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Obama treaty push hinges on global 'listening' net

VIENNA – In high-rise offices along the Danube, scientists riveted to computer screens "listen" to sounds no one can hear, "feel" every rumble in the Earth, "sniff" global skies for exotic gases — on alert for signs of a newborn atomic bomb. Governments over the past decade
05 24 2009 1:37PM (...more)

Weather data to help monitoring for nuclear tests

GENEVA (Reuters) - Weather data will help scan for nuclear tests and explosions under a tracking system unveiled on Monday by the U.N. weather agency and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO).
09 2 2008 6:44PM (...more)

Key US lawmaker threatens to hold up India nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A key US lawmaker threatened to hold up a landmark US- India nuclear agreement unless nuclear supplier states adopt a provision terminating the deal if India conducted a nuclear test explosion.
08 7 2008 4:05PM (...more)

North Korea nuclear talks limp on with no breakthrough

BEIJING (Reuters) – Talks aimed at pressing North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms ambitions limped into a fourth day on Thursday, with dim hope of progress in a disarmament deal that was a prize for the 12 11 2008 7:14PM (...more)

India to sign IAEA deal on Monday - ambassador

VIENNA (Reuters) – India is set to sign an inspection agreement with the United Nations ' nuclear watchdog on Monday, India's ambassador to the agency said. The
02 1 2009 12:38AM (...more)

IAEA board to meet Aug. 1 on India nuclear deal

VIENNA, Austria - The board of governors for the United Nations ' nuclear watchdog agency will meet Aug. 1 to vote on a deal that would allow international monitors to inspect some of India 's atomic facilities, a spokeswoman said Monday.
07 15 2008 12:29PM (...more)

No sign of major North Korea military mobilisation: Gates

BRUSSELS (AFP) – North Korea is showing no signs of preparing a major troop build-up, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, describing its
06 17 2009 8:54AM (...more)

A look at nuclear programs in Iran, NKorea, India

President Bush has pursued nuclear containment deals with Iran and North Korea and a nuclear cooperation pact with India . None of the deals will be complete when he leaves office. Here is a look at the nuclear programs in each nation:
08 5 2008 12:07PM (...more)

US envoy visits North Korean reactor

SEOUL, South Korea - The top U.S. nuclear negotiator for North Korea visited its reactor, becoming the highest-level American official to go there, an official said Tuesday, amid progress in efforts to end the communist nation's decades-old pursuit of atomic weapons.
12 4 2007 6:37PM (...more)

Bush to sign US-India nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush will sign legislation enacting a landmark US- India nuclear agreement in a high-profile ceremony at the White House on Wednesday, his press office said Tuesday.
10 8 2008 3:34PM (...more)