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International Nuclear News 10/2006 - Διεθνή Πυρηνικά Νέα
02 October 2006
US Senate leader accuses Democrats of stalling India nuclear deal The US Senate's Republican leader has blamed obstruction by opposition Democrats for a delay in passing a US-India nuclear energy deal, which has now been put off until after the November midterm elections. afp <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061001/wl_sthasia_afp/usindianuclearpolit
icssenate_061001054846>
Other Nuclear News
Iranian president says his country is determined to expand uranium enrichment program Iran's hardline president on Sunday said his country was determined to expand its uranium enrichment program, announcing a plan to increase enrichment for nuclear fuel and said allegations that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons was a "big lie." AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/01/africa/ME_GEN_Iran_Nuclear.ph
p>
Sanctions will threaten U.S. interests, not Iran, Tehran officials, state radio say Iranian officials and state-run radio on Sunday dismissed U.S. legislation that would impose sanctions on entities that provide goods or services for Tehran's weapons program, contending the measure threatens U.S. interests, not Iran. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/01/africa/ME_GEN_Iran_US.php >
US 'must live with nuclear Tehran' AMERICA will have to learn to live with a nuclear Iran, top US intelligence analysts have concluded at a secret meeting. sunday times <
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20509102-2703,00.htm
>
India resigned to wait as U.S. nuclear deal delayed India sought to put on a brave face on Sunday over an unexpected delay in the approval of a landmark nuclear deal with the United States amid nervousness in New Delhi that the controversial pact could slip away. reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/01/AR20061
00100120.html>
Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988 A letter from 1988 in which Iran's top commander says Iran could need a nuclear bomb to win the war against Iraq has come to light in Tehran. bbc <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5392584.stm >
Opinion and Analysis
A new nuclear world Sunday times
<
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2382932,00.html >
Mubarak'snuclear bombshell gulf-daily-news <
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=157490&Sn=WORL&IssueID
=29196>
Nuclear Energy: Still a Bad Idea latimes <
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-oe-rifkin29sep29,1,2905499.story >
N.K. nuclear test depends on U.S. hani
<
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/161703.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:37 AM
05 October 2006
Iran: Sanctions Won't Derail Enrichment President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned
Wednesday that sanctions will not stop Iran from enriching uranium after a
European negotiator conceded ''endless hours'' of talks had made little progress
and suggested the dispute could wind up at the U.N. soon. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?_r=1&oref=sl
ogin&pagewanted=print>
Namibia plans to use its uranium resources for power production The Namibian
government is planning to exploit its rich uranium deposits to commercially
generate electricity to achieve self-sustenance in power generation, as
shortages loom in 2007, although how it is going to achieve this without any
current nuclear power plant plans seems obscure. MineWeb <
http://www.mineweb.net/african_renaissance/243305.htm >
Other Nuclear News
EU Says Iran Nuclear Sanctions Are Edging Closer The European Union warned on
Wednesday Iran was close to triggering sanctions by refusing to halt uranium
enrichment, but Tehran again insisted it would not give up its right to make
nuclear fuel. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran.html?pagewanted=p
rint>
An Old Letter Casts Doubts on Iran's Goal for Uranium A forgotten letter in
which the founder of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, cited
a need for nuclear weapons has stoked a debate over whether to negotiate with
the West and raised questions about Iran's nuclear intentions today. NYTimes <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?pagewant
ed=print>
Iran opens nuke plants to tourists Iran's hard-line president has ordered
nuclear facilities opened to foreign tourists to prove that the nation's
disputed atomic program is peaceful, state-run television reported on Wednesday.
AP <
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/04/iran.nuclear.tourists.ap/
index.html>
US satellites spot nuclear activity AMERICAN spy satellites have detected
unusual activity at a suspected North Korean nuclear test site, suggesting that
Pyongyang is preparing to carry out its threat to explode an underground atomic
device. The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2389183.html >
Pyongyang Warned on Weapon Testing The Bush administration delivered a secret
message to North Korea yesterday warning it to back down from a promised nuclear
test, and it said publicly that the United States would not live with a
nuclear-armed Pyongyang government. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR20061
00400278.html>
Asian allies warn North Korea on a nuclear test South Korea and China warned
North Korea on Wednesday that a nuclear test would lead to a chill in relations
with the two nations friendliest to it, while Japan's new prime minister sought
to rally the international community behind efforts to prevent the test. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/04/news/nuke.php >
Japan urges divided Security Council to adopt statement urging North Korea to
cancel planned nuclear test Japan pressed a divided U.N.
Security Council on Wednesday to adopt a statement urging North Korea to
cancel its planned nuclear test and return immediately to six-party talks aimed
at persuading Pyongyang to scrap its nuclear weapons program. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/04/news/UN_GEN_UN_NKorea_Nuclear
.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Answering North Korea WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR20061
00401650.html>
Pyongyang's bluster - and bluff ATimes
<
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HJ05Dg01.html >
How serious is North Korea's nuclear threat? CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1005/p25s01-woap.html >
The North Korea Nuclear Puzzle LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-korea05oct05,0,488
1041.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials>
Kim's challenge FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/af409ebe-540e-11db-8a2a-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=063fb9c2-3000-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8.html>
N. Korea's nuke test plan Asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200610050128.html >
No Bluff Newsweek <
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15133448/site/newsweek/ >
Political and military scenario-building on Iran The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/05/stories/2006100502731000.htm >
The Safety in Loaning Nuclear Fuel WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR20061
00400928.html>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:38 AM
06 October 2006
6 Nations to Meet, Talk Action on Iran The U.S., Britain, France, Germany,
China and Russia will confer Friday in London to assess Iran's defiant refusal
to suspend uranium enrichment. They are expected to refer the nuclear case to
the U.N. Security Council for talks next week on possible sanctions, diplomats
said Thursday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Iran-Nuclear.html?_r=1&oref=sl
ogin>
Seizures of radioactive materials fuel 'dirty bomb' fears SEIZURES of
smuggled radioactive material capable of making a terrorist "dirty bomb"
have doubled in the past four years, according to official figures seen by
The Times. The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2391574,00.html >
IAEA Says Illicit Nuclear Material Trade Down Illicit trafficking of nuclear
materials decreased slightly last year from 2004 levels, according to an Aug. 21
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report. A broader category of activity
involving unlawful or unauthorized nuclear, radioactive, and radioactively
contaminated materials also decreased last year for the first time since 2002.
Arms Control Today <
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_10/IllicitTrade.asp >
Other Nuclear News
North Korea May Carry Out Nuclear Test This Weekend North Korea may test its
first nuclear bomb this weekend, Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi
said in Washington, according to a government official in Japan. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aloHeRQVfe7o&refer=
home> / CNN
<
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/nkorea.nuclear.bullets.ap/i
ndex.html>
US plane to monitor N. Korea's N-test A US military plane capable of
detecting radioactive particles in the air left southern Japan on Thursday amid
concerns North Korea could soon test a nuclear bomb. AFP <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/06/int2.htm >
U.N. To Slap North Korea Over Nuclear Test Plan Reuters The U.N.
Security Council reached broad agreement on a statement warning North Korea
against a nuclear test, but Washington backed off earlier language directed at
Pyongyang, saying it was not threatening ``lethal'' action.
Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR20061
00500999_pf.html>
U.S. Weighs Sanctions Against North Korea The Bush administration is
developing an extensive list of possible new sanctions against North Korea in
the event that it carries through with its threat to conduct a nuclear test,
senior officials said Thursday. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/world/asia/06nuke.html >
China joins with critics of N. Korea Employing unusually sharp criticism of
its neighbor and ally, China has warned North Korea that it would face "serious
consequences" if it carried out its plan to conduct a nuclear weapons test IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/news/nuke.php >
Russians 'in N Korea test talks' Russia says it is in direct contact with
North Korea to try to prevent it from carrying out its plan to test a nuclear
weapon. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5410066.stm >
Russia stays opposed to sanctions against Iran Russia remains opposed to
sanctions against Iran in the dispute over its nuclear program, Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, although Britain said the UN Security Council would
start discussing a sanctions resolution against Tehran next week. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/news/iran.php >
/ AP < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/05/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Iran.php
>
Iran Tells West Not to Miss Chance to Solve Atomic Row Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the West on Thursday to solve a nuclear standoff
through talks but reiterated that Iran would not give up its atomic plans.
Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-iran-ahmadin
ejad.html?pagewanted=print>
US nuclear specialists to visit Egypt US nuclear experts are to offer
technical advice to their counterparts in Egypt, which last month announced it
was relaunching its civil nuclear program after a 20-year freeze, official media
said. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061005/pl_afp/egyptuspolitics&printer=1;_
ylt=AkneE3k97.6ldLX3wUjxAyatOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE->
European Parliament wants India to sign NPT The European Parliament supports
India's quest for civilian nuclear energy, but wants it to sign the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to speed up international civilian nuclear
cooperation, says Josep Borrell Fontelles, the president of the European
Parliament. DNA <
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1057032 >
Opinion and Analysis
A Path to Global Disarmament Yale Global <
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=8255 >
North Korea and the Dominoes NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/opinion/06fri1.html >
Kim's message: War is coming to US soil Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HJ06Dg01.html >
Behind North Korea's Latest Nuclear Gamble WP <
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/10/behind_north_koreas
_latest_nuc.html>
North Korea's nuclear threat IHT
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/05/opinion/edcossa.php >
Why Are North Korea and Iran Going Nuclear? Ohmy News <
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=
7&no=321322&rel_no=1>
News Analysis: IAEA Limits Leave Iran Intel Gaps Arms Control Today <
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_10/IAEAIranIntel.asp >
Vienna Meeting Airs New Nuclear Fuel Proposals Arms Control Today <
http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2006_10/ViennaMeeting.asp >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:40 AM
09 October 2006
Breaking News
North Korea says nuclear test successful North Korea said Monday it had
exploded a nuclear weapon for the first time, an underground test that defied
international warnings but was hailed by the communist nation as a "great leap
forward" for its people. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/koreas_nuclear;_ylt=AhCB8dknuxHVoPu2PfTlz4mC
scEA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl>
World condemns NKorea's nuclear test China and the United States led
condemnation around the world after North Korea conducted its first nuclear test,
slamming the move as provocative and, in some capitals, demanding a tough UN
response. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061009/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons_0
61009073305;_ylt=Anwc7TFVZpFzAp_uAPG2yu6CscEA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlY
wMlJVRPUCUl>
Security Council expected to hold emergency meeting on NKorea's nuclear test
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council was expected to hold an emergency
meeting to weigh how to respond to North Korea's first-ever nuclear weapons test
in brazen defiance of a UN resolution. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061009/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsun_0610
09070737>
N. Korea Reports 1st Nuclear Arms Test North Korea said Sunday night that it
had set off its first nuclear test, becoming the eighth country in history, and
arguably the most unstable and most dangerous, to proclaim that it has joined
the club of nuclear weapons states. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/ >
/ FT < http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7c9f359a-5744-11db-9110-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage
=5d866f00-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html> / Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&stor
yID=2006-10-09T034931Z_01_SP79402_RTRIDST_0_KOREA-NORTH-WRAPUP-1-PICTURE
-GRAPHIC.XML> / LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-norkor9oct09,0,4616
671.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
Text of North Korea's Nuke Announcement North Korea said Monday it had
conducted its first nuclear weapons test. The text of the announcement by the
country's official Korean Central News Agency follows. The formal name for North
Korea is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK and KPA refers to the
Korean People's Army: WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/08/AR20061
00801203.html>
U.S. detects seismic event in N. Korea WASHINGTON - The United States and
South Korea detected a seismic event Sunday night at a suspected nuclear test
site in North Korea, the White House said Monday after North Korea claimed it
had conducted an underground nuclear test. AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061009/ap_on_re_as/us_nkorea >
NKorean test seen pushing Japan down military path North Korea's announcement
that it has tested a nuclear bomb is set to push Japan to expand its own
military and stir debate on what was once the ultimate taboo of developing
atomic weapons itself. AFP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061009/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsja
panoutlook;_ylt=A0SOwkynyylFf2kBzgIBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bn
N1YmNhdA-->
N. Korea Claims Nuclear Test North Korea declared on Monday that it had
conducted its first nuclear test, a claim verified by monitoring authorities in
China and South Korea that turns the Pyongyang government into the world's
newest and most volatile nuclear power. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/08/AR20061
00801169.html>
China resolutely opposes DPRK's nuclear test The Chinese government is
resolutely opposed to the nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK), Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. People's
Daily <
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/09/eng20061009_310140.html >
/ IHT < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/asia/AS_GEN_China_NKorea_Stat
ement.php>
Timeline: North Korea's nuclear weapons program A timeline on nuclear weapons
development in North Korea: IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/asia/AS_GEN_Koreas_Nuclear_Ch
ronology.php>
Asian shares tumble after nuclear test A NUCLEAR test by North Korea has had
an immediate impact on financial markets in the region but how far the effect
will ripple out to the rest of the world is so far unknown.
News.com
<
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,20549265-14305,00.html >
IAEA Inspectors Due in Iran October 15 A team of International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) inspectors are scheduled to arrive here on October 15. The group
is due to pay visits to Isfahan's UCF plant and Natanz Nuclear Enrichment
Facility. Persian Journal <
http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_18162.shtml >
US claims agreement on sanctions against Iran The United States says it has
an agreement with four other permanent members of UN Security Council and
Germany to impose sanctions against Iran over its refusal to suspend its Uranium
enrichment programme following a meeting of top officials in London, according
to report in the New York Times. DAWN <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/09/top8.htm >
Smuggled nuclear waste cases double Seizures of smuggled radioactive material
capable of making a terrorist "dirty bomb" have doubled in the past four years,
according to official figures. The Australian <
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20538886-31477,00.ht
ml>
Seoul, Tokyo Launch Joint Survey A South Korean maritime research ship left
for the East Sea on Saturday for a joint survey of radioactivity with Japanese
scientists in the area, South Korean officials said. The Korea Times/IHT <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200610/kt2006100819273511990.htm
>
Nuclear Issue United States' Excuse for Pressuring Iran Iranian Parliament
Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said if the West continues posing threats and
sanctions against Tehran, that would mean that the nuclear issue is just an
excuse for the US and some other powers to exert pressure on Iran. Fars <
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8507160235 >
Egypt has right to have nuclear energy: Prez Hosni Mubarak Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak said that Egypt had a "solid" right to possess nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes. Mumbai Mirror
<
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=5&articleid=1082
00621135446108200621135315>
Japanese nuclear power plant forced to lower output as seaweed clogs water
intake A nuclear power plant in northern Japan was forced to reduce its output
by more than 60 percent after a storm washed heaps of seaweed into its water
intakes, causing a shortage of cooling water, the plant operator said Sunday.
IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/08/asia/AS_ODD_Japan_Nuclear_Sea
weed_Trouble.php>
Opinion and Analysis
Pyongyang's bluster - and bluff Asia Times Online <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HJ05Dg01.html >
North Korea joins the nuclear club and sets off a global diplomatic crisis
Newsweek <
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15191391/site/newsweek/ >
Happy Anniversary, Dear Leader WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR20061
00601382.html>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:41 AM
10 October 2006
Breaking Nuclear News
Low Yield Of Blast Surprises Analysts The explosion set off by North Korea
yesterday appears to have been extremely small for a nuclear blast, complicating
U.S. intelligence efforts to determine whether the country's first such test was
successful or signaled that Pyongyang's capabilities are less advanced than
expected, several senior U.S. and foreign government officials and analysts
said. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR20061
00901246.html> / AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/europe/EU_GEN_Detecting_Nucle
ar_Tests.php> / NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/world/asia/10detect.html?n=Top%2fNews
%2fWorld%2fCountries%20and%20Territories%2fNorth%20Korea>
U.N. Weighs Sanctions Against N. Korea The world lined up against North Korea
on Monday for staging a nuclear test denounced even by key allies.
