missile, military
says Pakistan successfully test-fired on Thursday a nuclear-capable cruise
missile with the capability to avoid radar detection, the military said. ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/22/asia/AS-GEN-Pakistan-Missile -
Test.php>
Vietnam hopes for nuclear power by 2022: official Vietnam is considering
adding nuclear power to its electricity generation mix, a top government
official said Wednesday. thanhnien news <
http://www.thanhniennews.com/education/?catid=4&newsid=26298 >
Lack of fuel may limit U.S. nuclear renaissance Limited supplies of uranium
fuel for nuclear power plants may thwart the renewed and growing interest in
nuclear energy in the United States and other nations, according to an industry
expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyI
D=2007-03-21T200658Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-291820-1.xml&archived=Fal>
Largest U.S. Cities Aren't Ready for Nuclear Attack, Study Says The U.S.
medical system would not be able to handle the casualties and hospital
disruptions that would result from a nuclear attack, a study found.
bloomberg
<
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=anKiU72doiOQ&refer=
us>
Opinion and Analysis
Play ball with Russia latimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-simes22mar22,1,6
436645.story?track=rss>
The power of money usa today
<
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/03/post_43.html#more >
The Middle East runs after atoms; can it avoid weapons? dailystar <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article
_id=80684>
Debating Britain's nuclear weapons khaleej times <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20
07/March/opinion_March74.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
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Posted: 23/03/2007 03:45 PM
23 March 2007
Security Council to vote on new UN Iran sanctions Saturday: diplomats Major
powers on Thursday made minor changes to a new draft resolution toughening UN
sanctions on Iran and readied the text for a Security Council vote expected to
take place Saturday, diplomats said. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070323/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
un_070323004934> / cnn
<
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iran.nuclear/ >
Major Powers Submit Final Iran Draft Major powers negotiating sanctions
against Iran say they want the 15-nation Security Council to vote on their draft
resolution by the end of the week despite indications it may not have the
panel's full support. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR20070
32300315.html>
Iran's former negotiator airs fresh approach on nuclear talks A three-pronged
approach to negotiations could resolve Iranian dispute with the West over the
national nuclear program, former Iranian nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian
told a seminar on 'disarmament' in Geneva.
irna <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-236/0703231993102517.htm >
US insists NKorea still ready and willing to disarm nukes The chief US envoy
to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks insisted Friday that the Stalinist
regime remained committed to ending its atomic programme, despite a dramatic
breakdown in negotiations. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070323/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponstalks_0
70323075234;_ylt=ApFMFiDyvwsgSkdSEu48mTXMWM0F>
India, Japan to hold energy dialogue, work for Asian security India and Japan
Thursday invigorated their strategic partnership in the context of a rising Asia
and agreed to push for an early bilateral free trade pact, cooperate in maritime
security and hold their first energy dialogue that will also include nuclear
energy. ians <
http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/236276 >
India dismisses NPT as "fraud" treaty While seeking Japanese support for the
historic Indo-US civilian nuclear energy deal, India today dismissed the NPT as
a "fraud" treaty. pti <
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=460076 >
Atom for peace and prosperity - tuberous cassava - tropical root crop
improvement Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a perennial tropical root crop,
cultivated for its starchy tuberous roots as a valuable source of calories, and
is planted on about 16 million hectares of land.
