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Taiwan's Chen promises not to develop nukes
Agence France-Presse, TAIPEI: Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Monday pledged that his government would not develop nuclear weapons, but said...
Iran sanctions rattle 2008 White House hopefuls
Agence France-Presse, WASHINGTON: New US sanctions on Iran Thursday sent shockwaves through the 2008 White House race, in which Tehran's...
Satellite images show possible Syrian nuclear site
Agence France-Presse, Washington: A US think tank Wednesday made public satellite images of a site in Syria that bore similarities...
NKorea to beat nuclear disablement deadline: official
Agence France-Presse, SEOUL: North Korea is likely to disable its plutonium-producing nuclear reactor well before the year-end deadline set under...
NKorea envoy in Syria amid nuclear talk
Agence France-Presse, DAMASCUS: A top North Korean official held talks in Syria on Sunday, amid reports -- strongly denied by...
Friction between EU, Egypt over nuclear-free Middle East
Agence France-Presse, Vienna: The refusal by most EU countries to back Egypt's call for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle...
US to begin disabling NKorean nuclear program in three weeks
Agence France-Presse, WASHINGTON: US experts are to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear weapons arsenal in about three weeks, the State...
U.S. Says No Missile Defense Review If Iran Drops Nuclear Program
Agence France-Presse, The United States said Oct. 18 it would not review plans for a missile defense system in Europe...
Anti-Satellite Test Shows US Weaknesses
Agence France-Presse, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Oct. 17 said a Chinese anti-satellite test earlier this year exposed U.S. vulnerabilities...
Syria denies existence of nuclear site
Agence France-Presse, Damascus: Syria denied on Wednesday media reports suggesting that its UN envoy had said a nuclear site was...
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