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Nuclear Submarine To Be Launched By India

The Financial Times | Varun Sood and James Lamont | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Indian Nuclear Power, News From India, Nuclear, India News, Nuclear Sub India, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Launch, Nuclear Sub, India, Nuclear Submarine, Nuclear Technology, World News

India is expected to launch a locally built nuclear-powered submarine later this month, making it one of only a handful of countries with the technolo...

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Russia: Not Ready for Obama

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nuclear, Strategic-Arms-Reduction-Treaty, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, Moscow-Russia, Czech Republic, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Amitai Etzioni

As President Obama heads to Russia, stove-piping is blocking what could be a major multifaceted deal. The main negotiations in preparation for the president's visit are taking place in tightly controlled compartments.

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In Iran, Upheaval in the Streets, But Nuclear Business as Usual

Bradley Burston | Posted 06.16.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Bomb, Bradley Burston, Nuclear, Un, Iaea, World News
Bradley Burston

Even if a recount should topple Ahmadinejad, Mousavi is firmly on record as supporting the nuclear program, and opposing changes aimed at barring Iran from using it to produce weaponry.

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The Dick Cheney Of Pakistan

Rani Singh | Posted 06.09.2009 | World

Read More: Gilani, Pakistan, Holbrooke, Bhutto, Obama, Nuclear, Security, Zardari, Karachi-Pakistan, Multan-Pakistan, World News
Rani Singh

Gilani's entry into politics was via the Muslim League during General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law in 1978 when he was inducted into the party's Central Working Committee.

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Nuke, Sessions, Guantanamo, Judge Sotomayor, Extremist, America, Israelis, Muslim, Assalaamu Alaykum, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Midotw, Sotomayor, Racism, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Christians, Quran, Jesus, Terrorist, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Judge, Mddotw, Sonia Sotomayor, Israel, Taliban, Respect, Christian, Egypt, Al Qaeda, President Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Speech, Fact, Cia, Jeff Sessions, Opinion, Obama, Iraq, Nuclear, Religious Tolerance, Friday Talking Points, Koran, Republican, Iran, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Islamic, Shah of Iran, Mohammed, Islam, Npt, Judiciary Committee, Nuclear Weapon, Palestinian, Palestine, Democracy, United States, Settlements, Moses, Jewish, Zakat, Womens Rights, Barack Hussein Obama, Chris Weigant, Cairo, Shah, Afghanistan, Stereotype. Terrorism, Obama Cairo Speech, Torture, Turkey, Ankara-Turkey, Jerusalem-Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, Indonesia, Lebanon, South Africa, World News
Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Kuwait, Nuclear, Indonesia, Somalia, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Russia, Taliban, Israel, Lebanon, Election, Palestinians, North Korea, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : Noisy North Korea Facts: North Korea performed a nuclear test last weekend which, according to various sei...

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Memo to Fareed Zakaria: It's Not Bibi Who's a Messianist but Ahamadinejad Who's Chasing Armageddon

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Bibi Netanyahu, Bible, Israel, Holocaust, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Hitler, Nuclear, Messiah, Amalek, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Remember that we Jews have learned the hard way that unthinkable evil can quickly become a reality; that those who call for Israel's destruction have to be taken seriously.

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Jughead is Real: The Truth About Lost's H-Bomb

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, United States, Lost Episodes, Nuclear, Cold War, Nuclear Weapons, Hydrogen-Bomb, Lost, World News
Joe Cirincione

We have been exceedingly lucky to get this far without an intentional or accidental use of nukes. So the next time you think about how crazy Lost is, just think about how insane our nuclear stockpiles are.

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Planning for Nuclear Terrorism as Well as the Flu

Arnold Bogis | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Natural Disasters, Dirty Bomb, Disaster Relief, Swine Flu Outbreak, Nuclear Disaster, Nuclear Weapons, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Disaster Preparedness, Pandemic, Nuclear, Outbreak, Nuclear Bomb, Politics News
Arnold Bogis

Local officials should not delude themselves into thinking that existing plans for responding to dirty bombs can be simply expanded to deal with nuclear terrorism.

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Pakistan Has Continually Lied on Nuke Issues

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

Read More: George Kennan, Pakistan, Paul Brannan, Science, David Albright, Nuclear, Security, International, Nukes, Containment, Media News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose If you do not read to the final words of today's NTTimes dispatch on the possibility of nuclear mischief by the surging Taliban in...

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Could the Taliban Get the Bomb Before Iran?

Bradley Burston | Posted 04.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Bomb, Pakistan, Taliban, Israel, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, U.S., Nuclear, Al Qaeda, Sinni, World News
Bradley Burston

Here in Israel, the specter of an atom-packing Taliban lends an unaccustomed measure of uncharted territory to the all-too-familiar domain of the unthinkable.

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Obama's Nuclear Realism

Christopher Chyba | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Obama Arms Control, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Nukes, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control, Nuclear, World News
Christopher Chyba

Nuclear weapons present us with a set of bad choices. Obama's choice -- to take nuclear arms control and nonproliferation seriously -- is the one most likely to lead to a secure future.