university of helsinki <
http://www.helsinki.fi/uh/1-2007/juttu16.html >
GAO Faults U.S. Military Over Munitions in Iraq The U.S. military's faulty
war plans and insufficient troops in Iraq left thousands and possibly millions
of tons of conventional munitions unsecured or in the hands of insurgent groups
after the 2003 invasion -- allowing widespread looting of weapons and explosives
used to make roadside bombs that cause the bulk of U.S. casualties, according to
a government report released yesterday. washingtonpost <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR20070
32202017.html?nav=rss_nation/special>
Other Nuclear News
Ahmadinejad says to make proposals on nuclear issue Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said he would make new proposals to the United Nations Security
Council before it votes on extending sanctions against Iran over its nuclear
program. reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2243245520070322 >
/ ap < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/22/europe/EU-GEN-France-Iran-Nuc
lear.php>
UN envoy rejects double suspension option Iran's UN envoy on Wednesday
rejected the idea of a concurrent suspension of sanctions and Tehran's uranium
enrichment as a way to defuse his country's nuclear showdown with the Security
Council. iol <
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&a
rt_id=nw20070322112522790C227775>
North Korea Nuclear Talks Break Down Negotiations on halting North Korea's
nuclear program broke down abruptly Thursday, with the country's chief envoy to
the talks flying home after a dispute over money frozen in a Macau bank could
not be resolved. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR20070
32200907.html>
N Korea talks 'may soon restart' The US negotiator at six-party talks on
North Korea's nuclear programme says discussions may soon restart, despite their
abrupt suspension on Thursday. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6483173.stm >
North Korea Must Honor Nuclear Deal, Continue Talks, Japan Says North Korea
must return to nuclear talks and implement an agreement reached in February
after discussions broke off yesterday over a delay in a banking transaction,
Japanese officials said. bloomberg <
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.s.XZR5zRMg >
Germany can abandon nuclear power and cut CO2: Greenpeace Germany could
abandon nuclear energy more quickly than planned and still achieve a 40-percent
cut in carbon dioxide emissions, environmental group Greenpeace said on
Thursday. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070322/sc_afp/germanyclimate2_07032219270
0>
Japan to tighten nuclear rules after near misses Japan said Friday it would
tighten its rules on the reporting of nuclear incidents after the recent
revelation of a series of past near misses. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070323/wl_asia_afp/japanaccidentnuclear_0
70323080351>
Britain may try to revive nuclear pact to curb Iran Gordon Brown may lead
efforts to revive the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a way of
tackling Iran's atomic ambitions, his most pressing foreign policy challenge
once he becomes British prime minister. reuters <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/news/news8.htm >
India gas plans to help Iran's N-aims: US India's plans to purchase gas and
oil from Iran will help fund Tehran's development of nuclear weapons, US Energy
Secretary Sam Bodman claimed on Thursday. reuters <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/23/int1.htm >
Some rethinking nuke oppositionn "No Nukes" was once a familiar rallying cry
for environmentalists opposed to nuclear power and all its scary risks. usa
today <
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-22-nuclear-power_N.htm?POE=
NEWISVA>
Opinion and Analysis
Time to Make a Deal? newsweek
<
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17738227/site/newsweek/page/1/ >
A nuclear plant and a diplomatic game hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032305801100.htm >
Engaging North Korea khaleej times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/editorial/
2007/March/editorial_March46.xml§ion=editorial&col=>
At last a debate on Britain's nuclear weapons jordan times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/opinion/opinion5.htm >
Analysis: NEA, Russia sign nuclear pact upi <
http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20070322-045205-4931r >
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Posted: 26/03/2007 07:27 PM
26 March 2007
Iran to Limit Cooperation With Nuclear Inspectors The government of Iran
yesterday denounced as illegal a sanctions package approved unanimously over the
weekend by the United Nations Security Council, and in retaliation announced
that it would limit cooperation with the United Nations' nuclear oversight
agency. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/26/world/middleeast/26iran.html?pagewanted=print >
/ ap < http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/25/world/main2606186.shtml >
/ afp < http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070325/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics_070325200624 >
U.N. Approves Tougher Sanctions on Iran The U.N. Security Council unanimously
voted Saturday to impose additional sanctions against Iran for its refusal to
stop enriching uranium _ a move intended to show Tehran that defiance will leave
it increasingly isolated. wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/24/AR2007032400508_pf.html >
/ bbc < http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6455853.stm >
Iran: Sanctions won't stop enrichment - Iran announced Sunday that it was
