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International Nuclear News 12/2007 - Διεθνή Πυρηνικά Νέα
04 December 2007
U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003 Iran halted work toward a nuclear weapon under international scrutiny in 2003 and is unlikely to be able to produce enough enriched uranium for a bomb until 2010 to 2015, a U.S. intelligence report says. CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/03/iran.nuclear/index.html?iref =mpstoryview
Europeans See Murkier Case for Sanctions The Bush administration's new intelligence assessment that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in
2003 is likely to complicate efforts to impose new sanctions on Iran at the United Nations Security Council, European officials said Monday. NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world/europe/04react.html?ref=us&page wanted=print
More Carrots from Russia to Iran Iran's newly-appointed top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili came to Moscow Monday night for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader is going to persuade the Iranian Secretary of Supreme Security Council to at least pretend that his country is ready to meet the international community halfway. Kommersant <
http://www.kommersant.com/p832102/r_542/Iran_Nuclear_UN_Russia/ >
123 Agreement won't be reopened: Burns The United States does "not foresee" its civil nuclear energy agreement with India "being reopened by either side." The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120469511200.htm >
Other Nuclear News
North Korea Nuclear Disarmament Talks Delayed Multinational talks on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program that were expected to take place as early as this week have been delayed, a South Korean official said on Tuesday. Reuters
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north-talks.ht ml?pagewanted=print
US Envoy Visits North Korean Reactor The top U.S. nuclear negotiator for North Korea visited its reactor, becoming the highest-level American official to go there, an official said Tuesday, amid progress in efforts to end the communist nation's decades-old pursuit of atomic weapons. AP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071 20400088_pf.html
US Democrats want rethink on Iran The Democrats in the United States have called for a rethink of policy on Iran. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7126177.stm >
Czech President Klaus pleading for nuclear energy The dream of endless lowering of energy consumption is nonsense and this should be said aloud, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said at the reopening of the VR-1 training reactor at Czech Technical University (CVUT) today. CTK <
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=284922 >
Scientists told to develop thorium-based nuke reactor Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has advised nuclear scientists to work with perseverance for generating nuclear power through thorium route. "That will be the eventual answer for meeting our needs from clean sources,"
he said. The Hindu
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/04/stories/2007120497530500.htm >
Opinion and Analysis
U.S. Showed the World Exhibit A, Iran as Nuclear Threat; Now Exhibit B Upends It NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/washington/04policy.html?pagewanted=p rint
A Blow to Bush's Tehran Policy WP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR20071 20302210_pf.html
U.S. Iran report is no "slam dunk" Reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N03191945.htm >
The Fallout from the Iran Nukes Report Time
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690515,00.html?xid=rss-w orld
Russia is crucial to action over a nuclear Iran FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5344644c-a1ba-11dc-a13b-0000779fd2ac.html >
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>05 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>IAEA: US Iran Report Matches UN Agency A new U.S. intelligence review that concludes Iran stopped developing a nuclear weapons program in 2003 is consistent with the U.N. atomic watchdog agency's own findings and "should help to defuse the current crisis," the organization's chief said Tuesday. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120400579_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20400579_pf.html</A> / AFP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZ_hYlnSpsDADLLI-nv_QZi-RaOg"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jZ_hYlnSpsDADLLI-nv_QZi-RaOg</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Monitoring Agency Praises U.S. Report, but Keeps Wary Eye on Iran The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday publicly embraced the new American intelligence assessment stating that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons effort, but in truth the agency is taking a more cautious approach in drawing conclusions about Iran's nuclear program. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>NYT</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?ref=us&p"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?ref=us&pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?ref=us&p</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>agewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Bush Says Iran Report Shows Need to Keep Up Pressure President George W.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Bush said the international community must continue to keep up pressure on Iran because the government there could restart development of a nuclear weapon at any time. Bloomberg </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acX.b8N9Bj00&refer="><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acX.b8N9Bj00&refer=home">httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acX.b8N9Bj00&refer=</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>home</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Western diplomats to keep up pressure on Iran A surprising U.S.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>intelligence assessment that Iran shuttered a nuclear weapons program in</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>2003 has done nothing to diminish concerns about Iran's defiance of UN Security Council demands or its lack of transparency, analysts and Western diplomats close to negotiations said Tuesday. Chicago Tribune</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-europe_onlinedec05,1"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-europe_onlinedec05,1,6448301.story">httpaddress://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-europe_onlinedec05,1</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>,6448301.story</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran dismisses U.S. comments about nuclear danger Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Wednesday brushed off U.S. comments that Tehran was still a danger and said he hoped any future U.S. intelligence report would say Tehran's nuclear plans had always been peaceful. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30830220071205"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30830220071205</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> / AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/05/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/05/AR2007120500287_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/05/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20500287_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Israel's defense minister disputes U.S. assessment on Iran Israeli intelligence believes Iran is still trying to develop a nuclear weapon, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday, disputing a U.S. intelligence assessment that Iran has halted its program. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Iran.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Iran.php#end_main">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Iran.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>#end_main</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Putin tells Iran to keep nuclear program under IAEA control Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told Iran's top nuclear negotiator that Tehran's nuclear program should be transparent and remain under control of the U.N. nuclear watchdog. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran-Nuc"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran-Nuclear.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Iran-Nuc</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>lear.php</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>China questions UN Iran sanctions China's ambassador to the UN says a new US intelligence report on Iran's nuclear programme raises questions about the need for new sanctions. BBC <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7128183.stm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7128183.stm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Lessons of Iraq Aided Intelligence On Iran The starkly different view of Iran's nuclear program that emerged from U.S. spy agencies this week was the product of a surge in clandestine intelligence-gathering in Iran as well as radical changes in the way the intelligence community analyzes information. WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120402408_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20402408_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Argentine nuclear plant warned against security problem The visiting Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned against a security problem at a nuclear power plant in Argentina, Argentine website "El Mundo" reported on Tuesday. Xinhua <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-12/05/content_6299903.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-12/05/content_6299903.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Success of N-deal hinges on the IAEA's language The fate of the Indo-US nuclear deal hinges on the text of the safeguards agreement currently under negotiation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. DNAIndia <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1137293"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1137293</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>U.S. nuclear envoy says North Korean nuclear disablement 'going well'</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>North Korean efforts to disable its plutonium-producing reactor are going well but the work needs to continue if deadlines are to be met, a U.S. nuclear envoy said Wednesday. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/05/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/05/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/05/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>An expanding EU confronts nuclear proliferation The capture of over a pound of powderized uranium in Slovakia last week has served as a sharp reminder to Europe, though nuclear experts have cast doubt on the assertion by local law-enforcement officials that terrorists could have used it for a "dirty bomb." CSMonitor <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1204/p06s04-woeu.