President Bush called it "a threat to international peace and security,"
and the U.N. Security Council weighed severe sanctions to punish the
impoverished communist nation. ABC News <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2547690 >
Text of U.S. Draft on N. Korea's Test The text of the U.S. draft resolution
circulated late Monday on North Korea's nuclear test and Japan's proposals for
the resolution. DPRK stands for North Korea's official name, the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea: WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR20061
00901301.html> / AP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/ap_on_re_as/koreas_nuclear_resoluti
on_text;_ylt=A9G_RxeHRCtF1B0BdgIBxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1Y
mNhdA-->
Bush Calls N. Korea's Nuclear Test Claim Unacceptable U.S. President George
W. Bush condemned North Korea's reported first nuclear test and demanded the
United Nations take quick, decisive action. Bloomberg <
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=akSzI05rXSwM&refer=
germany>
Timeline: North Korea's Nuclear Development Here are key dates in the
development of nuclear weapons in North Korea. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/world/asia/10chronocnd.html?_r=1&ref=
asia&oref=slogin>
Wrap: Russia condemns N. Korean nuclear test, urges talks Russia joined
international condemnation of North Korea's reported test of a nuclear weapon
Monday, saying it undermined global non-proliferation efforts, poses a security
threat, and dramatically changes the balance of power in the region. RIA Novosti
<
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061009/54655232.html >
UN chief express deep concern over DPRK's nuclear test U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday expressed deep concern over the
nuclear test conducted by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK), and urged all parties to respond to this grave challenge in a
constructive manner. English People's Daily <
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/10/eng20061010_310327.html >
DPRK takes uneven road to nuclear weapons A timeline on nuclear weapons
development in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK): China Daily <
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-10/10/content_704460.htm >
In unusual rebuke, China denounces nuclear test China has described its
relationship with North Korea as one that is "as close as lips and teeth." USA
Today <
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-10-09-korea-china_x.htm >
N.Korea nuclear test a grave global threat: IAEA A North Korea nuclear test
would represent a grave threat to world security, UN atomic agency head Mohamed
ElBaradei has warned. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061009/wl_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons_061009
141804>
IAEA calls NKorea nuclear test grave global threat Reports from North Korea
that it has carried out a nuclear test represent a grave threat to world
security, UN atomic agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said. Forbes <
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2006/10/09/afx3075815.html >
North Korea nuclear test a 'serious security challenge' The UN watchdog
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) condemned North Korea's reported
nuclear weapons test as an international security threat and a "clear setback"
to non-proliferation efforts. AFX <
http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=5811180&subject=econo
mic&action=article>
N. Korea nuke test threatens nonproliferation regime: ElBaradei International
Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday expressed deep
regret and serious concern about a nuclear test conducted by North Korea earlier
in the day. Kyodo News <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061009/kyodo/d8kl3p8g0.html >
IAEA chief expresses deep regret, serious concerns over N. Korean nuclear
IAEA chief expresses deep regret, serious concerns over N.
Korean nuclear test Kuwait News Agency
<
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=911920 >
UN nuclear watchdog urgently needs technological backup The UN nuclear
watchdog, hard pressed to keep pace with developments in countries such as Iran
and North Korea, needs state-of-the-art technology to fulfil its task of
preventing nuclear proliferation. Channel NewsAsia <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/234679/1/.html >
World rattled over North Korean nuclear test North Korea followed through on
its threat and successfully conducted its first nuclear test Monday, ignoring
international warnings and prompting economic sanctions. New Kerala <
http://www.newkerala.com/news4.php?action=fullnews&id=33337 >
Other Nuclear News
Bulgarian nuclear plant reports radiation incident Bulgaria's Kozloduy
nuclear plant reported a rupture in a heating device on Monday which caused a
leak of radioactive solution into a pipeline in its turbine hall but it said the
spill had caused no contamination. Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2
006-10-09T173209Z_01_L09337128_RTRUKOC_0_US-BULGARIA-NUCLEAR-INCIDENT.xm
l&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C2_worldNews-5>
U.S. nuclear power plants power down for fall work More than a fifth of U.S.
nuclear power generation was shut on Monday, mainly on planned fall maintenance,
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency said in a report.
Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=200
6-10-09T234656Z_01_N09307988_RTRIDST_0_UTILITIES-NUCLEAR-REFUEL.XML&rpc=
66&type=qcna>
Opinion and Analysis
North Korea and the Bomb NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/opinion/10tue1.html >
Mutually Assured Disruption NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/opinion/10frum.html >
In a Test, a Reason to Talk WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR20061
00901035.html>
Ahem, Korea? The Nuke Thing? Unacceptable. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR20061
00901225.html>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:42 AM
11 October 2006
Breaking Nuclear News
U.S. Waits for Firm Information On Nature and Success of Device The White
House yesterday played down North Korea's nuclear capability as government
scientists and intelligence analysts waited for additional data to confirm
whether Pyongyang had conducted a successful nuclear test. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR20061
01001535.html?nav=rss_world/asia>
White House casts doubt on N.Korean nuclear arms The White House on Tuesday
tried to raise doubts about the strength of North Korea's nuclear program and
sought to play down the significance of its reported test of an atomic weapon.
WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR20061
01000407.html> / Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyI
D=2006-10-10T184503Z_01_N09241662_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-USA.xml&WTmod
Loc=NewsHome-C3-politicsNews-3>
Sanctions' Target Is Spread of Nuclear Technology The sanctions demanded by
U.S. officials to punish North Korea for this week's weapons test are primarily
aimed at what the Bush administration increasingly views as the greatest threat
posed by North Korea: the spread of nuclear technology. LA Times <
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sanctions11oct11,0 ,
242942.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
N. Korea becomes 9th nuclear power - Ivanov North Korea has become the ninth
nuclear power de facto, Russia's defense minister said Tuesday.
RIA Novosti <
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20061010/54692778.html >
/ IHT < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/10/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_NKorea.p
hp>
Paul Keating warns of nuclear arms race The Prime Minister John Howard and
his predecessor Paul Keating don't agree on much, but both said today that North
Korea's actions had delivered a blow to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
ABC Regional Online <
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2006/s1760080.htm >
IAEA in the News
DPR Korea: Security Council members discuss what action to take over nuclear
test United Nations Security Council members today continued discussions over
what action to take against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
after its reported nuclear test, with the issue of possible sanctions and their
enforcement among the key topics. UN News Centre <
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20194&Cr=DPRK&Cr1= >
Iran issue may become politically live. Different interlocutors will need
different arguments Cynics will say it is easy for India to heartily condemn
North Korea's nuclear effrontery, especially given the Pakistani proliferation
link. And it's not-so-easy when it comes to Iran's nuclear brinkmanship,
especially given domestic political "implications". True, India has voted twice
against Iran at the IAEA.
The Indian Express <
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/14411.html >
Iran calls for universal nuclear disarmament Iran stood apart on Tuesday from
the chorus of countries condemning North Korea for its declared nuclear test,
with a government spokesman putting the blame on Washington and calling for
universal nuclear disarmament. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/11/top14.htm >
Other Nuclear News
Blair defends India's nuclear plan after N.Korea test British Prime Minister
Tony Blair defended India's nuclear programme on Tuesday, saying democratic
countries which have such projects could not be held responsible for North
Korea's reported decision to test a nuclear device. The Star Online
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/10/worldupdates/2006
-10-10T195901Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-271668-2&sec=Worldupdates>
Japan may not want to go nuclear but it's no technical hurdle: analysts Japan
will not respond to North Korea's nuclear test by developing its own atomic
weapons, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday, although analysts said the
nation has the technology to quickly pursue such a path. The Japan Times <
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20061011a4.html >
Government rules out subsidies for new nuclear power stations The government
will not provide subsidies, either directly or indirectly, to encourage
Britain's energy companies to invest in a new generation of nuclear power
stations, energy minister Malcolm Wicks said. The Guardian <
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1892237,00.html >
Opinion and Analysis
Fate of key anti-nuclear arms pact seen in US hands Reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10522941.htm >
The Big Question: With sanctions threatened against North Korea, do they ever
work? The Independent <
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1831886.ece >
Analysis: Should U.S. talk to N. Korea? AP <
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_go_pr_wh/talking_to_nkorea >
/ WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR20061
01001130.html>
News Analysis: His army outgunned, Kim builds a deterrent IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/10/news/kim.php >
Gel can calm Kim's nuclear stylings Sydney Morning Herald
<
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/gel-can-calm-kims-nuclear-stylings/2
006/10/10/1160246135375.html>
Accept North Korea into the nuclear club or bomb it now The Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1892453,00.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:43 AM
13 October 2006
Bob Woodward on Bush Administration's Handling of North Korea, Iraq This is a
partial transcript from "On the Record," October 11, 2006, that has been edited
for clarity. Fox News <
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,220156,00.html >
Making Good on Bush's Vow Will Require Detective Work Making good on
President Bush's vow this week to hold North Korea "fully accountable"
if it shares nuclear material will pose a major challenge to American
intelligence and diplomacy, requiring new equipment and a high level of
international cooperation, administration and military officials say.
NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/world/asia/13trace.html?hp&ex=1160798
400&en=797cec9e5a9a1ebf&ei=5094&partner=homepage>
U.N. Near Agreement On N. Korea Sanctions The U.N. Security Council moved
closer Thursday night to agreement on a resolution that would impose an arms
embargo and broad financial sanctions on North Korea in response to its claimed
nuclear test, according to senior U.S. and European diplomats. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR20061
01200836.html>
After North Korean test, Iran remains defiant After North Korea's
announcement that it had tested a nuclear weapon for the first time, Iran's
leadership has not only refrained from condemning Pyongyang but is vowing to
continue its defiance of an international demand to stop sensitive nuclear
activities. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/12/news/iran.php >
/ IranMania < http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=46397&Ne
wsKind=Current%20Affairs>
For Bush, Many Questions on Iraq and North Korea President Bush said
Wednesday that he would not use force against North Korea because "diplomacy
hasn't run its course," but acknowledged that many Americans wonder why he
invaded Iraq but has not taken military action to head off North Korea's race
for a bomb. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/washington/12prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slo
gin> / IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/12/news/bush.php >
Seoul says nuclear test risky for the economy South Korea's central bank said
on Thursday the North's nuclear test posed a new risk for the economy, warning
that a tough inter-national reaction to it could exacerbate the slowdown in
domestic demand. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8e111a60-5a0e-11db-8f16-0000779e2340.html >
Chinese envoy visits senior U.S. officials amid North Korean nuclear crisis A
special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jintao told President George W. Bush on
Thursday that China wanted a strong U.N. response to North Korea's claimed
nuclear test, a White House spokesman said. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/12/america/NA_GEN_US_China_Envoy
.php>
Seoul keeps close watch on Pyongyang / Fears of 2nd nuclear test prompt South
Korea to monitor North Korea's actions The high possibility of North Korea
conducting another nuclear test after its announcement Monday that it had
already conducted one has prompted South Korea to constantly monitor the
situation, fearing radiation leaks that could harm its people. Daily Yomiuri <
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/world/20061013TDY02008.htm >
Iran's nuclear issue to be solved only through talks Rapporteur of Majlis
National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali said here Thursday
that the country's nuclear issue can only be solved through talks. IRNA <
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0610123522193344.htm >
Helsinki prefers silence on nuclear deal Despite a series of high-level
bilateral meetings culminating in Thursday's summit between Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen, Finland - which holds
the rotating presidency of the European Union - continues to withhold public
support from the U.S.-India agreement on civil nuclear cooperation. The Hindu <
http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/13/stories/2006101304831200.htm >
SA to chair Nuclear Suppliers Group South Africa was on Thursday unanimously
confirmed as the next chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, for the period 2007
to 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement issued from
Vienna. Mail & Guardian Online <
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=286552&area=/breaking_ne
ws/breaking_news__national/>
South Carolina Summer nuclear plant to shut Sat. The South Carolina Electric
and Gas Co. said on Thursday the 966-megawatt V.C. Summer nuclear power station
will shut on Saturday for about six weeks of scheduled refueling and
maintenance. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=200
6-10-12T202452Z_01_N12366350_RTRIDST_0_UTILITIES-SCANA-SUMMER.XML&rpc=66
&type=qcna>
Opinion and Analysis
N.K. Nuclear Test: Evidence and Unknowns Ohmynews <
http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no
=322505&rel_no=1&back_url=>
DPRK nuclear danger Washington Times
<
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20061012-092912-2468r.htm >
NPT And IAEA Double Standards Al-Jazeerah <
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/2006%20Opinion%20Editor
ials/October/13%20o/NPT%20And%20IAEA%20Double%20Standards%20By%20Ali%20A
l-Hail.htm>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:43 AM
16 October 2006
Text of the U.N. Resolution on N. Korea AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR20061
01400712.html>
North Korea in quarantine The Security Council's response to North Korea's
claimed nuclear test is tougher and more far-reaching than Kim Jong Il probably
expected. If the North Korean dictator calculated that Chinese and South Korean
reluctance to squeeze his unpredictable regime too hard would, after
international grumbling, give him a pass into the nuclear club, he has been
disabused. The Times <
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,542-2405512,00.html >
Restraints Fray and Risks Grow as Nuclear Club Gains Members The declaration
last Monday by North Korea that it had conducted a successful atomic test
brought to nine the number of nations believed to have nuclear arms. But atomic
officials estimate that as many as 40 more countries have the technical skill,
and in some cases the required material, to build a bomb. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/world/asia/15nuke.html?_r=1&oref=slog
in&pagewanted=print>
Loose Nuke Material Is 'Terrorist's Dream' While diplomats are focused on the
newly nuclear North Korea, some say a more likely threat comes from loose
nuclear materials in the hands of terrorists.
Non-proliferation experts point to a possible source: highly enriched uranium
stored at Cold War-era research labs around the world - often under questionable
security. Former United States Sen. Sam Nunn tells CBS News that radioactive
material at insecure facilities is a "terrorist's dream." CBS
<
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/13/cbsnews_investigates/main2088
558.shtml>
Other Nuclear News
U.N. Votes To Impose Sanctions On N. Korea The U.N. Security Council voted
unanimously Saturday to condemn North Korea and impose stiff sanctions on the
communist government in response to its suspected nuclear test. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR20061
01400354.html> / AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/15/AR20061
01500233.html>
North Korea condemns UN sanctions North Korea has denounced the UN Security
Council resolution which imposes weapons and financial sanctions over its
claimed nuclear test. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6052320.stm >
US counts on China for big role in N Korea sanctions The US yesterday said it
expected China to play a decisive role in enforcing sanctions against North
Korea, brushing aside suggestions that Beijing was not fully committed to a
United Nations resolution against its reclusive ally. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1515aa66-5cb3-11db-9e7e-0000779e2340.html >
Questions Grow Over U.N. Curbs on North Korea Questions over the
effectiveness of the Security Council's punitive sanctions on North Korea for
its claimed nuclear test grew Sunday, as both South Korea and China - the
North's two most important trading partners - indicated that business and
economic relations would be largely unaffected. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/world/asia/16korea.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Preliminary Samples Hint at North Korean Nuclear Test With the United Nations
preparing to vote on whether to impose harsh sanctions on North Korea, American
intelligence officials said Friday evening that they had found new evidence that
the country detonated a nuclear bomb deep inside a mountain in its desolate
northern territory. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/world/asia/14nuke.html?pagewanted=pri
nt>
A New Global Nuclear Order When North Korea announced its nuclear test last
week, it was just the latest sign that the effort to contain the spread of
atomic weapons was breaking down: Several countries are on the verge of
beginning uranium enrichment programs, and others have already started such
efforts, policymakers and experts say. LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nukes15oct15,1,7325
444.story>
Japanese government spokesman says Tokyo to remain non-nuclear power Japan
has no intention of developing nuclear weapons in response to North Korea's
claim of an atomic test last week, a top Japanese government spokesman said
Monday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/16/asia/AS_GEN_Japan_Nuclear_Wea
pons.php>
US, Japan hold talks on N Korea The chief US envoy on North Korea is due to
arrive in Tokyo, for talks on how to move forward after Pyongyang's reported
nuclear test last week. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6053728.stm >
U.S. Uses Korea Sanctions to Warn Iran The United States on Sunday used new
U.N. sanctions against North Korea to warn Iran, another country with nuclear
ambitions. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-US-NKorea-Iran.html?pagewanted
=print>
Iran to Pursue Atomic Work Despite Pressure: Agency Iran's president said
Tehran would keep up its nuclear activities despite Western countries' mounting
threats and pressures, the student news agency ISNA reported on Sunday. Reuters
<
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-iran.html?pa
gewanted=print>
Reactors could be up and running by 2015 AUSTRALIA is on the cusp of a
nuclear renaissance and could have commercial power plants within nine years,
according to the global chief of the nuclear power industry. The Australian <
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20587605-30417,00.ht
ml>
Nuclear energy growth not a weapons risk: summit The global expansion of
nuclear energy is not a threat to the non-proliferation regime, but the greatest
risk is from terrorists who could build a dirty bomb with nuclear waste from a
medical facility, industry experts said. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR20061
01600082.html>
Opinion and Analysis
N. Korean Nuclear Conflict Has Deep Roots WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR20061
01401068.html>
Analysis: a Call for Help From N. Korea? AP <
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/15/nkorea.misunderstood.ap/ind
ex.html>
Security Council in Name Only LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-ferguson16oct16 ,
1,3115071.column>
An Offer Kim Can't Refuse WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/15/AR20061
01500997.html>
The Lone Superpower That Couldn't NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/weekinreview/15sanger.html >
'North Korea Should Be More Realistic' WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/15/AR20061
01500999.html>
The Korean question does concern U.S. LA Times <
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-le-monday16.6oct16 ,
1,4073856.story>
Bush Unleashes the Nuclear Beast LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-cirincione15oct1
5,1,3333531.story>
Behind Enemy Reactors NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/opinion/14wolfsthal.html >
Nukes and More Nukes WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR20061
01400791.html>
More North Koreas? Get Used to It LA Times <
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-langewiesche15oc
t15,1,7273749.story>
Who's Next to Go Nuclear? WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR20061
01301398.html>
Halting the nuclear rot FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bc726e24-5b1f-11db-8f80-0000779e2340.html >
Whole world is his stage Chicago Tribune <
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0610150240oct15,0,309030
9.story?coll=chi-newsopinionperspective-hed>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:44 AM
17 October 2006
Nuclear chief: More nations 'hedging their bets' AP The head of the U.N.
