South Korea will keep up its efforts to convince North Korea to engage in bilateral discussions on its nuclear weapons program in spite of Pyongyang's earlier rejection of the proposal, Kyodo News reported on Thursday (see GSN, June 29).
Archive for June, 2011
Iranian Radar System Goes Online
On June - 30 - 2011
A senior Iranian military officer on Wednesday said a radar system with the ability to search for threats from more than 680 miles away and 186 miles up -- into near-space -- has gone online, Press TV reported (see GSN (Read more...)
U.S. Backs India’s Exemption From Atomic Trade Rules
On June - 30 - 2011
The Obama administration's top envoy to India on Thursday said Washington backs the South Asian state's future exemption from rules that would otherwise preclude access to civilian nuclear imports because New Delhi has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Agence (Read more...)
Japan Seeks More Evacuations Over Nuclear Plant Radiation
On June - 30 - 2011
Japan on Thursday called for the evacuation of 113 additional residences where radiation is projected to exceed acceptable levels following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the Asahi Shimbun reported (see GSN, June 29).
Plant personnel (Read more...)
Status of Los Alamos Nuke Experiments Uncertain Amid Wildfire
On June - 30 - 2011
Los Alamos National Laboratory representatives said they may need days to better understand how the New Mexico site's closure due to a nearby wildfire has affected nuclear-weapon and other experiments taking place there, the Associated Press reported on Thursday (see (Read more...)
Uranium Trafficking Ring Foiled in Moldova
On June - 30 - 2011
Authorities in Moldova have arrested six members of a multinational uranium-trafficking ring, the country's interior ministry announced on Wednesday (see GSN, Aug. 25, 2010).
"We have arrested six persons. Among them are citizens of Moldova, residents of the Dniester (Read more...)
New Obama Strategy Aims to Seal al-Qaeda’s Demise
On June - 30 - 2011
WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday released a counterterrorism strategy that seeks to capitalize on the death of Osama bin Laden and democratic transformation in the Middle East in pursuing the "utter destruction" of al-Qaeda (see GSN, June (Read more...)
Quote of the Day
On June - 30 - 2011
It's common sense that a disarmament body should not be headed by the world's arch-villain on illegal weapons and nuclear proliferation, notorious for exporting missiles and nuclear know-how to fellow rogue regimes around the globe.
--U.N. Watch Executive Director Hillel (Read more...)
Senator Concerned About Renewal of Biodefense Legislation
On June - 30 - 2011
WASHINGTON -- A sponsor of Senate legislation designed to boost U.S. public health emergency response capabilities in the event of bioterrorism or a natural disease outbreak expressed concern on Wednesday that the measure might not receive congressional approval (see GSN (Read more...)
Medvedev Could Join Russia-NATO Antimissile Talks
On June - 30 - 2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev could meet next week with top NATO and Russian officials at a meeting set to focus on a disputed alliance plan for establishing a European missile shield, Interfax reported on Wednesday (see GSN, June 16).