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1204/p06s04-woeu.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>US, Russia take steps to open American market to Russian uranium imports The United States tentatively has agreed to allow limited imports of uranium from Russia, suspending an antidumping investigation that has been in place for decades, according to a filing by the Commerce Department. AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/america/Russian-Uranium.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/04/america/Russian-Uranium.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>U.S., Russia Should Keep Strong Nuke Pact: Gorbachev Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said on Tuesday a pillar of the arms control system could fall if Washington and Moscow replace the landmark START nuclear arms reduction treaty with a less formal pact. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=us&q=international+atomic+"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=us&q=international+atomic+energy+agency&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n&sa=N&start=10">httpaddress://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=us&q=international+atomic+</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>energy+agency&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n&sa=N&start=10</A></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>A nuclear power revival in the United States? For the first time in three decades, companies are getting ready to build nuclear reactors in the United States. They intend to do so under streamlined procedures meant to avoid the huge delays and cost overruns that crippled the industry last time around. NYT <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/04/business/nuke.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/04/business/nuke.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>France and Algeria Sign Nuclear Deal France and Algeria agreed to cooperate on civilian nuclear technologies Tuesday, while French oil and gas giant Total SA signed a deal to build a petrochemical complex in the North African country. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120401327_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20401327_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>U.N. Inspectors Welcome a Truce on Iran Intelligence NYT Blog</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/un-inspector-welcomes-iran"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/un-inspector-welcomes-iran-intelligence-truce/">httpaddress://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/un-inspector-welcomes-iran</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>-</FONT><FONT size=1>intelligence-truce/</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Our serious foreign policy geniuses strike again Salon.com <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/12/04/elbaradei/print.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/12/04/elbaradei/print.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Voice(s) of Reason Newsweek <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/73719"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/73719</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Time to Talk to Iran WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120401146_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20401146_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>The Thin Line Between Civilian and Military Nuclear Programs NYT </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05weapons.html?pagew"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05weapons.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/world/middleeast/05weapons.html?pagew</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>anted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>The Right Nuclear Red Line WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120401670_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20401670_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Was Bush Behind the Iran Report? Time</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690696,00.html?xid=rss-w"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690696,00.html?xid=rss-world">httpaddress://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690696,00.html?xid=rss-w</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>orld</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Forget War With Iran Newsweek <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/73761"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/73761</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>War postponed The Guardian</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2221978,00.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2221978,00.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>07 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>EU, NATO Ministers Agree to Maintain Pressure on Iran Foreign ministers from European Union and NATO countries agreed to maintain pressure on Iran with a new round of United Nations sanctions because the country continues to seek material that could be used in a nuclear bomb. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Bloomberg</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aZS2jBchmoaY&refer="><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aZS2jBchmoaY&refer=germanyRL">httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aZS2jBchmoaY&refer=</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>germanyRL</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Merkel, Sarkozy say Iran still poses a threat Germany and France said on Thursday Iran's nuclear programme was still a threat and the search for more U.N. sanctions should go on despite a U.S. intelligence report that Tehran was no longer trying to build an atomic bomb. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30864820071206"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-30864820071206</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080 size=1>> / AP </FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVp6OcsznLJpeFv8SenE_EhxIpmgD8TC4E5O"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVp6OcsznLJpeFv8SenE_EhxIpmgD8TC4E5O0">httpaddress://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iVp6OcsznLJpeFv8SenE_EhxIpmgD8TC4E5O</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>0</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Public information increasingly shaping secret intelligence Governments have long prized intelligence gleaned by spies, satellites and wiretaps.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>But senior intelligence officials said key findings in a new intelligence report on Iran's nuclear weapons hinged on intelligence that was hidden in plain sight - on the Web, in newspapers and in non-governmental reports. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/america/Open-Source-Intellige"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/america/Open-Source-Intelligence.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/america/Open-Source-Intellige</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>nce.php</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>IAEA chief not worried by Brazil's nuclear energy program The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency praised Brazil's nuclear energy program on Thursday while visiting a uranium enrichment plant capable of producing the same fuel that Iran has been under pressure to abandon. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/news/Brazil-Nuclear-Energy.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/news/Brazil-Nuclear-Energy.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/news/Brazil-Nuclear-Energy.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Bush Seeks Nuclear Disclosure From Kim President Bush's personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, raising the possibility of normalized relations if he fully discloses his nuclear programs by year's end, is a turnabout for a president who has labeled the communist regime part of an ''axis of evil.'' AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-North-Korea.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-North-Korea.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>More talks needed on N.Korea nuclear inventory: U.S. North Korea is making progress on disabling its nuclear facilities but more talks are needed to complete an inventory of its atomic arms programs, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Friday. Reuters</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120700241_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20700241_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>No progress in NKorean nuclear declaration, SKorean foreign minister says North Korea is no closer to declaring all its nuclear programs as required under an international accord, South Korea's top diplomat said Thursday, echoing comments by the chief U.S. nuclear envoy. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-De"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-Declaration.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-De</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>claration.php</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Rice Seeks Russian Backing on Iran Armed with the full support of NATO allies, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will try to convince a skeptical Russia that it should back U.S. plans to step up pressure on Iran to suspend its nuclear activities. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/06/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/06/AR2007120601049_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/06/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20601049_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>China says will study US intelligence report on Iran, unchanged on need for talks China's government is studying a U.S. intelligence review that concludes Iran stopped developing nuclear weapons in 2003, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/news/China-Iran.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/06/news/China-Iran.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran Ambitions Not "Benign, " U.S. Spy Official Says Iran retains key nuclear capabilities despite having frozen weapons development in 2003, and its ambitions cannot be considered benign, a senior U.S. spy official told Congress on Thursday. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-usa.html?r=1&o"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-usa.html?r=1&o</FONT></U></FONT></A></P><FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>ref=login&pagewanted=print> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear Safety Commission blasts Atomic Energy of Canada The head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on Thursday blasted Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. for violating licence requirements at its Chalk River, Ont.