‘Peace accord with Palestinians more urgent for Israel than Iran attack’
September 11th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 10 (IANS) A former head of Israeli military intelligence said Monday it would be dangerous to attack Iranian nuclear facilities without US backing in the near future.Amos Yadlin ... Read more...
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Israeli PM seeks world to set ‘red line’ for Iran
September 3rd, 2012 - 5:50 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 3 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for setting "clear red lines" for Iran to curb its nuclear plan."The international community is not putting down a ... Read more...
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Amidst political unrest in Russia, Manmohan to meet Medvedev, Putin
December 14th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Amidst political unrest over alleged rigging in the elections to the Russian Duma, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Moscow Thursday on a three-day ... Read more...
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Malaysia ‘not rushing to go nuclear’, says Najib
April 1st, 2011 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, April 1 (IANS) Malaysia Friday said it was putting on hold its plans to seek nuclear power, announced barely three months ago, in view of the nuclear fallout ... Read more...
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Iran has no capacity to produce enriched uranium: US
February 12th, 2010 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) The US administration doesn't believe Iran has the capacity to produce high-grade uranium with a purity of 20 percent, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
"We do not ... Read more...
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Nuclear power in Italy will involve 350 companies
January 21st, 2010 - 10:27 am ICT by IANS
Rome, Jan 21 (IANS/AKI) Nuclear energy production in Italy will need a 30-billion euro investment now, more than two decades after the country mothballed its reactors, according to the head of the ... Read more...
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Doomsday Clock Going To Be Updated This Week
January 13th, 2010 - 7:06 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Jan 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The famous Doomsday Clock is going to be updated this week, as per the latest news. This is the first time that anybody with access to ... 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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Iran’s new uranium enrichment plant to be operational soon: Report
September 26th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 26 (Xinhua) Iran's new nuclear fuel enrichment plant will be operational soon, head of the office of Iran's supreme leader Mohammad Mohammadi-Golpayegani said Saturday, according to a media report.
"This ... Read more...
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Iran ‘fundamentally’ opposes nuclear weapons: Khamenei
September 21st, 2009 - 3:41 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 21 (Xinhua) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Sunday rejected the West's charge that his country wants to develop nuclear bombs, saying Tehran is "fundamentally" opposed to such weapons.
"Accusing the ... Read more...
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UN chief urges Iran, North Korea to cooperate
May 5th, 2009 - 4:07 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 5 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Iran and North Korea Monday to respond to demands to resolve international disputes over their nuclear activities, in particular ... Read more...
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Iran has new proposals for global peace: Ahmadinejad
April 15th, 2009 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, April 15 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday said Tehran would offer a new set of proposals to "secure global peace and justice", IRNA reported.
"The proposals will focus on ... Read more...
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Iran keeping nuclear weapons option open, says US
March 11th, 2009 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 11 (Xinhua) Iran is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons, the US director of national intelligence said Tuesday.
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Dennis Blair ... Read more...
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Iran has enough material to make nuclear bomb: US officer
March 2nd, 2009 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (Xinhua) Iran has enough material to build a nuclear bomb, said US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen Sunday.
"We think they do, quite frankly," Mullen ... Read more...
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Iran continues uranium enrichment: UN agency
November 20th, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Nov 20 (IANS) Iran is continuing with its uranium enrichment activities and has set up 6,000 centrifuges, the UN nuclear watchdog has said in a report. Director General of International Atomic ... Read more...
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Senior US official to attend talks over Iran’s nuclear plan
July 16th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Washington, July 16 (Xinhua) A senior US official will attend the meeting this weekend between European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran's chief negotiator Saeed Jalili over Tehran's nuclear programme. ... Read more...
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Iran says it won’t bow to western threats
May 5th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by admin
Tehran, May 5 (IANS) Iran has said it would not give in to the West's economic sanctions and would chart its own path to development, IRNA reported Monday. "We will continue on ... Read more...
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