partially suspending cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog while hardline
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the latest U.N. sanctions would not halt the
country's uranium enrichment "even for a second." ap <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070326/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_66 >
/ rian < http://en.rian.ru/world/20070325/62583658.html >
Iran warns confrontation over nuclear program will have 'consequences' Iran's
foreign minister on Sunday criticized the U.N. Security Council for imposing new
sanctions against his country for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, warning
confrontation "will have its own consequences." ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/25/news/UN-GEN-UN-Iran-Nuclear.php >
Iran Feels Pinch As Major Banks Curtail Business U.S. Campaign Urges Firms to
Cut Ties wp <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501084.html?nav=rss_print/asection >
India, US set for nuclear bargain India and the US will get down to do some
tough negotiations on Monday when they begin talks to finalise the bilateral
civil nuclear agreement that will govern future nuclear trade between the two
countries. cnn-ibn <
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/03_2007/india-us-set-for-nuclear-bargain-36928.html >
Global body launches approval process for nuke plants Anticipating a mammoth
global nuclear power programme in coming decades, the Vienna-based International
Nuclear Safety Group (INSAG) has launched a multinational design approval
process for the safety and security of buyer countries from the Nuclear
Suppliers Group. pti <
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1086999 >
Namibia: Country Set to Become Uranium Giant R?ssing Uranium, a member of the
Rio Tinto Group, says Namibia is going to produce 10 percent of the world's
primary production of uranium by 2012 with the mineral now fetching a premium on
global markets. allafrica <
http://allafrica.com/stories/200703230590.html >
Other Nuclear News
EU to seek new Iran nuclear talks The European Union's foreign policy chief
is hoping to resume talks with Iran over its nuclear programme, a day after UN
sanctions were stiffened. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6492667.stm >
UN unity on sanctions shows Teheran's "growing isolation": diplomats A
unanimous Security Council vote slapping fresh UN sanctions on Iran over its
suspect nuclear program signals Teheran's growing isolation, envoys of major
powers say, while offering to resume talks to defuse the crisis. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/March/middleeast_March375.xml§ion=middleeast&col= >
North Korea threatens to scuttle nuke talks North Korea vowed on Sunday to
bolster its "self-defensive deterrence," warning a military exercise launched by
South Korea and the United States could jeopardise nuclear disarmament talks.
afp <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/266299/1/.html >
U.S. official arrives in China to deal with frozen North Korea funds A senior
U.S. Treasury Department official arrived in Beijing Sunday to try to untangle a
dispute over North Korean funds frozen in a Macau bank that led to a breakdown
in talks over Pyongyang's nuclear program. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/25/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-Treasury.php >
India seeks Japan's support for access to nuclear know-how India has sought
the "support" of Japan for gaining access to high-tech know-how and equipment
for the peaceful use of atomic energy. Indicating this, External Affairs
Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday told The Hindu over telephone from Tokyo
that discussions on this issue "are [still] taking place." hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032518631100.htm >
Iranian President Cancels U.N. Trip, Blaming U.S. As the Security Council
prepared to vote on a resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear
program, Iran's president canceled his plans to address Council members before
the expected vote on Saturday. nytimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?pagewanted=print >
Brazil expected to announce plans to complete stalled nuclear plant Brazil's
president could announce next week a decision to complete construction of a
third nuclear plant that has been delayed for years, Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil's
biggest newspaper, reported Saturday. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/24/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Nuclear-Plant.php >
Opinion and Analysis
At the table with Iran, what could the US concede? csm <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0326/p09s02-coop.html >
How to preservethe North Korean nuclear deal ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0f7ca376-db2e-11db-ba4d-000b5df10621.html >
Halted six-party talks asahi <
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200703240081.html >
Media transforms Iran into another global threat aljazeera <
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=12888 >
At the table with Iran, what could the US concede? csm <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070326/cm_csm/ycooley26_1 >
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27 March 2007
Russia and China appeal to Iran China and Russia are urging Iran to meet
United Nations demands regarding its nuclear programme. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6497317.stm >
US: Iran must not turn 'blind eye' to UN The United States and its partners
on Monday pushed for a peaceful end to the dispute over Iran's nuclear programs,
as Washington warned Tehran against turning "a blind eye" to its obligations.
afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070326/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_11>
Iran to limit cooperation amidst nuclear access dispute Iran's threat to
limit cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog comes as international inspectors
seek greater access to a key underground site for enriching uranium. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070326/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpolitics
_070326152148>
White House Disappointed Iran is Limiting IAEA Cooperation The White House
says it is disappointed by Iran's decision to limit cooperation with the United
Nations nuclear agency. voanews <
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-26-voa31.cfm >
/ reuters < http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyi
d=2007-03-26T142750Z_01_N26341161_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-NUCLEAR-USA.xml>
US Warns Iran Failure to Cooperate with IAEA Could Lead to More Isolation
Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns, visiting Brussels for talks with
European Union and NATO allies, warned Tehran its failure to cooperate with the
U.N. nuclear watchdog agency would lead to Iran's further isolation. voanews <
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-26-voa62.cfm >
Iran says it still wants to negotiate with West amid nuclear standoff Iran
said Monday it still wants to negotiate with the West over its controversial
nuclear program, a day after it partially suspended co-operation with the UN
nuclear watchdog agency in retaliation for new UN sanctions. ap <
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070326/world/iran_nuclear_69 >
/ ap < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR20070
32600460_pf.html>
IAEA considers legal implications of Iran's decision Legal experts of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were on Monday studying the legal
implications of Iran's announcement that it would revise its cooperation with
the nuclear watchdog. dpa <
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/article_1282984.php/
IAEA_considers_legal_implications_of_Irans_decision>
North Korea banking row to end in days: US nuclear envoy A banking dispute
that stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks could be resolved in a
couple of days despite complex technical problems, the chief US envoy to the
negotiations said Monday. afp <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/266572/1/.h
tml>
India, US in crucial talks on N-deal India and the United States held crucial
talks here on Monday to settle the details of an agreement reached last year
that paves the way for sales of civilian nuclear technology to New Delhi. afp <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/27/int6.htm >
Nigeria fines firms for nuclear material The Nigerian government has filed
lawsuits against Shell Petroleum Development Co. and three other firms for the
illegal transportation of radioactive material across the oil-rich Niger Delta.
upi <
http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20070326-021231-1380r >
Other Nuclear News
UN chief asks Iran to stop nuclear enrichment Days after the Security Council
tightened sanctions it had imposed against Iran over its uranium-enrichment
activities, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked Tehran to take
steps to restore trust that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.
hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200703271040.htm >
Iran's Larijani holds "clear" talks with Solana Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator said he held "straight and clear" talks with EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana on Monday, two days after the United Nations imposed new sanctions
on Tehran, the IRNA news agency said. reuters <
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN723017.html >
U.S. Seeks to Expedite N.Korea Funds to 3rd Country A senior U.S.
official is back in Beijing to speed through a resolution to a money squabble
that has jammed progress in North Korea's nuclear disarmament talks. hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200703271040.htm >
/ ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/27/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-Tr
easury.php>
Tehran 'begins nuclear payments' Iran has begun payments to a Russian firm
building Tehran's first atomic power plant, the company has said.
bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6496167.stm >
Nuclear energy 'not the solution to global warming' Environment ministers
from Austria, Iceland, Ireland and Norway said Monday that nuclear power was not
the solution to global warming. afp <
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html ?