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>research reactor - a situation that has led to an extended shutdown and worldwide shortage in radioactive medical materials. CanWest News Service</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a35319f6-2b54-41"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a35319f6-2b54-4110-a452-577a552b6350&k=32967">httpaddress://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a35319f6-2b54-41</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>10-a452-577a552b6350&k=32967</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>What's not to celebrate? The Economist</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1025345"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10253457">httpaddress://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1025345</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>7</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear deceptions Washington Times</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071207/COMMENTARY/112070021"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071207/COMMENTARY/112070021</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran nuclear report divides reporters BBC <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7130553.stm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7130553.stm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Keep Up the Pressure Time</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692061,00.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1692061,00.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Albania's Atomic Ambitions BusinessWeek</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2007/gb2007126_308188"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2007/gb2007126_308188.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories">httpaddress://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/dec2007/gb2007126_308188</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>.</FONT><FONT size=1>htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories</A></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>10 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>ElBaradei hails "good progress" on N.Korean nukes The head of the U.N.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, praised dialogue on Friday that allowed "good progress" to be made in a plan to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0733148220071207"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN0733148220071207</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran sends protest note, says US nuclear report based on 'espionage'</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran has sent a formal protest note to Washington for "spying" on Iran's nuclear activities, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in the wake of the latest U.S. report on the alleged Iranian weapons program. AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8652732"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8652732</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran had no military nuclear programme before 2003, says spokesman Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Sunday denied claims by US intelligence agencies that Iran had a military nuclear programme before 2003. "Iran has had no military nuclear programme at any stage, not before and not after 2003, and any claims in this regard are solely baseless assumptions," Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said in his weekly press briefing in Tehran. DPA <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/155602.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/155602.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>UN nuclear team in Iran for new talks: state media A delegation from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived in Tehran on Sunday to tackle a new subject in ongoing talks over the controversial Iranian nuclear programme, the IRNA news agency reported. AFP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5icreZEKfoq_HQjqXS6vwjZor2dYA"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5icreZEKfoq_HQjqXS6vwjZor2dYA</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Israel Says Iran Could Have Nuclear Bomb By 2010 Israel believes Iran will have the resources to create a nuclear weapon by 2010 despite a U.S. intelligence report that it was not building an atomic bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-israel-iran-olmert.html?pagewa"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-israel-iran-olmert.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-israel-iran-olmert.html?pagewa</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>nted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>U.S. intel report on Iran was political: Bolton U.S. intelligence services were seeking to influence political policy-making with their assessment Iran had halted its nuclear arms program in 2003, former U.S.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said. Reuters</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR2007120800669_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/08/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20800669_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Indian Left Issues New Threat Over U.S. Nuclear Deal India's communists have fired a fresh salvo at the government over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States, asking it to stop talks with a U.N. nuclear watchdog to clinch the pact or prepare for elections. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-india-nuclear.html?_"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-india-nuclear.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-india-nuclear.html?_</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Talks with IAEA next week Seeking a broad-based template for India-specific safeguards with IAEA, a follow-up to the civil nuclear deal with the U.S., the country's negotiators will hold the second round of talks with the international atomic watchdog in Vienna next week. The Hindu <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/09/stories/2007120959970900.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/09/stories/2007120959970900.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>US debates whether now is the time to meet Iran at the table Intelligence findings that Iran stood down on nuclear weapons development have sharpened the debate in Washington as well as the presidential campaign over whether U.S. officials should talk directly with Iran after shunning its leaders for a generation. AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8663125"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=8663125</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Gates Sees Iran as Still-Serious Threat Defense Secretary Robert M.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Gates said Saturday that Iran is a grave threat to regional security even without nuclear weapons, and called on Tehran to account for American intelligence that describes its support for terrorism and instability around the world. NYT </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/world/middleeast/09gates.html?pagewan"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/world/middleeast/09gates.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/09/world/middleeast/09gates.html?pagewan</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>NKorea to Receive Steel in Nuclear Deal South Korea plans to send 5,010 tons of steel to North Korea next week as part of an aid-for-disarmament deal, an official said Sunday, as a deadline for Pyongyang to declare all its nuclear programs and disable its facilities loomed. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/09/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/09/AR2007120900300_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/09/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20900300_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>South Korean prime minister arrives for talks in Beijing South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo arrived in China on Monday for talks with Premier Wen Jiabao concerning North Korea's nuclear weapons programs and economic ties. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/10/asia/AS-GEN-China-South-Korea"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/10/asia/AS-GEN-China-South-Korea.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/10/asia/AS-GEN-China-South-Korea</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>.php</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Russia says it must have nuclear parity with U.S. First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, tipped by some analysts as a possible successor to President Vladimir Putin, said on Friday Russia must achieve nuclear arms parity with the United States. Reuters</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120700745_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20700745_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Child cancer risk higher near nuclear plants: study A German study has found that young children living near nuclear power plants have a significantly higher risk of developing leukemia and other forms of cancer, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. Reuters</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL0867723820071208?rpc=401"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL0867723820071208?rpc=401</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>&> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear power plan faces fresh legal threat Gordon Brown faces a dilemma on energy policy after a legal warning from Greenpeace, the environmental group, that a decision to approve a new generation of nuclear power stations would "not be lawful". FT <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29d5a2c0-a6c3-11dc-b1f5-0000779fd2ac.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29d5a2c0-a6c3-11dc-b1f5-0000779fd2ac.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Diving Deep, Unearthing a Surprise WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120702418_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20702418_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Intelligence expert who rewrote book on Iran The Guardian <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2224182,00.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2224182,00.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>What We Didn't Learn From the Hunt for Iraq's Phantom Arsenal WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120701619_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>20701619_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nine little words in the NIE LATimes</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-powers9dec09,0,116209.story?c"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-powers9dec09,0,116209.story?coll=la-opinion-center">httpaddress://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-powers9dec09,0,116209.story?c</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>oll=la-opinion-center</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>A Failure of Intelligence The Huffington Post</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-unger/a-failure-of-intelligence_b_7"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-unger/a-failure-of-intelligence_b_76001.html">httpaddress://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-unger/a-failure-of-intelligence_b_7</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>6001.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>No reason to relax on Iran The Boston Globe </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/12/09/no_reason_to_relax_on_iran/">httpaddress://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>12/09/no_reason_to_relax_on_iran/</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Has the good become the enemy of the best? The Hindu <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/10/stories/2007121056291100.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/10/stories/2007121056291100.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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11 December 2007