nuclear agency warned Monday that as many as 30 countries could soon have
technology that would let them produce atomic weapons ''in a very short time,''
joining the nine states known or suspected to have such arms. CNN <
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/16/nuclear.proliferation.ap/ind
ex.html> / BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6055984.stm >
Other Nuclear News
Concern at fresh activity near N.Korean test site U.S. spy satellites have
detected suspicious activity near North Korea's nuclear test site that may
signal preparations for another detonation, U.S. television networks have
reported. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR20061
01600114_pf.html> / AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061017/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweapons&p
rinter=1;_ylt=AsHmdy_vdIqXZlGsZ30GLGjuOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0
bWE->
Rice warns N Korea on fresh test US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has
warned North Korea that a second nuclear test would be a provocative act that
could only deepen its isolation. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6057482.stm >
/ WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR20061
01600445_pf.html>
North Korean Fuel Identified as Plutonium American intelligence agencies have
concluded that North Korea's test explosion last week was powered by plutonium
that North Korea harvested from its small nuclear reactor, according to
officials who have reviewed the results of atmospheric sampling since the blast.
NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/world/asia/17diplo.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
U.S. presses China and confirms North's claim China inspected some cargo
along its border with North Korea, cracked down on some financial transfers, and
began erecting barbed-wire fences, officials said Monday, as the United States
pressed Beijing to enforce UN sanctions for a test blast now confirmed by
Washington to have been nuclear. IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/16/news/nuke.php >
EU admits failure in Iran talks AFP The European Union will acknowledge on
Tuesday that nuclear talks with Iran have failed and support a return to the UN
Security Council to prepare sanctions, according to a draft document seen on
Monday. DAWN <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/17/int4.htm >
German minister says EU will pursue UN sanctions against Iran The European
Union will endorse efforts to pursue sanctions against Iran, while keeping the
door open to future negotiations to resolve the nuclear standoff with Teheran,
Germany's foreign minister said. Khaleej Times <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/20
06/October/theworld_October629.xml§ion=theworld>
China diversifies sources as it shops for uranium China will seek uranium
from nations including Canada, South Africa, Namibia and Kazakhstan to help meet
its target of generating more electricity from reactors, an official from the
state nuclear power company said Monday.
IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/16/business/uranium.php >
Russia Demands U.S. Lift Sanctions Russia demanded Monday that the United
States lift sanctions against two Russian companies accused of making deals with
Iran involving sensitive technology and hinted that a U.S. refusal could affect
negotiations on a U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR20061
01601128.html>
Opinion and Analysis
North Korea on Notice LAT
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-nkorea17oct17,1 ,
6959796.story>
N Korea test - failure or fake? BBC
<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6040494.stm >
Sanctions on North Korea Asahi
<
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200610170136.html >
At stake in dangerous game Jordan Times
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion1.htm >
North Korea's nukes and the Middle East Khaleej Times <
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/200
6/October/opinion_October52.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
The East Asian triangle Jordan Times
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/tue/opinion/opinion3.htm >
It's China's Problem WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR20061
01601018_pf.html>
An irresistible invitation IHT
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/16/opinion/edpfaff.php >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:45 AM
19 October 2006
Iran Atomic Aide Warns of Retaliation to Sanctions Iran's chief nuclear
negotiator threatened retaliation on Wednesday -- possibly by suspending
international atomic inspections -- if the United Nations imposed sanctions on
Tehran over its nuclear program. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR20061
01800363_pf.html>
Israel's Olmert Raises Iran in Kremlin Talks Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert said he had raised concerns about Iran's nuclear program in talks on
Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-russia-israel-iran.h
tml?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
More nations clamor for nuclear energy When more than 100 ambassadors
gathered at the United Nations nuclear agency to mark its 50th year of juggling
global arms and energy demands, organizers were surprised by the ambitious
agenda that the envoys had in mind:More countries than ever wanted the
International Atomic Energy Agency to back their desires for nuclear power.
Chicago Tribune
<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0610180118oct18,1,57
87819.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true>
Other Nuclear News
Bush: U.S. Will Stop N. Korea Nuke Moves President Bush said Wednesday the
United States would stop North Korea from transferring nuclear weapons to Iran
or al-Qaida and that the communist regime would then face "a grave consequence."
AP <
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2584758 >
Japan, Acting to Calm U.S. Worries, Rules Out Building Nuclear Arms Japan "is
absolutely not considering" building a nuclear arsenal in response to the North
Korean nuclear test, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Wednesday, moments
after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reiterated that Japan was protected by
the American nuclear umbrella. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR20061
01800268_pf.html> / LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan18oct18,1,5434
080.story>
U.S., Japan mull ship search roles Washington and Tokyo have agreed to
examine the role of the military in searching North Korean cargo ships under a
United Nations resolution, officials and reports said Thursday.
CNN
<
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/nkorea.shipinspection.ap/in
dex.html>
Rice to Press SKorea on NKorea Sanctions Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
planned to press South Korea on Thursday to enforce United Nations sanctions on
North Korea for a nuclear test that rattled the world. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Nuclear.html?pagewanted
=print>
South Korea wavers over 'sunshine policy' When Condoleezza Rice arrives in
Seoul on Thursday seeking South Korea's support for tough international action
against North Korea, she is likely to find many people who agree with her calls
for economic engagement projects to be suspended and North Korean ships to be
interdicted. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/81ae5594-5ef0-11db-afac-0000779e2340.html >
/ BBC < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6063158.stm >
U.S. says China to warn North Korea against 2nd test North Korea's strongest
backer China has sent a special envoy to Pyongyang to deliver a "very strong"
message not to conduct another nuclear test, a senior U.S. official said on
Thursday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR20061
01800179_pf.html>
Officials: NKorea's nuclear test could speed up ratification of global treaty
North Korea's nuclear test could generate political momentum for the
ratification of a treaty banning nuclear explosions, officials of the
international organization overseeing the global ban said Wednesday.
AP
<
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/18/news/UN_GEN_Nuclear_Test_Ban_
Treaty_NKorea.php>
Hans Blix warns tough-line stance against N. Korea could lead to escalation A
tough-line stance against North Korea in wake of its nuclear weapons test could
lead to an armed response from Pyongyang, former U.N. chief weapons inspector
Hans Blix said Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/18/europe/EU_GEN_Sweden_NKorea_B
lix.php>
UN envoys work on Iran resolution Diplomats at the UN are working on a
resolution proposing sanctions against Iran for its refusal to halt
controversial nuclear activities. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6064090.stm >
U.S. refusal to lift sanctions on Russian firms will not affect cooperation
on Iran, official says A U.S. refusal to lift sanctions against two Russian
companies it accuses of violating U.S. law by making deals with Iran will not
affect Moscow's cooperation in resolving the dispute over Iran's nuclear
program, Russia's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/18/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Iran_Nuc
lear.php>
Nuclear arms spread hard to stop, says Rumsfeld Donald Rumsfeld, US defence
secretary, yesterday said it was "practically impossible" to prevent countries
from proliferating nuclear weapons if they had that aim. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/16fe9668-5f0f-11db-afac-0000779e2340.html >
Fast nuclear reactor to start tests 2010 The country's first experimental
fast nuclear reactor will begin trials in 2010, said Kang Rixin, general manager
of China National Nuclear Corporation China Daily <
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/19/content_711517.htm >
Opinion and Analysis
Ambulance Chasers of the Apocalypse WP
<
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/10/ambulance_chasers_o
f_the_apoca.html>
A tell-tale little nuke Asia Times
<
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HJ19Dg01.html >
Trying to contain the nuclear genie LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-le-thursday19.2oct1
9,1,7293212.story>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:46 AM
20 October 2006
Nuke watch: The game's getting tougher While international attention is
focused on the nuclear challenge posed by North Korea and Iran, the world's top
nuclear watchdog warned this week that the situation could be much worse in the
future. CSMonitor <
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1020/p07s02-wogi.html >
Iran Wants Talks on Atomic Rights Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
renewed his country's call on Thursday for talks to resolve a nuclear standoff
with the West but said it would not retreat from its right to develop the
nuclear fuel cycle. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-ahmadinejad.html ?
