Nuclear Watchdog Details Iran and Syria Concerns
IN THIS ISSUE: IAEA on Iran, Syria concerns, EU calls for global tests on nuclear plant safety, Taliban say they won't hit nuclear arsenal, Obama could veto defense bill, Japan discovers new radioactive water leak, stop nuclear proliferation with democracy.
Nuclear Watchdog Details Concerns In Iran, Syria Mike Shuster | NPR
The International Atomic Energy Agency has released troubling new reports on the nuclear activities of Iran and Syria.
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Marie Maitre | Reuters
The European Union called on Thursday for worldwide "stress tests" on nuclear power plants, and said they would discuss stronger global safety standards during meetings with the Group of Eight leaders. Full Article
Matthew Rosenberg and Owais Tohid | Wall Street Journal
The Taliban has no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, its spokesman declared, as the militants kept up their campaign to avenge Osama bin Laden's death, ramming a pickup truck laden with explosives into a police station and killing six people. Full Article
Global Security Newswire
President Obama could veto fiscal 2012 defense authorization bill if it retains amendments that would restrict his administration's ability to implement a new Russian-U.S. nuclear arms control treaty, the White House said in a statement released on Tuesday. Full Article
Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa | Reuters
The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday detailed a new leak of radioactive water as Greenpeace slammed the country's "inadequate response" to a growing threat to sea water and health. Full Article
Christopher Hitchens | Slate Magazine
It's very unpleasant to be given lectures on good behavior by the profiteers of nuclear proliferation, but if you can hold still and swallow your vomit, there are lessons to be learned from the exposure to it. Full Article
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