New U.N. Iran Resolution Considered A draft U.N. resolution on Iran circulating among the world's major powers calls for new sanctions against the elite Quds Force and a top Iranian bank as well as "restraint" and "vigilance" on the supply, sale or transfer of arms to Iran, according to sources familiar with the proposal. WP <
httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121000733_pf.html >
Group says Iran resumed nuclear arms program: WSJ Iran did shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003 but restarted it a year later, dispersing the equipment to thwart international inspectors, an overseas Iranian opposition group told the Wall Street Journal. Reuters <
httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1146212420071211 >
Govt. opens another round of talks with IAEA Notwithstanding the threat from the Left parties to the government not to proceed with talks for a safeguard agreement with IAEA beyond December to help implement the nuclear deal with the US, India on Monday opened the second round of discussions with the world atomic watchdog here. PTI <
httpaddress://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200712110301.htm >
Czechs Move Spent Nuclear Fuel To Russia Czech authorities, helped by the U.S. Department of Energy, have transferred 176 pounds of highly enriched uranium to Russia, the U.S. Embassy in Prague said Monday. AP <
httpaddress://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/10/world/main3601009.shtml >
Congo keeps uranium riches under wraps Democratic Republic of Congo has flirted with reviving its once-great uranium mining sector, but insists that for now it will keep its radioactive treasure trove underground for future generations to reap the profits. Reuters <
httpaddress://africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnBAN044686.html?rpc=401& >
Other Nuclear News
"No Question" For Now Of Changed Iran Policy: EU The European Union will pursue its line of offering negotiations to Iran over inducements to halt uranium enrichment while backing moves towards U.N. sanctions, the bloc's negotiator with Tehran said on Monday. Reuters <
httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-eu.html?pagewanted=print >
Israelis Brief Top U.S. Official on Iran Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made an unusual visit to Israel and got a polite earful on Monday about Israel?s gloomy assessment of Iran?s nuclear ambitions. NYT <
httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/world/middleeast/11mullen.html?pagewanted=print >
Rice says NKorea must come clean on nuclear activities US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday pressed North Korea to declare all its nuclear activities amid doubts that Pyongyang will acknowledge any past or present program to enrich uranium. AFP <
httpaddress://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071210/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsusdiplomacy_071210213932 >
France signing contracts with Libya, including for nuclear reactor France and Libya will sign contracts worth about ?10 billion (US$14.7 billion) on Monday, including for armaments and a nuclear reactor, the president said during a visit to Paris by Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi. AP <
httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/10/europe/EU-GEN-France-Libya-Gadhafi-Visit.php > / AFP < httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i3HeVzcEfmIJtVG-_XfvvcBJqlMg >
Putin crafts Russian nuclear titan Russia is back as a major player on the world nuclear market as President Vladimir Putin crafts a state behemoth to consolidate Russia's atomic assets after the chaos that accompanied the fall of the Soviet Union. Reuters <
httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7140501 >
Finnish reactor delays slow nuclear renaissance Finland is pressing ahead with construction of its fifth nuclear reactor but the plant has faced long delays and seems unlikely to herald a quick revival of Europe's atomic industry. Reuters <
httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7140500 >
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile: ministry Pakistan on Tuesday said it had successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile amid global concerns about the emergency-ruled nation's atomic arsenal. AFP <
httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hv2rhDfRqzkPApjAMZCEngSDy_Ww >
Opinion and Analysis
How to Defuse Iran NYT <
httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/opinion/11leverett.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print >
Intelligence Agencies Put Brakes on Bush's Iran Plans Der Spiegel <
httpaddress://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,522374,00.html >
The myth of a bargain with Iran FT <
httpaddress://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e07d1b6-a78a-11dc-a25a-0000779fd2ac.html >
NIE is not as decisive as it may seem CNN <
httpaddress://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/10/mclaughlin.commentary/index.html >
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>12 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Bush calls on Iran to explain halted nuclear weapons program, says 'world peace' at stake President Bush on Tuesday called on Iran to explain why it had a secretive nuclear weapons program, and warned that any such efforts must not be allowed to flourish "for the sake of world peace." AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/11/america/Bush.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/11/america/Bush.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran wants more steps from US to ease tensions Iran's president said on Tuesday publication of a US intelligence report saying Iran had halted a nuclear weapons programme in 2003 was 'positive' and he urged Washington to take more steps to end years of disputes. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/December/middleeast_December176.xml§ion=middleeast">httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>/2007/December/middleeast_December176.xml§ion=middleeast</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran Opposition: Nuclear Program Resumed An exiled Iranian opposition group on Tuesday contested a U.S. intelligence report that said Tehran halted a nuclear weapons development program in 2003, insisting the bomb-making program resumed the following year. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121100845_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>21100845_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Russia urges DPRK to supply nuclear information to IAEA Russia has asked the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to supply all the necessary information about its nuclear program to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by Dec. 31, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Tuesday. Xinhua <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7231915.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/12/content_7231915.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Indian PM Shrugs Off New Threat From Communists Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh brushed aside on Tuesday a new threat from his communist allies to force early elections over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-india-nuclear-singh"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-india-nuclear-singh.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-india-nuclear-singh</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>.</FONT><FONT size=1>html?pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Egypt won't sign nuclear deal protocol -minister Egypt will not sign on to a nuclear non-proliferation agreement which gives the U.N. nuclear watchdog the right to make intrusive short-notice inspections of nuclear facilities, the foreign minister said on Tuesday. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL11697190.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL11697190.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>South Korea joins GNEP South Korea became the 19th member of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) after the Ministry of Science and Industry signed the Statement of Principles on 10 December. WNN </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.world-nuclear-news.org/nuclearPolicies/South_Korea_joins_GNE"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.world-nuclear-news.org/nuclearPolicies/South_Korea_joins_GNEP-111207_printer.shtml">httpaddress://www.world-nuclear-news.org/nuclearPolicies/South_Korea_joins_GNE</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>P-111207_printer.shtml</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Major Powers Fail to Agree on Iran Sanctions: U.S. World powers failed to agree on Tuesday on final elements of a new U.N. sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program, but the United States hopes to get a deal within weeks, the State Department said. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1153196320071211"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1153196320071211</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Olmert says Iran still dangerous Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has insisted Iran's nuclear programme remains dangerous, and called on world powers to prevent it acquiring atomic weapons. BBC <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7139526.stm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7139526.stm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran's ex-nuke negotiator slams Ahmadinejad on key policies Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator rebuked Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying Tuesday the hardline president lacked a "meaningful foreign policy" and had failed to improve the country's ailing economy. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/11/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/11/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/11/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p</A> / NYT</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/middleeast/12iran.html?pagewant"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/middleeast/12iran.