Iran to get full control of Bushehr in December
September 5th, 2012 - 5:16 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran will be on its own with its first nuclear power plant after Russia officially hands Bushehr over at the end of December, a Russian ... Read more...
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Iranian first n-plant running at ‘full capacity’
September 1st, 2012 - 10:19 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti)Iran's first nuclear power station has begun operating at full capacity, a Russian firm said Friday.The plant's launch in August 2010 prompted Israel and other nations ... Read more...
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Acting in English movies tough for Cruz
August 14th, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 14 (IANS) Spanish actress Penelope Cruz finds acting in English movies difficult because she has to constantly think about dialogues."There is a part of your brain that has ... Read more...
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki bomb victims remembered
August 6th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) Over 3,500 college students from all over Mumbai took a pledge here Monday to work for peace and a nuclear-free world to commemorate the 67th anniversary ... Read more...
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US has no answer to Iran issue: Historian Allan Lichtman
May 23rd, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Observing that America cannot afford a war against Iran, American historian and author Allan J. Lichtman said the US had no answer to the oil ... Read more...
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EU condemns attacks on Israeli diplomats
February 14th, 2012 - 6:30 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Feb 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Union has condemned the bomb attacks on Israeli diplomats' cars in India and Georgia.On Monday, a bomb blast in New Delhi set an ... Read more...
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TV series about KGB spies to be screened in US
December 18th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A period drama inspired by the true story of a US couple who were executed for espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union is being ... Read more...
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Iran working on atomic bomb: IAEA
November 9th, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 9 (IANS) United Nations weapons inspectors have suggested that Iran "carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device" and that the project may ... Read more...
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Gaddafi could use biological, chemical weapons on his own people: Western experts
March 2nd, 2011 - 9:42 am ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 2 (ANI): A growing number of Western military and intelligence experts fear that Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi could use biological and chemical weapons on his own people to end ... Read more...
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Oil, water helped US win World War II: Study
February 16th, 2011 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 16 (ANI): In World War II, the US had two major strategic advantages over the Axis - oil and water, according to a new study.Although other factors played major roles ... Read more...
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Furious Japan slams BBC over jokes about survivor of A-bombs
January 23rd, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 23 (ANI): The Japanese Embassy in London blasted BBC after an episode of its comedy quiz show QI made joke about a survivor of the atomic bomb attacks in the ... Read more...
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Japan protests BBC jokes about atomic bomb survivor
January 22nd, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 22 (IANS) The BBC has been caught in a diplomatic row after Japan protested about a comedy quiz show of the broadcaster which has been accused of insulting a survivor ... Read more...
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Swiss engineers may be charged with smuggling N-technology to AQ Khan ring in Pak
December 24th, 2010 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24 (ANI): A Swiss magistrate has called for the prosecution of three Swiss engineers suspected of smuggling nuclear weapons technology to scientist Dr A.Q. Khan's network in Pakistan.Swiss federal magistrate ... Read more...
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N. Korea, Iran trolling Canada for components to build nuke bomb, says expert
November 1st, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa, Nov 1 (ANI): The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Dick Fadden, has expressed his concern saying that North Korea and Iran are trolling Canada for components to build an ... Read more...
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Nuclear bomb shelter put on sale
October 22nd, 2010 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 22 (IANS) A privately-owned bomb shelter in Britain capable of withstanding a blast 80 times that of the atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima has been put on sale, a media ... Read more...
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Japanese foreign minister Katsuya Okada apologizes to US POWs
September 14th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Japanese government has apologized to a group of former prisoner of wars (POW) from the United States that honored the Japanese government's invitation to visit ... Read more...
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Iran rejects IAEA report as politically motivated
September 7th, 2010 - 6:38 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 7 (DPA) Iran rejected Monday's report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as politically motivated and partial, ISNA news agency reported.
"The IAEA should be more careful and not deviate ... Read more...
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Moldova authorities intercept a 2kg consignment of Uranium-238
August 25th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Moldova, Aug 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Authorities in Moldova have intercepted a consignment of two kilograms of Uranium-238 radioactive that authorities say could be used to make atomic bombs.Authorities say they ... Read more...