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Obama's Earth Day Energy Declaration: California May Be The Model He Says, But It's Not Enough

William Bradley | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Iowa, Greenhouse Gas, Jerry Brown, George W. Bush, Geopolitics, Renewable Energy, V. John White, Earth Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Nuclear, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Gray Davis, Green News
William Bradley

For those who think that it's too hard to build an economy without pursuing the old course on energy, Obama pointed to California, the world's seventh largest economy.

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Netanyahu and Threat of Bombing Iran -- The Bluff that Never Stops Giving?

Trita Parsi | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Preemptive War, Obama, Iran, Nuclear, Israel, Ahmadinejad, Netanyahu, Us-Iran, World News
Trita Parsi

In the case of Iran, Netanyahu's tough talk undermines the Obama administration's prospects for diplomacy

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Ten Things to Consider Before we Start Building Nuclear Plants in Illinois Again

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 03.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Wind Energy, Nuclear Decommissioning, James Throgmorton, Nuclear, Nuclear Moratorium, Energy Efficiency, Clinton, Yucca Mountain, Nuclear Power Plants, Illinois Commerce Commission, Renewanle Energy, Nuclear Power, Illinois, Byron, Lasalle, Zion, Braidwood, Green Energy, Green News
Jimmy Seidita

The 1987 moratorium on new nuclear plants in Illinois signaled that going nuclear was a huge mistake. It's made a mess of our electric system, our regulatory system, and worst of all, the state's economy.

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"The Nuclear Club"

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 03.10.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Program, Donald Rumsfield, World News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Consider the irony that the country making the most noise about Iran and North Korea's nuclear stockpile is the U.S., the one that has breached the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty more than any other.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, India, Warship, Chas Freeman, Freeman, Obama, Iran, Submarine, Nuclear, Brown, Sallai Meridor, Ukraine, Medvedev, Clinton, Gaza, Donors Conference, Billions, Sudan, Cricket, Hague, Washington, Guinea-Bissau, Palestinian National Authority, Assassination, Taliban, Aipac, China, Ambassador, Paksitan, Foreign Affairs, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...

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A Nuclear Iran? Just Suppose...

Lanny Davis | Posted 02.25.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Nucelar Weapons, Iran, Coverage of Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear, Israel, Nuclear Power, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Lanny Davis

Let's hope Iran's supreme leader and council take up Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton on their invitation to unclench Iranian fists and reach out to shake the American leaders' open hands.

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Evidence Based Policy: What the Energy Component of the Stimulus Package Needs - Not New Nukes!

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Economic Stimulus Package, Clean Coal, Alternative Energy, Nuclear Power, Green Technology, Economic Crisis, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Obama Economy, Green Energy, Stimulus, Green News
Gavin D. J. Harper

There are stacks of research that clearly demonstrate that for a given unit of energy sourced from renewables more jobs are created -- often by several orders of magnitude.

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Can Khatami Make a Comeback?

Trita Parsi | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Us-Iran, Nuclear, Khatami, Iran, World News
Trita Parsi

With Khatami officially in the race, the Iranian presidential campaigns will begin in earnest. Never before has an incumbent Iranian president faced such a serious challenge.

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Russia Abandons Plans For Nuclear-Capable Missiles In Move To Improve Relations With US

The Guardian | Luke Harding | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Kaliningrad, Missiles, Barack Obama, Central Europe, Russia, The Kremlin, Moscow, Nuclear, Dmitry Medvedev, World News

Russia today announced it was abandoning plans to deploy nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in its European Kaliningrad outpost - a sign that Moscow wa...

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Memo to Obama: America's Gift

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Nuclear, National Security, Nuclear Weapons, President Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Sustainability, Politics News
Jonathan Granoff

Nuclear weapons are more hazardous than anything they seek to solve. To use them against another nuclear state is suicidal, against a state without them is immoral, and they have no utility against terrorists.

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8 Dumb Things George W. Bush Said About The Environment

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Fossil Fuels, Fish, George W. Bush, Environment, Oil, Nuclear, President Bush, Pollution, Natural Gas, Green News

Well, it's just about time to say goodbye to George W. Bush, but before we do, we just have to look back at some of his more memorable quotes about th...

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Chu Warmly Received, Says Nuclear And Coal Are "Critical"

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 01.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Steven Chu Confirmation Hearing, Coal, Nuclear, Energy, Climate Change, Environment, Pollution, Energy Secretary, Obama's Cabinet, Green News

WASHINGTON — Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Chu promised Tuesday that if confirmed as energy secretary he will aggressively pursue policie...

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Sleeping On The Job At A Nuke Plant Costs You $65,000

AP | MARTHA RAFFAELE | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Sleeping Nuclear Plant Guards, Exelon Nuclear, Green News

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Federal regulators are proposing a $65,000 fine against the operator of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant where security guar...

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