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/world/middleeast/12iran.html?pagewant</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ed=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Canada Bill Addresses Medical Test Issue Canada's House of Commons passed emergency legislation late Tuesday aimed at bypassing the Canadian nuclear safety watchdog and putting a swift end to a critical shortage of a radioactive substance used in diagnostic medical tests. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Medical-Test-Shortage.html?pag"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Medical-Test-Shortage.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Medical-Test-Shortage.html?pag</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Chernobyl: Lost world Two decades after disaster struck, Chernobyl's wastelands are now teeming with wildlife. Should they become a nature reserve? The Independent <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3244626.ece"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3244626.ece</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>World needs another 30 nuclear power stations The world needs to build 30 nuclear power stations and the equivalent of two Three Gorges dams every year to prevent dangerous climate change, the International Energy Agency has said. The Telegraph </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/11/eaiea"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/11/eaiea111.xml">httpaddress://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/11/eaiea</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>111.xml</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Make Iran an Offer It Might Refuse Newsweek <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/74458"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/74458</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Losing Weight in the Gulf NYT</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/opinion/12friedman.html?ref=opinion"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/opinion/12friedman.html?ref=opinion</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Why Iran Didn't Cross the Nuclear Weapon Road Yale Global <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=10082"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=10082</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>A cocktail of ambiguity Gulf News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/region/10174190.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/columns/region/10174190.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>17 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Russia Delivers First Nuclear Fuel to Iran Russia has delivered the first shipment of nuclear fuel to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station, the Russian state agency building the station said in a statement on Monday. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-russia-bushehr.html?_r=1&"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-russia-bushehr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-russia-bushehr.html?_r=1&</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>oref=slogin&pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>EU leaders renew sanctions warning to Iran Leaders of the European Union reiterated on Friday their support for possible additional U.N.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>sanctions against Iran if it fails to give up nuclear enrichment work and repeated an offer of support if it did so. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL1424601520071214"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSL1424601520071214</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear deal: Karat denies he warned of polls Communist Party of India</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>(Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday denied reports that he had threatened elections on the issue of the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. He said such reports in recent days were "calculated to create an atmosphere of insecurity about the Central government." The Hindu <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/16/stories/2007121660961000.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/16/stories/2007121660961000.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Russia, Egypt to sign nuclear energy agreement soon - Lavrov Russia will sign an agreement with Egypt in the future to develop its nuclear power sector, the Russian foreign minister said Friday Ria Novosti <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://en.rian.ru/world/20071214/92503259.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://en.rian.ru/world/20071214/92503259.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Soaring energy needs, oil prices push SE Asia to nuclear power As oil prices and energy demand soar in tandem in Southeast Asia, many nations are turning to nuclear power -- to the horror of environmentalists who say it is not a safe option. AFP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hJu33e7sIRZJl0sRJV2AuzGYwcbg"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hJu33e7sIRZJl0sRJV2AuzGYwcbg</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Israel Plays Down Split With US on Iran Israel's prime minister told his cabinet Sunday to tone down criticism of a U.S. intelligence report concluding that Iran has stopped its nuclear weapons program, an attempt to keep the disagreement from getting out of hand. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/16/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/16/AR2007121600367_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/16/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>21600367_pf.html</A> / AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/15/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-US-Iran"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/15/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-US-Iran.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/15/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-US-Iran</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>.</FONT><FONT size=1>php</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran Says U.S. Report A "Declaration Of Surrender" Iran's president said on Sunday the publication of a U.S. intelligence report saying Iran had halted a nuclear weapons program in 2003 amounted to a "declaration of surrender" by Washington in its row with Tehran. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-ahmadinejad.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-ahmadinejad.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-nuclear-ahmadinejad.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>?</FONT><FONT size=1>pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Germany expelled Iran diplomat for atomic work Germany expelled an Iranian diplomat in July after he tried to acquire components for the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear programme, a magazine reported on Saturday. Reuters</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2007/December/theworld_December535.xml§ion=theworld&col">httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>007/December/theworld_December535.xml§ion=theworld&col</A>=> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Musharraf assumes nuclear control Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has put the country's nuclear weapons under the control of the president, rather than the prime minister. BBC <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7144710.stm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7144710.stm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Investigator Is Subject of Probe A British customs agent who investigated the nuclear smuggling network of Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has himself become the target of a British criminal probe after being prominently featured in a book by American researchers. WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501398_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>21501398_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Canada Restarts Reactor With Medical Use Canada's state-owned atomic energy company said Sunday it has reopened a nuclear reactor after its shutdown created a critical shortage of radioactive isotopes used to diagnose and treat cancer patients in Canada, the U.S. and many other nations. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Medical-Test-Shortage.h"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Medical-Test-Shortage.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Canada-Medical-Test-Shortage.h</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>tml?pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Why Bush should be glad SFChronicle</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/16/EDM3TTDF7.D"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/16/EDM3TTDF7.DTL">httpaddress://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/16/EDM3TTDF7.D</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>TL</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>With Spies Like These . . . WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121401519_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080 size=1>21401519_pf.html</A></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>18 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran Suggests It Is Building 2nd Nuclear Plant Iran confirmed Monday that it had received the first fuel shipment for its nuclear power plant at Bushehr, but also indicated for the first time that it was building a second nuclear power plant. NYT </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/world/middleeast/18iran.html?_r=1&ore"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/world/middleeast/18iran.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/world/middleeast/18iran.html?_r=1&ore</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>f=slogin&pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran dismisses concerns over nuclear shipment Iran on Monday shrugged off the West's concerns over the delivery of the first shipment of Russian nuclear fuel with analysts saying the deal is under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog. Gulf News <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10175658.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10175658.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Bush Supports Russia Sending Enriched Uranium to Iran President George W. Bush said on Monday he supports Russia sending enriched uranium to Iran for civilian power use because it meant that Tehran did not need to pursue their own enrichment capabilities. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-russia-bush.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-russia-bush.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-iran-russia-bush.