_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print>
Zambia studies on how to exploit uranium The Zambian government has set up a
team of experts to advise on how to exploit uranium slowly emerging as a
considerable endowment for the country, Zambia Daily Mail reported on Thursday.
Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/20/eng20061020_313581.html >
Other Nuclear News
China May Press North Koreans China is prepared to step up pressure on North
Korea in coming weeks by reducing oil shipments, among other measures, if the
country refuses to return to negotiations or conducts more nuclear tests,
Chinese government advisers and scholars who have discussed the matter with the
leadership say. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/world/asia/20china.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
China Envoy Gives Message to Kim Jong Il Chinese envoy met North Korean
leader Kim Jong Il and delivered a personal message from China's president on
Thursday in the highest-level Chinese visit to its isolated ally since the
North's nuclear test last week. AP <
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2585580 >
Rice Presses S. Korea to Pursue Full Sanctions Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice pressed the South Korean government on Thursday to fully implement
U.N.-authorized sanctions against North Korea for its nuclear test, but she
encountered reluctance among officials in Seoul, who fear that tough action
could lead to increased tensions and even war. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR20061
01900203_pf.html>
US Promises Nuclear Umbrella for S. Korea The U.S. military plans to map out
specific action plans to deter North Korea's nuclear threat, providing a
stronger nuclear umbrella for South Korea, a senior military officer said. Korea
Times <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200610/kt2006101917220810440.htm >
Report: N. Korean Leader Regrets Test North Korean leader Kim Jong Il
expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and
said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs
off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper
reported Friday. AP <
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/19/nkorea.kim.ap/index.htm
l>
N.Korea likely to do another nuclear test: experts North Korea can have
little faith in its nuclear stockpile given the yield of its first nuclear test
and hence is likely to test again, two leading nuclear weapons experts said in
an analysis published on Thursday. Reuters <
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=200
6-10-19T234448Z_01_N14268552_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsH
ome-C1-topNews-2>
North Korea Says it Will Not Give Terrorists Nuclear Weapons North Korea says
it will not help terrorists acquire nuclear weapons. U.S. President George Bush
says the United States would act to stop such a transfer if North Korea tries to
export nuclear technology. VOA <
http://voanews.com/english/2006-10-19-voa46.cfm >
North Korea's 'Mr. Bomb' Remains Mystery The scientists who have propelled
North Korea's decades-long nuclear program are, like much else in the tightly
controlled communist country, shrouded in a deep veil of secrecy. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-NKorea-Mr-Bomb.html?pagewanted
=print>
Britain Says U.N. Iran Resolution Coming Britain said Thursday it expects a
draft U.N. resolution on Iran to be introduced in the Security Council early
next week and diplomats said it will seek sanctions on Tehran for refusing to
suspend uranium enrichment. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-UN-Iran-Nuclear.html?pagewante
d=print>
Israel says Iran must pay if no nuclear deal agreed Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert said on Thursday there would be a "price to pay" if Iran does not
agree a deal with world powers on its nuclear programme.
Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/20/worldupdates/2006
-10-20T042026Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-273020-1&sec=Worldupdates>
U.S. Plan for New Nuclear Weapons Advances The United States took another
step yesterday toward building a new stockpile of up to 2,200 deployed nuclear
weapons that would last well into the 21st century, announcing the start of a
multiyear process to repair and replace facilities where they would be developed
and assembled and where older warheads could be more rapidly dismantled. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR20061
01901863_pf.html>
Opinion and Analysis
ANALYSIS-Nuclear-armed East Asia highly unlikely, but possible Reuters <
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/TP139904.htm >
Time for the West to nuclear disarm Jordan Times <
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/opinion/opinion4.htm >
World War II Is Over WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR20061
01901271_pf.html>
North Korea makes history Jordan Times
<
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/opinion/opinion5.htm >
The Black Box of Tehran WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/19/AR20061
01901270.html>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:47 AM
25 October 2006
IAEA Head: Iran Close To Enriching Uranium Iran has taken another step in its
ability to enrich uranium, the head of the U.N. atomic energy agency confirmed
yesterday, as the Bush administration and European allies failed to reach
agreement on sanctions against Tehran's expanding nuclear program. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR20061
02301054_pf.html> / NYT
<
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/world/middleeast/24iran.html?pagewant
ed=print>
US says Iranian uranium enrichment 'full steam ahead' The United States
deplored Iran's race to enrich uranium and confirmed the presence of a second
set of centrifuges in the Islamic republic to do the work, a spokesman said. AFP
<
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/237451/1/.html >
Europeans Move Iran Resolution Without U.S. Key European states on Tuesday
circulated their own draft resolution imposing nuclear and missile-related
sanctions on Iran after failing to reach agreement with Washington, U.S. and
European officials said. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-usa.html?pagewant
ed=print>
ElBaradei warns on sanctions on N.Korea, Iran New U.N. sanctions imposed on
North Korea and under consideration for Iran could empower hardliners in both
countries, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned on Monday.
Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR20061
02300682_pf.html> / AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR20061
02300538_pf.html> / UPI
<
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061023-072857-8
939r> / AFP
<
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1827776,00050001.htm >
Nuclear talks hope fades as China says Kim did not apologise China has denied
earlier reports that the North Korean leader apologised for this month's atomic
weapons test and said yesterday that Kim Jong-il has reserved the right to
escalate the nuclear crisis. Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1930772,00.html >
Calls mount for Washington-Pyongyang talks For all the globetrotting that
followed North Korea's nuclear test, there was one glaring hole in Condoleezza
Rice's travel schedule when she visited Asia last week:
Pyongyang. FT
<
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4f57fbfc-63c5-11db-bc82-0000779e2340.html >
White House rejects criticism of its North Korean nuclear policy The White
House is rejecting criticism of its North Korea policy, saying that direct talks
with Kim Jong Il's government, which many are urging, would weaken efforts to
confront the North's nuclear ambitions. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/24/america/NA_GEN_US_NKorea_Whit
e_House.php>
Mideast Solution Possible: ElBaradei A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict is within grasp if the international community commits to a blueprint
and pursues dialogue, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said on
Tuesday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-mideast-elbaradei.ht
ml?pagewanted=print>
Rays and Neutrons, for Art's Sake Eager for precision in a field notorious
for ambiguity and frustration, curators at top museums in Europe and the United
States have long reached for the instruments of nuclear science to hit treasures
of art with invisible rays. The resulting clues have helped answer vexing
questions of provenance, age and authenticity. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/science/24gamm.html?pagewanted=print >
Other Nuclear News
West Wants Iran Technology Sales Banned The U.S. and its allies want the U.N.
Security Council to ban the sale of missile and atomic technology to Iran and
end most U.N. help for its nuclear programs -- moves diplomats said Tuesday are
narrowly focused in hopes of winning Russian and Chinese backing for sanctions.
AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR20061
02400486_pf.html>
Iran Could Have Nuclear Bomb by 2015: Germany Iran is unlikely to be able to
develop a nuclear bomb before 2015, the chief of Germany's BND foreign
intelligence agency said on Tuesday. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-germany.html?page
wanted=print>
Reports: Iran's envoy to Moscow says Tehran keen to restart nuclear talks
Iran is keen to restart talks with six major powers on the disputed Iranian
nuclear program and was willing to discuss all issues, Tehran's envoy to Russia
said Tuesday, according to news reports. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/24/europe/EU_GEN_Russia_Iran.php
>
China: NK has no 2nd test plans China's Foreign Ministry Tuesday confirmed
earlier reports that North Korea does not have another nuclear test in the
works. CNN <
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/china.nkorea/index.html >
Dr Khan's role in N. Korea bomb denied The technology the Khan network
provided to North Korea was meant for developing civilian nuclear energy and not
weapons, says a senior Pakistani military official. Dawn <
http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/25/top1.htm >
Pakistan tries to shed Khan proliferation stigma Pakistan wants to put the
"sordid chapter" of proliferation by nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan behind
it and build civilian nuclear ties with the United States, a senior military
official said on Monday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/23/AR20061
02300810_pf.html>
Rice Says 'Axis of Evil' Proven Right Recent events in Iran and North Korea
support President Bush's 2002 claim that those nations were part of an ''axis of
evil,'' Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Rice-Axis-of-Evil.html?pagewanted
=print>
EU plans for more Kazakh uranium The EU has put forward plans for procuring
more uranium from Kazakhstan for Europe's nuclear industry.
BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6082564.stm >
Nuclear group for sale in pieces The Government ended months of uncertainty
about its privatisation plans for the country's remaining nuclear assets,
confirming that British Nuclear Group would be broken up and sold off piecemeal.
Telegraph <
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/10/25/cnbng
25.xml>
Opinion and Analysis
How North Korea fulfilled its nuclear dream IHT <
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/23/news/bomb.php >
China's interests go well beyond the nuclear issue Guardian <
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1929052,00.html >
America needs to negotiate with North Korea FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/217c5df4-63c5-11db-bc82-0000779e2340.html >
A Different Tactic for Rice: Speaking Softly Without the Stick NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/world/asia/23rice.html?pagewanted=pri
nt>
Bush doctrine must survive the Iraq war FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8a09c678-62fc-11db-8faa-0000779e2340.html >
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:48 AM
27 October 2006
Russia opposes draft UN resolution on Iran International attempts to forge a
united front in the nuclear standoff with Iran today suffered a setback as
Russia declared its opposition to current UN proposals.
Guardian
<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1932165,00.html >
U.S. indicates it wants tougher sanctions on Iran than Europeans are
proposing The United States indicated it wants tougher sanctions on Iran for
refusing to suspend uranium enrichment than the measures in a U.N.
resolution drafted by Britain, France and Germany. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/26/news/UN_GEN_UN_Iran_Nuclear.p
hp>
U.S., European Allies at Odds on Terms of Iran Resolution The United States
and its European allies split Wednesday over the terms of a U.N.
resolution calling for a ban on Iranian trade in ballistic missiles and
nuclear materials, according to Security Council diplomats. WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/25/AR20061
02501696_pf.html>
Iran says it has new enrichment cascade Iran confirmed Wednesday that it had
expanded its controversial uranium enrichment program, a semiofficial news
agency reported, even as the U.S. and its partners prepared a U.N. resolution to
impose limited sanctions. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/25/africa/ME_GEN_Iran_Nuclear.ph
p>
Russia: Iran nuclear power plant delayed for technical reasons The launch of
the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran has been delayed due to technical
reasons, the head of Russia's Atomstroiexport company said Wednesday. Xinhua <
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/26/content_5252016.htm >
Other Nuclear News
Bush accuses North Korean leader US President George W Bush has accused North
Korea of trying to "test the will" of the nations negotiating with it over its
nuclear programme. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6086148.stm >
N.Korea Must Change Behavior, Resume Talks: Hill The United States was
prepared to talk directly to Pyongyang about its atomic test but only if it
returned to six-party talks on its nuclear program, U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State Christopher Hill said on Thursday. Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR20061
02600107_pf.html>
South Korea Enforces Sanctions on North South Korea made its first concrete
move Thursday to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed on North Korea for its nuclear
test, saying it will ban officials from the communist country who fall under a
U.N. travel restriction and control financial transactions between the rivals.
AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Koreas-Nuclear.html?pagewanted
=print>
N.Korea might have plutonium for seven bombs: Seoul North Korea might have
extracted as much as 50 kg of plutonium and is working to miniaturise nuclear
devices to fit on ballistic missiles, a South Korean lawmaker said on Thursday,
quoting from a Defence Ministry report.
Reuters
<
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/10/27/worldupdates/2006
-10-26T161012Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-273770-1&sec=Worldupdates>
S. Korea confirms DPRK's nuclear test The South Korean government officially
confirmed yesterday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
conducted a nuclear test on Oct. 9. Xinhua
<
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/node20676/userobject1
ai2401476.html>
Reworked device a few months off, U.S. analysts say North Korean scientists
will only need a few months at most to correct technical problems connected with
the Oct. 9 test of the country's first nuclear device, U.S. analysts estimate.
Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20061026-102734-5998r.htm >
China, France "Seriously Concerned" About N.Korea China and France jointly
expressed ''serious concern'' on Thursday over the North Korean nuclear test
crisis, saying the row should be resolved through urgent diplomacy. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-korea-north-china-fr
ance.html?pagewanted=print>
Next UN head in China for talks UN Secretary General-elect Ban Ki-moon is
beginning a visit to China for talks thought to centre on the recent North
Korean nuclear test. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6088152.stm >
U.S. Military Option on N.Korea Opposed A majority of Americans do not
support U.S. military action to halt North Korea's nuclear weapons program,
according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Thursday. Reuters <
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2607525 >
U.S. Tries to Reassure India Over Nuclear Deal The United States has
reassured India it would try its best to get a landmark nuclear deal approved by
a ``lame duck'' session of Congress next month amid fears the agreement could be
slipping away. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-india-usa.ht
ml?pagewanted=print>
Russian-Kazakh Uranium Enrichment Center to Start Work Soon The head of the
Russian Federal Nuclear Power Agency Sergei Kiriyenko said on Thursday, Oct. 26,
that a joint Russian-Kazakh uranium enrichment center would soon start working.
The venture will mine its first of uranium in Kazakhstan in the first week of
December. MosNews <
http://www.mosnews.com/money/2006/10/26/uraniumcenter.shtml >
Opinion and Analysis
Deterring Kim Jong Il WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR20061
02601254_pf.html>
Silent Response to Nuclear Threat Korea Times <
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/200610/kt2006102517502454040.ht
m>
Rice gets a taste of tough love Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HJ27Dg01.html >
US sends the wrong messages to Iran Asia Times <
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HJ25Ak01.html >
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism VOA
<
http://www.voanews.com/english/PreventingNuclearTerrorism2006-10-25-voa
59.cfm>
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Posted: 20/12/2006 05:49 AM
30 October 2006
IAEA in the News
Iran Says Will Press on with Atomic Work Iran said on Sunday it would press
ahead with its nuclear research and development work after the country expanded
its capacity to enrich uranium, the part of Iran's atomic programme which most
worries the West. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-nuclear-iran-enrichment.html?pagew
anted=print>
Using a 2nd Network, Iran Raises Enrichment Ability Iran has begun to enrich
uranium in a second network of centrifuges, an Iranian local news agency
reported Friday, in defiance of a United Nations Security Council demand that it
halt its nuclear program. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/28/world/middleeast/28iran.html?pagewanted=p
rint> / WP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/27/AR200610270
1430_pf.html>
Bush condemns Iran nuclear move US President George W Bush says the
international community must "redouble" efforts to prevent Iran obtaining
nuclear weapons. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6092540.stm >
First meeting of Global anti-nuke initiative opens in Morocco The first
meeting within the framework of the Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear
Terrorism is opening in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Monday. Russian and US
Presidents Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush made a decision on the launch of
this initiative at their talks ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Strelnya
outside St. Petersburg in July. Itar-tass <
http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10935607&PageNum=0 >
Other Nuclear News
US general expects fresh NK test The commander of US forces in South Korea
says he expects North Korea to test a further nuclear device and more ballistic
missiles in the future. BBC <
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6097658.stm >
Reports: Seoul Eyes Suspected Nuke Site South Korean and U.S. officials are
trying to confirm whether recent movements at North Korea's suspected nuclear
testing site indicate the communist regime is planning another test explosion,
news reports said Saturday. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR200610280
0585_pf.html>
Nuclear test should prompt action on human rights in North Korea: experts
North Korea's defiant nuclear weapons test paves the way for UN Security Council
action to combat the country's perennial human rights and humanitarian problems,
an expert report says. AFP <
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/238328/1/.html >
Gingerly, South Korea Imposes First Sanction on North South Korea has taken a
first step toward imposing United Nations sanctions against North Korea for
conducting a nuclear test, banning visits by officials involved in the North's
nuclear weapons program. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/28/world/asia/28korea.html?pagewanted=print >
U.S. Seeks Australian Help with N.Korea Sanctions The United States will look
to close ally Australia to provide some military muscle to U.N.
