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Russia, US begin data exchange under New START
The United States and Russia have begun exchanging information on their nuclear stockpiles under a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty,...
Toll rises as Japan battles nuclear, humanitarian crisis
Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis Friday as engineers worked to restore power to a stricken atomic plant while...
Crisis Continues at Crippled Japanese Nuclear Power Plants
Japan's military failed on Wednesday a first attempt to drop water from helicopters on one of the damaged reactors at...
Nuclear crisis deepens in disaster-struck Japan
Japanese crews grappling with the world's worst nuclear incident since Chernobyl temporarily pulled out Wednesday as radiation rose following feared...
Radiation Forces US 7th Fleet to Reposition Ships
The U.S. 7th Fleet has temporarily repositioned its ships and aircraft away from Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant after...
Most US, EU policy-makers may accept nuclear Iran
A majority of European and US policy-makers would prefer a nuclear-armed Iran over taking military action if diplomatic efforts failed,...
New blasts, fire escalate Japan’s nuke crisis
Japan's nuclear crisis escalated Tuesday as two more blasts and a fire rocked a quake-stricken atomic power plant, sending radiation...
Japan nuclear plant rocked by second blast
An explosion rocked an earthquake-hit nuclear plant Monday, as Japan struggled to avert a catastrophic reactor meltdown caused by a...
Libya has mustard gas, lacks delivery systems
Libya still has over 10 tonnes of mustard gas years after signing a treaty banning chemical weapons, but has destroyed...
Syria agrees to IAEA inspection of nuclear site
Syria has agreed to a vist by inspectors from the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency to a nuclear site for...
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