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>l?pagewanted=print</A> / BBC</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7148926.stm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7148926.stm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran sees Bushehr plant working fully in one year: official Iran expects its first nuclear power plant will produce electricity at full capacity in around a year after passing a "critical stage" with the delivery of fuel from Russia, a top official said. AFP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php#end_main">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p#end_main</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Major powers to consult over Iran sanctions on Tuesday: US The United States said it will consult again Tuesday with five other powers on elements of a draft UN Security Council resolution for tougher sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme. AFP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/317954/1/.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/317954/1/.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Report: German minister says Iran report reduces 'time pressure' for solution Germany's foreign minister said U.S. intelligence agencies'</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>verdict that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program reduces "time pressure" for a solution to the issue, according to a report published Monday. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/17/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Iran-Nu"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/17/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Iran-Nuclear.php#end_main">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/17/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Iran-Nu</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>clear.php#end_main</A> / DPA</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1381538.php/Stei"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1381538.php/Steinmeier_opposes_expanding_civil_nuclear_power_to_Arab_states">httpaddress://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1381538.php/Stei</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>nmeier_opposes_expanding_civil_nuclear_power_to_Arab_states</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Report: Experts being removing fuel rods from NKorea facility Nuclear experts have begun removing fuel rods from North Korea's only nuclear reactor but the country will not meet a year-end deadline to disable the facility under a six-way denuclearization agreement, a news report said Monday. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/17/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/17/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php#end_main">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/17/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p#end_main</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Chinese nuclear envoy in North Korea ahead of year-end disablement deadline China's top nuclear envoy traveled to North Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, amid efforts to have the communist nation meet a year-end deadline to declare all its atomic weapons programs to be eventually dismantled. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php#end_main">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p#end_main</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear Warhead Cut From Spending Bill Congress has cut all funding for continuing development next year of a new nuclear warhead from the omnibus domestic spending bill, handing the Bush administration a significant setback. WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR2007121702126_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>21702126_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Over a barrel The Guardian</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dilip_hiro/2007/12/over_a_barrel.ht"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dilip_hiro/2007/12/over_a_barrel.html">httpaddress://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dilip_hiro/2007/12/over_a_barrel.ht</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ml</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Kissinger's foggy lens on Iran Asia Times <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IL18Ak04.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IL18Ak04.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>19 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Areva Share Sale by Sarkozy Threatens Reactor Builder's Revival Areva SA, the world's largest builder of nuclear reactors, is heading for a meltdown from a share sale French President Nicolas Sarkozy is considering for early 2008. Bloomberg </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5h5h8Fz.sm0&refer="><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5h5h8Fz.sm0&refer=home">httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5h5h8Fz.sm0&refer=</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>home</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran: Intellectuals call for suspension of nuclear program Political activists, journalists and academics call on Ahmadinejad's regime to freeze nuclear activities temporarily in exchange for suspension of economic sanction; 521 Iranian mothers drafted letter telling leaders it is they who will pay the price if US attacks YetNews <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3484263,00.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3484263,00.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Climate Change and Clean Water Global climate change and overpopulation are combining to threaten fresh water supplies. To avert vast shortages, scientists are trying new ways to desalt seawater to bring clean drinking supplies to communities all over the world. EnergyBiz <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.energycentral.com/centers/energybiz/ebi_detail.cfm?id=433"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.energycentral.com/centers/energybiz/ebi_detail.cfm?id=433</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>U.S. meets nuclear stockpile reduction goal early The United States has dismantled its nuclear weapons stockpile faster than anticipated and will meet President George W. Bush's goal of reducing the arsenal by half at the end of this year -- five years early, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-usa-stockpil"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-usa-stockpile.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-usa-stockpil</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>e.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print</A> / WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR2007121801253_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>21801253_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>US diplomat heads to North Korea to review nuclear disablement process The U.S. State Department's top Korea expert headed Wednesday to North Korea to review work to disable its main nuclear complex as part of ongoing disarmament efforts. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/19/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/19/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/19/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>North Korea nuclear disabling going "smoothly": China North Korea's disabling of its key nuclear complex is proceeding "smoothly", Chinese state media on Wednesday quoted a visiting deputy foreign minister as saying. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK15544720071219?rpc=401&"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK15544720071219?rpc=401&</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran sees Bushehr plant at full capacity in one year: official Iran expects its first nuclear power plant will produce electricity at full capacity in around a year after passing a "critical stage" with the delivery of fuel from Russia, a top official said on Tuesday. AFP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCbR-4ck0a5j2K7hOmNsaHH-OPmg"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCbR-4ck0a5j2K7hOmNsaHH-OPmg</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Customs official in secrets inquiry over nuclear revelations A senior customs investigator could face prosecution under the Official Secrets Act over suspicions that he exposed how US and British intelligence agencies interfered in his attempts to halt an international nuclear smuggling ring. The Guardian </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2229598,00.html?gusrc=rss&fe"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2229598,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11">httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2229598,00.html?gusrc=rss&fe</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ed=11</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>CzechRep needs nuclear power in future - govt report The Czech Republic cannot do without nuclear power in the future, Interior Minister Ivan Langer (Civic Democrats, ODS) told journalists today after a meeting of the National Security Council that dealt with the report on energy security. CTK <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=287431"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=287431</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Sticks and carrots Khaleej Times</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2007/December/opinion_December71.xml§ion=opinion&col">httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>07/December/opinion_December71.xml§ion=opinion&col</A>=> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Adding fuel to Iran's nuclear issue Gulf News <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/region/10175711.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/region/10175711.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>21 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Uranium Traces Found on N. Korean Tubes U.S. scientists have discovered traces of enriched uranium on smelted aluminum tubing provided by North Korea, apparently contradicting Pyongyang's denial that it had a clandestine nuclear program, according to U.S. and diplomatic sources. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/20/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/20/AR2007122002196_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/20/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>22002196_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran nuclear plant won't be launched before late 2008 - Russia Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr will not be commissioned before the end of 2008, the Russian contractor building the $1 billion plant said on Thursday. Ria Novosti <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://en.rian.ru/russia/20071220/93324673.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://en.rian.ru/russia/20071220/93324673.