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Internet most dangerous thing since atom bomb: John Cougar Mellencamp
August 19th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Aug 19 (ANI): Rock singer songwriter John Cougar Mellencamp has said that iPods render music "unrecognisable".Mellencamp, 58, who attended a seminar at the Grammy Museum in the US, lashed out all ... Read more...
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Hiroshima marks 65th anniversary of atomic bombing (Lead)
August 6th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Aug 6 (DPA) The Hiroshima Bell of Peace tolled at 8.15 a.m. Friday, the exact moment 65 years ago when a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the city, ... Read more...
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Hiroshima observes 65th anniversary of atomic bombing
August 6th, 2010 - 7:35 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Aug 6 (DPA) The Hiroshima Bell of Peace tolled at 8.15 a.m. Friday, the exact moment 65 years ago when a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the city, ... Read more...
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60 Minutes Reported Break In At High Grade Uranium Facility, Pelindaba, Which Could Have Been Used For Making Assault Weapons
June 21st, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Breaking in at the Pelindaba nuclear facility more than eighteen months ago is the stuff that makes us break into cold sweat. The facility ... Read more...
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EU leaders vow to target Iran with extra sanctions
June 17th, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, June 17 (DPA) European Union leaders endorsed a call to slap extra sanctions on Iran, adding to those decided upon last week at the UN Security Council, diplomats said at a ... Read more...
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EU reaches deal on extra Iran sanctions, says Germany
June 15th, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Luxembourg, June 14 (DPA) The European Union has reached a deal on a package of sanctions against Iran on top of those decided last week by the United Nations Security Council, German ... Read more...
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UN asks Iran to erase doubts over its nuclear activities
May 3rd, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 3 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon challenged Iran Monday to provide proof that its advanced nuclear programmes are for peaceful purposes.
"I encourage the president of Iran to engage ... Read more...
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Jindal declares emergency as Louisiana oil slick set to be ‘worse than Exxon Valdez’
April 30th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Apr 30(ANI): Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency after oil spilling from America's Deepwater Horizon rig is threatening to dwarf the 1989 Exxon ... Read more...
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Iran plans to hold talks over uranium exchange deal
April 19th, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 18 (DPA) Iran plans to hold talks with United Nations Security Council member states over a planned uranium exchange deal, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday.
"We plan to hold ... Read more...
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A.Q. Khan offered Saddam nuclear ‘package’ deal: Post
March 10th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) An agent linked to disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan had offered Saddam Hussein a $150 million nuclear "package" deal guaranteeing Iraq a weapons-assembly line capable of producing ... Read more...
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Catastrophic event halted birth of stars, say Durham researchers
March 10th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.10 (ANI): Scientists at Durham University's Department of Physics have found evidence of a catastrophic event that they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in ... Read more...
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Asteroid killed off the dinos, concludes international scientific panel
March 5th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 5 (ANI): A panel of 41 international experts has determined that the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth 65 million ... Read more...
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Space rock, “faster than a speeding bullet”, killed off dinos
March 4th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 4 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a giant asteroid "faster than a speeding bullet" wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.According to a report in the Express, ... Read more...
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Iran could start uranium enrichment alone: Ahmadinejad
February 8th, 2010 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 8 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that his country would soon start enriching uranium to 20 percent on its own if world powers "continue playing games" with the Islamic ... Read more...
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Canadian governor general sobs on TV over Haiti quake
January 14th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 14 (IANS) Canadians saw sombre scenes on their televisions Wednesday when their Governor General Michaelle Jean broke down during a press conference on the situation in her native Haiti, which ... Read more...
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‘Pakistan may have helped North Korea build nuclear bomb’
December 28th, 2009 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS) Pakistan may helped North Korea find a second way to build nuclear weapons as early as the 1990s, the Washington Post reported Monday citing a previously ... Read more...
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Brazil rules out devoloping atomic bomb
December 27th, 2009 - 8:48 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Dec 27 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim ruled out the construction of an atomic bomb in the South American country as a strategy for consolidating Brazil's leadership in the ... Read more...
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