sanctions against North Korea once details are worked out, U.S. Assistant
Secretary of State Christopher Hill said on Sunday. Reuters <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR200610290
0077_pf.html>
N. Korea Reportedly Fired 5 Missiles North Korea fired five short-range
missiles during training exercises last week, a South Korean newspaper reported
Monday. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-NKorea-Missiles.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
WMD intercept exercise set to begin in the Gulf War games designed to
intercept ships carrying weapons of mass destruction will take place for the
first time today in the Gulf opposite Iran. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b783e99a-67ba-11db-8ea5-0000779e2340.html >
Iran Criticizes U.S. - Led Nuke Exercise A naval training exercise led by the
U.S. and aimed at blocking smuggling of nuclear weapons began Sunday in the
Persian Gulf, the first of its kind since North Korea's atomic bomb test and the
renewed U.S. drive for sanctions against Iran's nuclear program. AP <
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR200610290
0182_pf.html>
Aust, Japan, US to meet on nukes AUSTRALIA, Japan and the United States will
hold a strategic dialogue in early January to affirm their solidarity in dealing
with the North Korean and Iranian nuclear crises, reports said today. Daily
Telegraph <
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,20664838-5001028,00.html >
Egypt to seek civil nuclear technology from China, Russia Following a 20-year
freeze, Egypt will turn to China and Russia for help in relaunching its civil
nuclear programme, officials said. AFP <
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/10/29/afx3128481.html >
Nuclear industry on rebound Nuclear power has staged a remarkable revival
over the last few years amid growing concerns about energy insecurity and global
warming. FT <
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-ft-nuclear30oct30,1,2795071.story >
?3.68 trillion: The price of failing to act on climate change Britons face
the prospect of a welter of new green taxes to tackle climate change, as the
most authoritative report on global warming warns it will cost the world up to
?3.68 trillion unless it is tackled within a decade. Observer <
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1934381,00.html >
Nuclear Reactor Shut Down in Russia An automatic safety system shut down a
reactor at a nuclear power plant near St. Petersburg Saturday after a short
circuit, the state-run company overseeing Russia's nuclear power plants said. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR200610280
0299_pf.html>
Opinion and Analysis
Iran sounds an awful lot like Iraq LATimes
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-op-sawyer29oct29,1,6412
558.story>
Is Attacking Iran a Viable Option? Global Research
<
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=BAI20061029
&articleId=3623>
Don't antagonize a potentially nuclear Iran Daily Star <
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=5&article_id=
76492>
Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/magazine/29islam.html?pagewanted=print >
What's to stop Kim now? Khaleej Times
<
http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2006/Oc
tober/opinion_October96.xml§ion=opinion&col=>
South Korea as Kim's ATM CSMonitor
<
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1030/p08s02-comv.html >
Turn North Korea Into a Human Rights Issue NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/opinion/30havel.html >
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Iran nuclear plans still a "serious concern": IAEA Iran has yet to satisfy
U.N. watchdogs that its nuclear program seeks only to produce electric power and
not bombs, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency told the General Assembly on
Monday. Reuters
<
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2
006-10-30T172102Z_01_N30386873_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-ELBARADEI.xml&WTmodL
oc=IntNewsHome_C2_worldNews-2>
Iran Warns of Response to Nuke Sanctions Iran's firebrand president warned on
Monday that his country would respond with an ''appropriate and firm response''
to any U.N. sanction over its nuclear program. AP
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR20061
03000365_pf.html> / Tehran Times
<
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=10/31/2006&Cat=2&Num=008 >
U.N. Chief Asks New Uses for Atom Energy U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei
urged the world's nations Monday to adopt a broad new plan for the use of atomic
energy to address mounting concerns about the further spread of sensitive
technology. AP <
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-UN-Nuclear-Threats.html?pagewante
d=print>
Other Nuclear News
China cited as N. Korea supplier China helped North Korea develop nuclear
weapons and in the past year increased its support to Pyongyang, rather than
pressing the regime to halt nuclear arms and missile activities, according to a
congressional report. Washington Times <
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061031-120304-2744r.htm >
Beijing to sign Asean nuclear arms treaty China yesterday announced that it
would sign a treaty establishing a "nuclear weapons free" zone in south-east
Asia, a largely symbolic move that signals its increasing willingness to forge
closer ties with regional nations. FT <
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/f4a6514e-6884-11db-90ac-0000779e2340.html >
China May Be Using Oil to Press North Korea China cut off oil exports to
North Korea in September during heightened tension over North Korea's nuclear
and missile programs, Chinese trade statistics show. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/world/asia/31korea.html?pagewanted=pr
int>
Bush opposes arming Japan, South Korea and Taiwan with nuclear weapons
President George W. Bush said Monday he would oppose helping Japan, South Korea
and Taiwan develop nuclear weapons to guard against any threat from a
nuclear-armed North Korea. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/30/america/NA_GEN_US_Bush_Asia_N
uclear.php>
Nuke arms may be legal but Japan will not go nuclear: spokesman Japan may be
allowed technically and legally to possess nuclear arms under its Constitution
as part of minimal necessary self-defense capability, but the government will
uphold its non-nuclear principles, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki
said Tuesday. Kyodo <
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/061031/kyodo/d8l3aui80.html >
Iran nuclear talks should continue, Putin tells Ahmadinejad Russian President
Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone
conversation on Monday that Moscow favored further talks on Iran's nuclear
program, the Kremlin said. Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/31/eng20061031_316744.html >
U.S. Seeks Guarantees Over Iran Nuclear Reactor The United States wants
guarantees that a Russian-built nuclear reactor in Iran will not advance a
weapons program but does not think differences over the issue will block a U.N.
sanctions resolution against Tehran, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.
Reuters
<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/30/AR20061
03000673_pf.html>
13 Nations Meet on Nuclear Containment The world's five leading nuclear
powers and eight other nations kicked off a new program Monday aimed at keeping
nuclear weapons beyond the reach of terrorists. AP <
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/31/ap/world/mainD8L3DM480.shtml >
Morocco Joins Global Anti - Nuclear Initiative Morocco on Monday became the
first Arab state to join a global initiative led by Russia and the United States
to combat nuclear terrorism, officials said. Reuters <
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-nuclear-initiative-m
orocco.html?pagewanted=print>
U.S.-Led Exercise in Persian Gulf Sets Sights on Deadliest Weapons More than
two dozen countries, including three gulf states, practiced intercepting and
searching vessels suspected of trafficking in unconventional weapons in major
military maneuvers on Monday that emphasized their coordination and willingness
to aggressively block the spread of arms. NYT <
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/world/middleeast/31gulf.html?pagewant
ed=print>
German Nuclear Waste to Go Back to Mother Russia by Air The state of Saxony
has applied for 200 kilos (440 pounds) of nuclear waste enriched by uranium to
be flown, instead of transported by train, from the former East Germany back to
Russia. Deutsche Welle <
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2219040,00.html >
EU chief backs nuclear energy to fight climate change Wider use of nuclear
energy must be considered among reforms of Europe's energy sector aimed at
cutting carbon emissions and fighting climate change, European Commission
President Jose Manuel Barroso said. AFP
<
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061030/sc_afp/euenvironmentenergy_0610301
75937&printer=1>
Nuclear energy must for India to meet energy requirements, says government
adviser Nuclear energy is the best option to meet India's growing energy needs,
a top official said Monday, noting that the country is dependent on oil and gas
imports and its coal supplies are limited. AP <
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/30/asia/AS_GEN_India_Nuclear_Ene
rgy.php>
Atomstroiexport named contractor for Bulgaria NPP The board of directors of
Bulgaria's National Electric Company on Monday named the Russian company
Atomstroiexport as a contractor for the construction of the Belene nuclear power
plant, the Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) said, citing NEK's official
website. Itar-tass <
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10938634&PageNum=0 >
Opinion and Analysis
Living with a nuclear North Korea ISN
<
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=16852 >
Gloomy prospects for nuclear non-proliferation Xinhua <
http://english.people.com.cn/200610/30/eng20061030_316503.html >
On Global Affairs: A Weapon of Mass Distraction Stanford Daily <
http://www.stanforddaily.com/article/2006/10/30/onGlobalAffairsAWeaponO
fMassDistraction>
How to cut and run LA Times
<
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-odom31oct31,1,7
826686.story>
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