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran: Russia Nuclear Fuel Enhances Ties Russia's first shipment of nuclear fuel for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will strengthen strategic ties between Tehran and Moscow, a top nuclear official said Wednesday. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121900347_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>21900347_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Russia offers to help Libya in pursuit of nuclear energy Russia offered Wednesday to help Libya in its pursuit of nuclear energy and announced a visit to the former pariah state this weekend by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, a report said. AFP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOHWzYaXKGMKisst-J1auzZg01vQ"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOHWzYaXKGMKisst-J1auzZg01vQ</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Syria spurned atom smuggler approach in 2001: Assad Syria rebuffed a possible approach in 2001 from Pakistani-led traffickers in nuclear arms technology, President Bashar al-Assad said. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1941381220071219?rpc=401&fe"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1941381220071219?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=401">httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1941381220071219?rpc=401&fe</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>edType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=401</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>France's Kouchner in favour of India nuclear accord with UN's IAEA French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said today he is hoping to see India secure a nuclear safeguards agreement with the UN atomic watchdog that would pave the way for energy business in the country. Thomson Financial <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/12/20/afx4462870.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/12/20/afx4462870.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>US Says NKorea Won't Meet Deadline North Korea is likely to miss a year-end deadline for disabling its nuclear facilities, the main U.S.</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>envoy to South Korea said Friday, while expressing optimism the North would eventually fulfill its promises. AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7170314,00.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7170314,00.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Rice: Tactical Differences Remain on Iran There are still tactical differences between major powers about a third U.N. sanctions resolution against Iran over its nuclear program, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-iran-rice.ht"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-iran-rice.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/washington/politics-nuclear-iran-rice.ht</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ml?pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Report: Israel building Olmert a nuclear bunker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's residence is being outfitted with a bunker that can withstand a nuclear or chemical attack, an Israeli daily reported Thursday. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/20/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Nuclear"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/20/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Nuclear-Bunker.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/20/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Nuclear</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>-</FONT><FONT size=1>Bunker.php</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Russian, Kazakh leaders pledge to continue nuclear cooperation President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia and Kazakhstan had pledged to carry on cooperating in the peaceful use of nuclear power. Ria Novosti <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://en.rian.ru/russia/20071220/93394814.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://en.rian.ru/russia/20071220/93394814.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Used nuclear fuel shipments start On 17 December the first transport to France of irradiated fuel still present in Italy was completed. The first two special containers, with 34 of the 1243 fuel rods that will be reprocessed at La Hague, left the shut down Caorso nuclear power plant. </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>WNN</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.world-nuclear-news.org/wasteRecycling/Used_nuclear_fuel_ship"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.world-nuclear-news.org/wasteRecycling/Used_nuclear_fuel_shipments_start_201207_printer.shtml">httpaddress://www.world-nuclear-news.org/wasteRecycling/Used_nuclear_fuel_ship</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ments_start_201207_printer.shtml</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Bulgaria seeks better offers for new nuclear plant Bulgaria's state power utility NEK said on Thursday it had asked strategic investors to file improved offers to acquire a 49-percent stake in a planned new nuclear power plant by Jan. 9. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL2025457920071220?rpc=401">httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>2025457920071220?rpc=401</A>&> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear safeguards for a new nuclear age The Bulletin <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.thebulletin.org/columns/charles-ferguson/20071219.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.thebulletin.org/columns/charles-ferguson/20071219.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Stability through uranium The Boston Globe </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/12/20/stability_through_uranium/">httpaddress://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>/2007/12/20/stability_through_uranium/</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>What Will Israel Do? Newsweek <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/81215"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.newsweek.com/id/81215</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>A Nuclear Site Is Breached WP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121901857_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080 size=1>21901857_pf.html</A></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>24 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>France all for forging nuke ties with India France on Friday expressed interest in forging civil nuclear cooperation with India but said it would await the outcome of talks between New Delhi and IAEA on a safeguards agreement. India Times <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/France_for_forging_nuke_ties_with_India/articleshow/2641378.cms"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/France_for_forging_nuke_ties_with_India/articleshow/2641378.cms</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Bushehr NPP operation to place Iran atop list of ME, Muslim states in nuclear power plants Inauguration of Bushehr nuclear power plant, which is under construction in cooperation with Russia, will put Iran on top of the list of countries in the region and the world of Islam in terms of possession of nuclear power plants. CNN <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/23/iran.nuclear/index.html?section=cnn_latest"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/23/iran.nuclear/index.html?section=cnn_latest</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Opposition to N-deal stands, says CPM The CPI(M) central committee on Saturday reiterated that the party would not allow the Indo-US nuclear deal to be operationalised, irrespective of the outcome of Delhi's negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Hindustantimes <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=66643948-9898-4aa9-ba64-c5849368119cNucleardealimbroglio_Special&&Headline=Opposition+to+N-deal+stands%2c+says+CPM"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=66643948-9898-4aa9-ba64-c5849368119cNucleardealimbroglio_Special&&Headline=Opposition+to+N-deal+stands%2c+says+CPM</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>U.S. Envoy Says Iran Could Revive Halted Nuclear Arms Program An American official said Friday that a secret Iranian nuclear arms program that United States intelligence agencies believe had been halted in 2003 could easily be revived because of later curbs on United Nations inspections in the country. New York Times <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/world/middleeast/22iran.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/22/world/middleeast/22iran.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Sarkozy to offer nuclear carrot to Gulf states President Nicolas Sarkozy of France will next month step up his use of civil nuclear power as a diplomatic tool, with a visit to the Gulf states in which he will pledge French help to acquire atomic energy. FT <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b6aeeae-b1c3-11dc-9777-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b6aeeae-b1c3-11dc-9777-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>North Korea refuses to scrap nuclear fuel until aid delivered, report says North Korea has refused to dispose of unused nuclear fuel and destroy a cooling tower at its main nuclear complex until it receives benefits promised under a disarmament deal, a South Korean news report said Monday. IHT <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/24/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/24/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>North Korea denies alleged uranium enrichment program North Korea has again denied it has a uranium enrichment program, a South Korean official said Sunday, just days before Pyongyang's year-end deadline to declare its nuclear programs. IHT <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/23/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-US.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/23/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear-US.