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U.S. State Department nuclear envoy Sung Kim (R) and his delegation are escorted by a U.S. soldier after returning from North Korea at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, 42 km (26 miles) northwest of Seoul, May 10, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

U.S. says North Korea documents date back to 1986

Reuters - Saturday, May 10 11:16 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday documents handed over by North Korea detailed its weapons-grade plutonium programme as far back as 1986 and were an "important first step" in getting a full declaration of the North's nuclear activities. More »

  • U.S. State Department nuclear envoy Sung Kim (R) and his delegation are escorted by a U.S. soldier after returning from North Korea at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, 42 km (26 miles) northwest of Seoul, May 10, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

    U.S. says North Korea plutonium documents date back to 1986

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10 05:52 am

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday documents handed over by North Korea detailed its weapons-grade plutonium program as far back as 1986 and were an "important first step" in getting a full declaration of the North's nuclear activities. More »

  • U.S. State Department nuclear envoy Sung Kim (R) and his delegation are escorted by a U.S. soldier after returning from North Korea at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, 42 km (26 miles) northwest of Seoul, May 10, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

    U.S. envoy takes nuclear documents out of North Korea

    Reuters - Saturday, May 10 04:33 am

    PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) - A U.S. nuclear envoy returned from North Korea on Saturday, shuttling boxes of documents detailing Pyongyang's production of arms-grade plutonium across the Cold War border dividing the two Koreas. More »

  • EDF says bought land for new nuclear

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 06:13 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - French utility EDF has bought land next to two nuclear power plants in Britain in the hope that it can build new reactors at the sites, the company said on Friday. More »

  • Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waits for the start of a meeting with officials from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Tehran May 7, 2008. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

    Powers say atom control treaty at risk and cite Iran

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:53 am

    GENEVA (Reuters) - The five major nuclear-armed powers said on Friday the Non-Proliferation Treaty was under threat and cited Iran's uranium enrichment campaign in a rare joint call for action to shore up the NPT. More »

  • Military vehicles drive down Tverskaya Street in central Moscow during a Victory Day military parade May 9, 2008. Warplanes screamed over Red Square and missile launchers rumbled past ranks of soldiers on Friday when Russia celebrated victory over Nazi Germany with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    Tanks back in Red Square for Russia victory parade

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:45 am

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev warned on Friday against "irresponsible ambitions" that lead to war as tanks and missile launchers rumbled over Red Square in a show of Russian fire-power not seen since the fall of the Soviet Union. More »

  • Former Russian President Vladimir Putin walks behind his sucessor Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow

    Nuclear missiles parade across Red Square

    AFP - Friday, May 9 08:52 am

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Nuclear missiles and tanks were to parade Friday across Red Square for the first time since the Soviet era in a World War II victory celebration highlighting Russia's assertiveness under newly inaugurated President Dmitry Medvedev. More »

  • A general view of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, about 755 miles south of Tehran, Iran February 26, 2006. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi

    Russia joins U.N. economic sanctions on Iran

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 12:15 pm

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has signed into law United Nations economic sanctions that world powers agreed to in March, according to a presidential decree published by the Kremlin on Thursday. More »

  • Putin vows more cash for Russia's nuclear defences

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 11:50 am

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - New Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised on Thursday to pay higher wages to members of the nuclear and air defence forces -- the pillars of national security -- and to create a special fund to finance it. More »

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