id=070326173146.27b6mex2&cat=null>
NKorea renews call for Japan to stay away from nuclear disarmament talks
North Korea renewed its demand Monday that Japan be excluded from international
talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/26/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-Ja
pan.php>
Still time for diplomacy with Tehran, says US Nicholas Burns, the man at the
heart of the US administration's policy on Iran for the past two years, insists
that Iran's leadership is divided, its nuclear programme is less advanced than
many think and that the world is stepping up the pressure on Tehran. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d290f1b0-dbff-11db-9233-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=fc3334c0-2f7a-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
Two Diggers 'contaminated' by uranium Two Australian soldiers who served in
the first Iraq war have tested positive to depleted uranium (DU) contamination
despite assurances from the federal government they had not been exposed, an
anti-nuclear group said. smh <
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Two-Diggers-contaminated-by-uranium
/2007/03/27/1174761459013.html>
Opinion and Analysis
Behind Russia and Iran's Nuclear Reactor Dispute thebulletin <
http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/pavel-podvig/20070326.html >
Increased U.N. sanctions on Iran upi
<
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20070326 -
042005-9152r>
We Got Tubed --Again foreignpolicy
<
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3755 >
US-Iran "Game of Chicken": Iran Stays Firm despite UN Sanctions
globalresearch
<
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=2007032
6&articleId=5184>
Nukes Divide Russia And Iran: As Iran Restricts UN cooperation upi <
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Nukes_Divide_Russia_And_Iran_As_Iran_Re
stricts_UN_cooperation_999.html>
Getting to 'yes' with Iran jordan times
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion5.htm >
India and Iran: crunch time ahead hindu
<
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/27/stories/2007032702721100.htm >
Iran has more to gain from diplomacy than anyone ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2cb47d3a-dbbd-11db-9233-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage
=063fb9c2-3000-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html>
For serious results jordan times
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion1.htm >
Hang on. We're taking the soft approach towards Iran? times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/
article1572437.ece>
The fog of phony war guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mark_seddon/2007/03/canned_iran.htm
l>
Iran: A mountain that doesn't move asia times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IC27Ak01.html >
Let Iran enrich uranium guardian
<
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/christoph_bertram/2007/03/getting_t
o_yes_with_iran.html>
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Posted: 28/03/2007 09:45 PM
28 March 2007
Iran rejects conditional nuclear talks Iran rejected on Tuesday UN Security
Council conditions that it suspend uranium enrichment in return for talks on its
controversial nuclear programme. afp <
http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html ?
id=070327131704.mkgotgex&cat=null>
Ending uranium enrichment impossible, says Iran IRAN rejected UN Security
Council conditions that it suspend uranium enrichment in return for talks on its
controversial nuclear program. afp <
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,21460699-401,00.html?from=public_r
ss>
Iran says resolution 1747 to have no impact on its economy A top Iranian
official said Tuesday that the newly adopted UN sanction resolution of
1747 would have no impact on his country's economy, the official IRNA news
agency reported. xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200703/28/eng20070328_361552.html >
Gulf exercise to reassure allies, not confront Iran: US An unusual exercise
involving two US aircraft carrier strike groups in the Gulf is aimed at
reassuring friends and allies, not raising tensions with Iran, a Pentagon
spokesman said Tuesday. afp <
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast
/2007/March/middleeast_March434.xml§ion=middleeast&col=>
Russia Slams U.S. Global Policy Russia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday
criticized the United States for what it called over-reliance on force and
warned Washington against military action against Iran. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Russia-US.html?_r=1&oref=slogi
n&pagewanted=print>
Russia hopes Iran will adequately react to UNSC signals - FM Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia hopes that the "Iranian
leadership will adequately react to sanctions envisaged by the UN Security
Council resolution, as well as a statement of the 'six'
international mediators." itar-tass
<
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11377988&PageNum=0 >
Adding Nukes to the Sailor Standoff As troubling as the Iranian seizure of
the 15 British sailors and marines has been, everyone knows it could be a much
more explosive situation: The next time the Iranians pull off such a stunt they
could be armed with nuclear weapons. time <
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1603475,00.html?xid=rss-w
orld>
Nuclear talks wait for Macao cash transfer US and North Korean officials held
a second day of meetings on Tuesday to try to bring about the transfer of $25m,
stuck in a Macao bank blacklisted by Washington, to a Pyongyang account so that
stalled nuclear talks could resume. ft
