North Korea ends missile-test moratorium, raising nuclear stakes
AFP, SEOUL: North Korea ended a self-imposed moratorium on testing long-range missiles and said "hostile" US policy was forcing it to develop its nuclear...
Top uranium producer Niger ratifies anti-nukes protocol
AFP, NIAMEY: Niger, the world's third producer of uranium, announced Thursday that it had ratified the anti-nuclear proliferation protocol of the International Atomic Energy...
Rumsfeld asks for restoration of nuclear 'bunker buster' program
AFP, WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has asked for restoration of a supersecret research program designed to create a new class of nuclear...
CIA correcting prewar Iraq WMD assessments with retrospective reports
, WASHINGTON: The CIA has begun a series of classified retrospective reports rectifying prewar assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs that turned...
Pakistan pressing Iran to compromise on nuclear dispute
AFP, DAVOS, Switzerland: Pakistan is exerting behind the scenes pressure on Iran to compromise in its acrimonious dispute with Europe and the United States...
