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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Speculation grows over Syria site

World | By Borzou Daragahi | November 20, 2008
An investigation into a remote Syrian site bombed by Israel 14 months ago has provided no conclusive answers so far, but sparked speculation about the source of trace amounts of radioactive material found at the site. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Gates’ nuclear warning

National | By Julian E. Barnes | October 29, 2008
Unless the United States modernizes its inventory of nuclear weapons and develops a replacement warhead, the atomic arsenal’s long-term safety and reliability will deteriorate, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Tuesday. Read more
 

Monday, October 13, 2008

N. Korea to resume dismantling

World | By Barbara Demick | October 13, 2008
North Korea said Sunday that it was resuming the dismantlement of its nuclear program in response to President Bush’s decision to remove it from a list of nations that sponsor terrorism. Read more
 

Friday, October 10, 2008

U.S. may take N. Korea off the terrorism list

World | By Glenn Kessler | October 10, 2008
The Bush administration appears poised to provisionally remove North Korea from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism, perhaps as soon as Saturday, sources close to the administration said. Read more
 

Thursday, September 4, 2008

N. Korea makes nuclear moves

World | By Barbara Demick | September 4, 2008
In a challenge to the Bush administration, North Korea is taking the first steps toward putting back together the nuclear reactor it was dismantling as part of a now-tattered agreement to denuclearize. Read more
 

Thursday, August 7, 2008

U.S., Russia send mixed message on Iran

World | August 7, 2008
The United States and Britain said major powers agreed Wednesday to consider more U.N. sanctions against Iran after Tehran failed to freeze its nuclear activities, but Russia said there was no firm deal. Read more
 

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Iran may face more sanctions

World | August 6, 2008
Iran delivered a letter to world powers Tuesday but gave no concrete reply to a demand that it freeze its nuclear activity, a defiant step that the United States has warned could lead to more sanctions. Read more
 

Thursday, July 17, 2008

U.S. plan to meet with Iran heightens debate

World | By Paul Richter | July 17, 2008
The Bush administration’s decision to abandon a long-held policy and meet with a top Iranian official on Tehran’s nuclear program has intensified the political debate in Washington about how best to deal with America’s adversaries. Read more
 

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

U.S. not close to ending missile threat to aircraft

World | By Paul Richter | July 9, 2008
A State Department envoy assigned to reduce the worldwide supply of shoulder-fired missiles said Tuesday that missiles traded on the black market remain a potential threat to civilian aircraft. Read more
 

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Risk to U.S. troops seen if Israel hits Iran

World | By Peter Spiegel | July 3, 2008
The U.S. military’s top officer warned Wednesday that an Israeli airstrike against Iran would make the Middle East more unstable and could add to the stress on overworked American forces in the region. Read more
 

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Iran nuclear output rising, leader says

World | By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim | April 9, 2008
Ignoring international condemnation, Iran announced Tuesday that it has begun to dramatically increase its capacity to produce enriched uranium and is adding newly developed high-speed centrifuges, which can be used to produce atomic material either for electricity or a nuclear bomb. Read more
 

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Sadr rejects order to disarm

World | By Tina Susman | March 30, 2008
- Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr on Saturday rejected Iraqi government orders for his supporters to disarm, and a round-the-clock curfew in the capital was extended indefinitely as the bloody standoff between Shiite militiamen and Iraqi and U.S. forces showed no signs of abating. Read more
 

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Cheney disputes Iran nuclear goal

World | By Borzou Daragahi | March 26, 2008
Vice President Dick Cheney charged in an interview released Tuesday that Iran is trying to develop weapons-grade uranium, though international inspectors and U.S. intelligence services have not found evidence of such an effort. Read more
 

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

U.N. adds new set of Iran sanctions

World | March 4, 2008
The U.N. Security Council on Monday imposed a third round of sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, even though some members acknowledged that more penalties were unlikely to change Tehran’s mind. Read more
 

Saturday, January 5, 2008

N. Korea says it has met nuclear criteria

World | January 5, 2008
American and North Korean officials traded charges Friday over the lagging effort to shut down Pyongyang’s nuclear program, raising new doubts about an initiative that the Bush administration has hoped would yield a rare diplomatic success. Read more
 

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

N. Korea misses nuclear deadline

World | January 1, 2008
North Korea blew an important year-end deadline to report details of its nuclear program, a worrying sign that dictator Kim Jong Il is once again stalling on his promises of denuclearization. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Russian nuclear fuel sent to Iran

World | By Megan K. Stack and Borzou Daragahi | December 18, 2007
After years of delay, Russia announced Monday that it had delivered its first shipment of nuclear fuel to a reactor in southern Iran, a move Washington had long tried to delay to pressure Tehran not to pursue its own enrichment program. Read more
 

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Iranian leader tempers anti-U.S. rhetoric

World | By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim | December 12, 2007
In his first formal news conference since a U.S. intelligence report last week undercut claims that Iran was secretly developing nuclear weapons, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck an unusually mild tone Tuesday, calling for dialogue with Washington and forgoing his usual anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Mullen assures ally on Iran

World | By Peter Spiegel | December 11, 2007
The top U.S. military officer attempted to reassure Israeli defense leaders Monday that the United States still views Iran as a serious threat to the Jewish state, even as the Israelis disagree with an American intelligence finding that Tehran ceased its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Read more
 

Friday, December 7, 2007

Washington doves find fault with Iran report too

World | By Paul Richter | December 7, 2007
The new U.S. intelligence report that says Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 is suddenly raising concerns among the political center and left, as well as conservatives who have long called for a hard line against the Islamic Republic. Read more
 
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