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs. Next Energy News <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Reactors could burn weapons plutonium A new generation of nuclear power plants could burn 100 tonnes of surplus weapons-grade plutonium as a good way of keeping it away from terrorists, according to scientists working for the European Union. Guardian <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/24/nuclearpower.energy?gusrc=rss&feed="><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/dec/24/nuclearpower.energy?gusrc=rss&feed=</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Nuclear waste could power Britain A plan by the nuclear industry to build a ?1bn fuel processing plant at Sellafield is being backed by the government's chief scientist. The plant would turn the UK's 60,000 tonnes of high-level nuclear waste into reactor fuel that will provide 60 per cent of this country's electricity until 2060, it is claimed. Guardian <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/dec/23/scienceofclimatechange.climatechange?gusrc=rss&feed=science"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/dec/23/scienceofclimatechange.climatechange?gusrc=rss&feed=science</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran may float tender for 19 nuclear power plants In what could further increase the West's worry over Iran's nuclear ambitions, a top Iranian official said Sunday the Islamic country would soon float an international tender for construction of 19 new 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plants. IANS <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/163485.html"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/163485.html</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Huge Step' Toward 3rd Reactor Energy Bill Boosts Nuclear Plant Loans It's just one paragraph, tucked amid a mountain of legislation passed last week by Congress, but to proponents of nuclear power in Calvert County, it speaks volumes. Washington Post <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122200033.html?nav=rss_business/localbusiness"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122200033.html?nav=rss_business/localbusiness</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Bookreview 'The Nuclear Jihadist' by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins; 'Deception' by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark; 'America and the Islamic Bomb' by David Armstrong and Joseph Trento; 'The Seventh Decade' by Jonathan Schell Four accounts addressing nuclear proliferation. LA Times <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-bk-kurtzphelan23dec23,0,789919.story?coll=cl-books-util"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.calendarlive.com/books/cl-bk-kurtzphelan23dec23,0,789919.story?coll=cl-books-util</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>27 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran Needs No Uranium Enrichment: Russia's Lavrov Russia's delivery of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr power station makes it unnecessary for Iran to pursue its enrichment program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Reuters </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-russia.html?_r=1&oref=slo"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-russia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iran-russia.html?_r=1&oref=slo</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>gin&pagewanted=print</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Uranium exploration in southern Africa spurred by global hunger for cleaner, cheaper energy Resurgent global interest in nuclear power has made Zambia, a southern African nation better known for its vast copper reserves, into a hotbed of uranium exploration. AP <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/america/Uranium-in-Africa.php"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/america/Uranium-in-Africa.php</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>NKorea to slow disablement of nuclear facilities citing delay in compensation North Korea indicated Wednesday it will slow down the disablement of its nuclear facilities because of a delay in receiving economic aid under an international deal. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php#end_main">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/26/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p#end_main</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran to seek bids for 19 atomic power plants: MP Iran plans to build 19 more nuclear power plants and will soon solicit international bids for their construction, a lawmaker said. AP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR20071"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122401514_pf.html">httpaddress://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR20071</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>22401514_pf.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Japanese, Kazakh firms to tie-up in nuclear fuel processing Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. and trading house Sumitomo Corp. will tie up with Kazakhstan's state-run energy company in uranium processing for nuclear power generation, an official said Wednesday. AFP</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/31"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/319198/1/.html">httpaddress://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/31</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>9198/1/.html</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Hospitals Look to Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer There is a new nuclear arms race under way - in hospitals. Medical centers are rushing to turn nuclear particle accelerators, formerly used only for exotic physics research, into the latest weapons against cancer. NYT </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?pagewanted=pri"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?pagewanted=print">httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/business/26proton.html?pagewanted=pri</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>nt</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Opinion and Analysis</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Fuel for Bushehr NYT</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/opinion/27thu2.html?pagewanted=print"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/opinion/27thu2.html?pagewanted=print</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Clearing the air Khaleej Times</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2007/December/opinion_December104.xml§ion=opinion&col">httpaddress://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/20</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>07/December/opinion_December104.xml§ion=opinion&col</A>=> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Can the impasse on the nuclear deal be broken? The Hindu <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/26/stories/2007122653571100.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.hindu.com/2007/12/26/stories/2007122653571100.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P></FONT>
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<FONT color=#800080> <P><FONT size=1>31 December 2007</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Report: Iran nuclear plant to launch in 2008 Iran said Sunday that it will begin operation of the country's first nuclear power plant in the summer of 2008 using half its 1,000 megawatt capacity, the official news agency IRNA reported. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/30/iran.nuclear.ap/index.html?ir"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/30/iran.nuclear.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview">httpaddress://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/30/iran.nuclear.ap/index.html?ir</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>ef=mpstoryview</A> / The Scotsman</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Iran-to--go-nuclear.3628789.jp"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Iran-to--go-nuclear.3628789.jp</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Iran offers help to Egypt in N-program Ali Larijani Iran's former top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani says Tehran is ready to cooperate with Egypt to acquire peaceful nuclear technology. Press TV <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=36929§ionid=351020104"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=36929§ionid=351020104</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>Other Nuclear News</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT> </P> <P><FONT size=1>U.S. says North Korea has not met terms of nuclear deal North Korea has not met its commitment to fully account for its nuclear activities by the end of 2007 under a disarmament agreement, the United States said on Sunday, urging Pyongyang to comply with its obligations. Reuters</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1><</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN3053814620071230?rpc=4"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN3053814620071230?rpc=401">httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN3053814620071230?rpc=4</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>01</A>&> / BBC <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7165435.stm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1>httpaddress://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7165435.stm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>></FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>/ Bloomberg</FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1></FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aVGH8RkQpQkk&refer="><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aVGH8RkQpQkk&refer=japan">httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aVGH8RkQpQkk&refer=</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>japan</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>North Korea set to miss deadline to declare all its nuclear programs North Korea appeared set Monday to miss a year-end deadline to disable a key nuclear reactor and declare all its nuclear programs, key components of its disarmament as agreed in an international accord. AP </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.php">httpaddress://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/31/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Nuclear.ph</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>p</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Mitsubishi Heavy to Start Nuclear Venture in U.S., Sankei Says Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., France's Areva SA and Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. will form a joint venture in the U.S. to focus on building fast reactor nuclear plants and fuel reprocessing, the Sankei newspaper said. Bloomberg </FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=azmjgn.QK6z0&refer="><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=azmjgn.QK6z0&refer=japan">httpaddress://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=azmjgn.QK6z0&refer=</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>japan</A> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Finnish reactor back online after forced shutdowns Finnish utility TVO said on Sunday it had restarted the Olkiluoto 2 nuclear reactor after two separate malfunctions forced shutdowns over the weekend. Reuters <</FONT></FONT><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=1><a target="_blank" href="httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL30472620071230?rpc=401">httpaddress://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT color=#800080><FONT size=1>30472620071230?rpc=401</A>&> </FONT></P> <P><FONT size=1>Government to go ahead with nuclear stations The next generation of nuclear power stations is set to be given the go-ahead by the Government next week despite fierce opposition from environmentalists and MPs. 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