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/25fa192e-dc3e-11db-a21d-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=5
aedc804-2f7b-11da-8b51-00000e2511c8.html>
Other Nuclear News
Bank threatens legal action if frozen North Korean funds transferred from
Macau A British investor who is buying a North Korean bank said Tuesday he is
trying to block the transfer of money it holds in a Macau bank to China, in a
move that might complicate a deal with the North to shut down its nuclear
programs. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/27/asia/AS-GEN-Macau-NKorea-Froz
en-Funds.php> / reuters
<
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north-wfp.html
?pagewanted=print>
Foreign minister calls on U.S., Russia to move swiftly on nuclear issue The
South Korean foreign minister and the U.S. secretary of state have agreed to
work together to implement a multilateral deal on North Korea's denuclearization
which has been in limbo since early last week over the delayed transfer of the
North's money out of a Macau bank, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
yonhapnews
<
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20070328/6300000000200703281003
41E5.html>
EU authorizes sanctions against North Korea The European Union has approved
of sanctions against North Korea. At their meeting in Brussels on Tuesday the EU
economics and finance ministers imposed a ban on the export to North Korea of
materials and know-hows that may be used for creating any weapons of mass
destruction or developing the country's nuclear program. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11379148&PageNum=0 >
CIA says North Korea nuclear test a failure: report North Korea's nuclear
test last October was a failure and gives no credence to Pyongyang's claim to
being a nuclear weapons state, U.S. CIA Director Michael Hayden was quoted as
saying by a South Korean newspaper on Wednesday. reuters <
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSEO15521620070328 >
Pentagon chief warns against "illusions" on Iran Defense Secretary Robert
Gates on Tuesday said the United States was open to high-level talks with
Tehran, but warned against "illusions" about Iran's government and its
intentions. reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/27/AR20070
32701374_pf.html>
US hawks see strikes on Iran as less likely now Earlier this month when House
leader Nancy Pelosi struck a provision from a $100-billion spending bill that
would have specifically required President Bush to seek congressional approval
before any military strike on Iran, it was seen as a victory for the hawks in
Washington. csmonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0328/p04s01-wome.html >
Fissile treaty is India's next challenge With a proposal to kick-start work
on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons
rapidly gathering traction, India is bracing itself for the
earlier-than-expected opening of a new front in the struggle to conclude its
nuclear agreement with the United States. hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/28/stories/2007032805121200.htm >
Delhi lobbies for support of key nuclear suppliers Even as India and the
United States continue their talks here on a bilateral civil nuclear pact, the
prime minister's special envoy on the India-US nuclear deal is off to Australia
and New Zealand to persuade them to back New Delhi in the 45-nation Nuclear
Suppliers Group (NSG). gulfnews <
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10114165.html >
Nuclear Power: an Action Network briefing A fifth of the UK's energy needs
are currently met by its nuclear power stations but these are nearing the end of
their lives, and by 2023 all but one of them will have been decommissioned. Now
it has to be decided whether to replace these aging power stations with new
nuclear plants. bbc <
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A20755668 >
Opinion and Analysis
Hill: North Korea Must Declare HEU Programs donga <
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2007032841428 >
Iran's shift on IAEA may offer 'insurance' if bombed reuters <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070327/3/2zjew.html >
The dilemma of Iran's nuclear program metimes <
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070327-064103-2569r >
Russia's new foreign policy momentum metimes <
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070327-104913-1763r >
Australia, the Saudi Arabia of uranium atimese <
http://atimes.com/atimes/China/IC28Ad02.html >
Is Africa Ready for Nuclear Energy? allafrica <
http://allafrica.com/stories/200703270336.html >
Iran prepared to fight, if necessary asia times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IC28Ak01.html >
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Posted: 29/03/2007 02:24 PM
29 March 2007
Iran implements decision to limit IAEA cooperation Iran cut back cooperation
with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Wednesday, carrying out its promised
response to new Security Council sanctions, an Iranian news agency said on
Wednesday. reuters <
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid
=2007-03-28T201314Z_01_DAH853434_RTRUKOC_0_UK-IRAN-NUCLEAR-IAEA.xml>
IAEO assigned to drop subsidiary undertakings to NPT The cabinet assigned
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) to enforce a decision according to
which the subsidiary undertakings to Non-Proliferation Treaty will no longer be
valid. irna <
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0703281807170606.htm >
Bush, Putin Discuss Missile Defense Plan Russian President Vladimir Putin
registered his concerns Wednesday with President Bush about a planned U.S.
