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• US charges NKorea-Syria nuclear link

  - 2008-04-24

  WASHINGTON AFP — The White House and the CIA told key lawmakers in secret Thursday that North Korea helped Syria build a nuclear reactor at a site destroyed by an Israeli raid in September, officials said. Washington also took its case to the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic...

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• Iran envoy's nuclear talks postponed: official media

  - 2008-04-13

  TEHRAN AFP — A planned trip by the head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation for talks with the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, has been postponed, the official IRNA news agency said on Sunday. Gholam Reza Aghazadeh had been due to travel to the International...

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• Gulf states to finalise nuclear plan studies in 18 months

  - 2008-01-29

  DOHA AFP — The pro-Western Gulf Arab states expect to finalise studies on a proposed civil nuclear programme within 18 months and start cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog from March, a Gulf official said on Tuesday. "I expect the required studies to be completed within 18 months," Ahmad...

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• Groups lobby for restrictions on US-India nuclear deal

  - 2008-01-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — Some 130 nuclear experts and non-governmental groups have sent letters to governments to a bid to lobby for curbs on a controversial US nuclear deal with India, officials said Wednesday. The letter was addressed to about 50 governments ahead of meetings to scrutinize the deal by...

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• US nuclear deals with North Korea, India in limbo

  - 2008-01-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — US deals to end North Korea's nuclear weapons drive and to bring India into the loop of global atomic commerce are in a limbo amid doubts they can be wrapped up before President George W. Bush leaves office in a year. The deal with North Korea...

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• Force is last resort in Iranian crisis: nuclear chief

  - 2007-09-17

  VIENNA AFP — UN atomic energy chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday that force should not be used yet to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis, dismissing talk of war as "a lot of hype". "We need always to remember that use of force could only be resorted to when ......

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• Iran nuclear negotiators heading to Russia for talks: diplomat

  - 2007-07-24

  VIENNA AFP — Iranian nuclear negotiators were heading for Moscow Tuesday for further talks on the crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions after setting a date with UN nuclear experts for crucial inspections in Iran, diplomats told AFP. Iranian negotiators Javad Vaeidi and Mohammad Saeedi were "flying from Vienna to...

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• Iran and IAEA to hold talks

  - 2007-07-23

  VIENNA AFP — Iran will hold talks with the UN atomic watchdog Tuesday in Vienna over its nuclear programme, Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA said Monday. "The meeting will be held tomorrow at 10:00 am (0800 GMT) at the IAEA in Vienna," Iranian Ambassador Ali...

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• UN agency confirms NKorea reactor shutdown

  - 2007-07-14

  SEOUL AFP — The UN's nuclear watchdog confirmed Monday that North Korea has shut the reactor which produces bomb-making plutonium but the chief US negotiator forecast problems in persuading Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions. "Our inspectors are there. They verified the shutting down of the reactor yesterday," International...

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• US prefers nuclear talks after NKorean key reactor shutdown

  - 2007-07-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Monday that it preferred six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program to resume after the reclusive state shut down its key atomic reactor under UN supervision. "I think ideally what everybody would like to see is an envoys' level...

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