http://www.mail.com/subjects/24234-nuclear-proliferation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24234-nuclear-proliferation.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076332-nkorea-nuke-arsenal-matter-when.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For 20 years, fears about North Korea's headlong pursuit of nuclear bombs have been deflected by admonishments not to overestimate an impoverished dictatorship prone to bragging and tantrums. Not anymore. After three nuclear tests of apparently increasing power and a long-range rocket launch that puts it a big step closer to havi... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076332-nkorea-nuke-arsenal-matter-when.html 2013-05-10T15:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042692-us-skorea-extend-nuclear-agreement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea are extending for two years their current civilian nuclear agreement and postponing a contentious decision on whether Seoul will be allowed to reprocess spent fuel as it seeks to expand its atomic energy industry. Wednesday's announcement is a setback to South Korea's new leader, Park Geun-hye, who had made revis... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:15:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2042692-us-skorea-extend-nuclear-agreement.html 2013-04-24T21:15:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033698-iran-will-remain-loyal-to-nuclear-treaty.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign ministry says the country is a committed signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and will continue cooperating with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. Five major powers on Friday labeled Iran and North Korea as "serious challenges" to the world's nuclear security, saying they have defied U.N. sanctions. They cit... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:35:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033698-iran-will-remain-loyal-to-nuclear-treaty.html 2013-04-20T17:35:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020660-sen-lugar-to-knighted-british.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Richard Lugar is being knighted on orders from the Queen of England, joining a select list of Americans to receive the distinction. The Indiana Republican, who this year left the Senate after serving 36 years, will receive the rank of honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a ceremon... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:16:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2020660-sen-lugar-to-knighted-british.html 2013-04-15T16:16:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018436-us-talks-up-diplomacy-nkorea-takes-hard.html TOKYO (AP) — The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored past agreements, even as it rejected South Korea's latest offer of dialogue as a "crafty trick." U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Tokyo that North Korea would find "ready partn... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:29:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018436-us-talks-up-diplomacy-nkorea-takes-hard.html 2013-04-15T05:29:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017520-kerry-us-china-pledge-to-work-together-nkorea.html BEIJING (AP) — U.S. and Chinese leaders said Saturday that their countries are committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. "We are determined to make that goal a reality," U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said after talks with Chinese officials and before having dinner with China's foreign policy chief, Yang Jiechi. "C... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:08:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2017520-kerry-us-china-pledge-to-work-together-nkorea.html 2013-04-13T13:08:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013746-kerry-heads-to-east-asia-seeks-help-nkorea.html LONDON (AP) — John Kerry had been secretary of state for little more than a week when North Korea tested a nuclear bomb. He gathered top aides together for a morning meeting and asked for ideas, prompting a conversation about how to get China to join the United States in putting pressure on Pyongyang, according to a senior administration official who was ... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:59:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2013746-kerry-heads-to-east-asia-seeks-help-nkorea.html 2013-04-11T17:59:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004860-japan-increasingly-nervous-north-korea-nukes.html TOKYO (AP) — It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: It has never demonstrated the capability to deploy a missile that could reach the Pacific island of Guam, let alone the mainland U.S. But what about Japan? Though it remains a highly unlikely scenario, Japanese officials have lon... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:50:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004860-japan-increasingly-nervous-north-korea-nukes.html 2013-04-09T02:50:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979542-nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea.html ULSAN, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country's radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution — reprocessing the spent fuel so it can be used again — faces stiff opposition from its U.S. ally. South Korea... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:25:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979542-nuclear-waste-growing-headache-skorea.html 2013-03-26T10:25:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937328-north-korea-hit-un-sanctions-test.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council responded swiftly to North Korea's latest nuclear test by punishing the reclusive regime Thursday with tough, new sanctions targeting its economy and leadership, despite Pyongyang's threat of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the United States. The penalties came in a unanimous resolution drafted by the U.S. a... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:37:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937328-north-korea-hit-un-sanctions-test.html 2013-03-08T04:37:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1887476-un-security-council-condemns-north-korea-nuke-test.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A united U.N. Security Council strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test and pledged further action Tuesday, calling Pyongyang's latest defiant act "a clear threat to international peace and security." All 15 council members, including North Korea's closest ally China, approved the press statement hours after the latest undergrou... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1887476-un-security-council-condemns-north-korea-nuke-test.html 2013-02-12T20:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1885484-iran-allow-un-team-to-visit-key-military-site.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday raised prospects that Tehran may allow inspectors from the U.N. nuclear agency to visit a military site where the country is suspected of conducting nuclear-related experiments. A ministry spokesman said the upcoming talks with a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency could lead to a v... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1885484-iran-allow-un-team-to-visit-key-military-site.html 2013-02-12T12:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1886014-china-calls-nkorean-ambassador-nuke-test.html BEIJING (AP) — China's foreign minister called North Korea's ambassador in for a dressing-down Tuesday and demanded his country's cease making further threats, in a show of Beijing's displeasure over its earstwhile ally's latest nuclear test. Yang Jiechi delivered a "stern representation" to Ji Jae Ryong and expressed China's "strong dissatisfaction and f... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1886014-china-calls-nkorean-ambassador-nuke-test.html 2013-02-12T11:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854050-hagel-supports-nuclear-arms-cuts-then-elimination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Chuck Hagel, the likely next secretary of defense, would be the first to enter the Pentagon having publicly advocated for sharply reducing the number of U.S. nuclear weapons, possibly without equivalent cuts by Russia. He supports an international movement called Global Zero that favors eliminating all nuclear weapons. That puts him outs... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1854050-hagel-supports-nuclear-arms-cuts-then-elimination.html 2013-01-29T23:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754262-ap-exclusive-georgia-details-nuke-investigations.html BATUMI, Georgia (AP) — On the gritty side of this casino resort town near the Turkish border, three men in a hotel suite gathered in secret to talk about a deal for radioactive material. The Georgian seller offered cesium, a byproduct of nuclear reactors that terrorists can use to arm a dirty bomb with the power to kill. But one of the Turkish men, wearin... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1754262-ap-exclusive-georgia-details-nuke-investigations.html 2012-12-10T04:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741436-un-calls-israel-to-open-nuclear-facilities.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and backing a high-level conference to ban nuclear weapons from the Middle East which was just canceled. All the Arab nations and Iran had planned to attend the conference in mid-December in Helsinki... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1741436-un-calls-israel-to-open-nuclear-facilities.html 2012-12-04T05:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1715854-myanmar-its-ready-to-sign-nuclear-agreement.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Little noticed in the warm glow of President Barack Obama's landmark visit to Myanmar was a significant concession that could shed light on whether that nation's powerful military pursued a clandestine nuclear weapons program, possibly with North Korea's help. Myanmar announced it would sign an international agreement that would require ... 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