missile defense system in Central Europe in a conversation that highlighted
strains between the two nations. ap <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Russia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&p
agewanted=print>
Other Nuclear News
South Korea optimistic North Korea nuclear deal will be implemented South
Korea's point man on North Korea voiced optimism Thursday that agreements
reached in a breakthrough deal on curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons program
will be implemented. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph
p>
UN calls for N Korea aid to be kept separate from politics Relief aid to
North Korea, where a third of children are chronically malnourished, should not
be linked to political developments in the nuclear weapons dispute, the World
Food Programme said yesterday. ft <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/113bb86c-dd92-11db-8d42-000b5df10621.html >
Two Koreas met secretly just after nuclear test A South Korean presidential
envoy held a secret meeting with a North Korean official just 11 days after the
communist state's nuclear test last October, officials said Thursday. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070329/ts_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsskoreap
olitics_070329050335>
Richardson: 'Nuclear 9-11' Is Possible Democratic presidential candidate Bill
Richardson said the United States needs to do more to prevent a "nuclear 9-11,"
a threat that he argues has been neglected because the Bush administration has
been consumed with Iraq. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR20070
32800987_pf.html>
World disarmanent body faces moment of truth The world's only disarmament
forum faces a key decision on Thursday over whether to launch its first arms
negotiations in a decade. reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyI
D=2007-03-28T204901Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-292523-1.xml&archived=Fals
e>
U.S. Says Not Escalating Tension with Iran The United States insisted on
Wednesday it was not escalating tensions with Iran by holding naval exercises in
the Gulf and backed British efforts to free 15 sailors and Marines captured last
week. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-usa.html?pagewa
nted=print>
The two faces of Tehran: how diplomats and extremists fight for control of
foreign policy Iran proudly boasts of its 3,000-year history, but its behaviour
is more like that of a dysfunctional family when it comes to its international
relations. independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2401723.ece >
Australia could soften ban on India uranium sales Australia is considering a
shift in its refusal to sell uranium to India, which has not signed the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, Prime Minister John Howard said ahead of talks with
New Delhi's top nuclear envoy. reuters <
http://africa.reuters.com/metals/news/usnSYD123380.html >
Gulf Arabs distance themselves from U.S. threats against Iran The president
of the United Arab Emirates forbade the U.S. military from using bases in his
country to attack or spy on Iran as mammoth U.S. Navy maneuvers in the Gulf
entered their second day. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/28/africa/ME-GEN-Arabs-US-Iran.p
hp>
Two N-power plants planned near Karachi The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
is in the process of setting up two nuclear power plants on the outskirts of the
city. "A piece of land measuring over 585 acres is being acquired next to the
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp). dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2007/03/29/top11.htm >
High cost seen as roadblock to new nuclear plants The biggest obstacle the
U.S. nuclear industry must overcome to build new reactors is financing the
construction costs, nuclear experts said at a Manhattan Institute conference in
New York Wednesday, the 28th anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident.
reuters <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/us_nm/utilities_nuclear_financing_d
c_1>
Opinion and Analysis
>From softly-softly to sanctions - how pressure on Iran may be increased
guardian
<
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2045107,00.html >
Rulebooks for the next war telegraph
<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/03/25/boder24
.xml>
Faced with Iranian blackmail, Europe must show real solidarity guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2045054,00.html?gusrc=rss&fe
ed=27>
The Results of Diplomacy wp
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR20070
32802051_pf.html>
Facing up to the nuclear question smh
<
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/facing-up-to-the-nuclear-question/20
07/03/28/1174761563342.html>
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Posted: 03/04/2007 03:14 AM
30 March 2007
IAEA Pushes Iran to Accept Cameras at Key Atom Site The International Atomic
Energy Agency is pushing Iran to agree to cameras in its underground nuclear
plant within days and Western states are mulling whether to seek a crisis IAEA
meeting if Tehran refuses, diplomats said.
reuters
<
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-nuclear-iaea.ht
ml?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print> / ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR20070
32900552_pf.html>
Iranian cabinet ratification officially communicated to Elbaradei An Iranian
cabinet ratification on the Safeguards Agreement of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) was officially communicated to IAEA Director General
Mohamed Elbaradei on Thursday. irna <
http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-17/0703290870190635.htm >
U.S., allies look to challenge Iran over refusal to allow nuclear monitoring
The United States and key allies are pressing the U.N.
nuclear monitoring agency to find Iran in violation of commitments linked to
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty over Tehran's refusal to allow remote
monitoring of its underground uranium enrichment plant, diplomats said Thursday.
ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/29/europe/EU-GEN-Nuclear-Iran.ph
p>
N. Korea plant to be shut down dilapidated The nuclear power plant that North
Korea has agreed to shut down in return for oil and other concessions is in such
poor operating condition that Pyongyang may not be unhappy to give it up,
according to informants who have been in North Korea or who have access to
intelligence reports. washtimes <
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20070329-111347-4739r.htm >
U.S. says India must honor nuclear deal commitments The United States pressed
India on Thursday to honor its commitments to open a heralded new era of nuclear
cooperation after talks this week again failed to resolve serious differences.
reuters <
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2007-03-30T084040Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-292645-1.xml>
Nigeria: Healthcare Devt - FG Partners With IAEA President Olusegun Obasanjo
announced recently in Ibadan that the Federal Government has partnered with the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to procure modern equipment that are
currently in use in other parts of the world for the diagnosis and treatment of
cancer, hypertension and trauma "in responding to the yearnings of healthcare
professionals." allafrica <
http://allafrica.com/stories/200703300020.html >
Other Nuclear News
S. Korea Optimistic for Nuclear Deal South Korea's point man on North Korea
voiced optimism Thursday that agreements reached in a breakthrough deal on
curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons program will be implemented. ap <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR20070
32902233_pf.html>
Solana Hopes for Iran Nuclear Negotiations Soon EU foreign policy chief
Javier Solana called on Thursday for early steps by Iran to resolve the
stand-off with Britain over detained British navy personnel and to restart
nuclear negotiations. reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-iran-eu.html?pagewan
ted=print>
Top Bush administration official says U.S. is not trying to provoke Iran
Renewing a proposal for a diplomatic settlement with Iran, the Bush
administration said two aircraft carrier groups were in the Persian Gulf not to
provoke Tehran but to reassure friendly governments in the area.
ap
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/30/america/NA-GEN-US-Iran.php >
At summit, Arabs push for nuclear energy while warning of possible Middle
East arms race Arab leaders pushed ahead with plans to develop nuclear programs,
even as they warned of a possible Middle East nuclear arms race created by their
powerful rivals Israel and Iran. ap <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/30/africa/ME-GEN-Arab-Summit.php
>
European Commission Pres discusses prospects for Lithuanian N-plant Prospects
that Lithuania will have a realistic chance to extend the service life of what
used to be its main power generating facility, the Ignalina nuclear plant, are
rather scarce, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Thursday
as he addressed deputies of the Seimas, Lithuanian parliament. itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11386554&PageNum=0 >
Congress cool to new nuclear warhead An administration proposal to build a
new generation of more reliable nuclear warheads to replace the current
stockpile was met with skepticism Thursday from key lawmakers who will decide
how much money to give the program. ap <
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-29-congress-warhead_N.h
tm>
S.Africa starts testing for new reactor programme South Africa has launched a
testing programme for its advanced nuclear reactor technology and is forging
partnerships to commercialise it, the head of the company said. reuters <
http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN023166.html >
Karachi to have more nuclear plants The 8,800 MW nuclear power target
assigned to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) will be achieved by the
year 2030. Six sites throughout the country are being studied for the location
of these plants, PAEC Chairman, Anwer Ali, said Thursday. He was talking to the
media after the convocation of the KANUPP Institute of Nuclear Power Engineering
(KINPOE). dailytimes <
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C03%5C30%5Cstory_30
-3-2007_pg12_2>
Greenpeace warns of nuclear mishap The Dimona nuclear research center
includes a heavy water reactor for producing plutonium or tritium, a facility to
reprocess plutonium, another to reprocess uranium and create nuclear fuel, and
yet another to enrich uranium, as well as storage for nuclear waste, according
to Greenpeace. jpost <
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1173879208930&pagename=JPost
%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull>
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