Russia And NATO Say Still No Agreement On Missiles
IN THIS ISSUE: NATO, Russia still in disagreement on missiles, Tepco: 150-liter radioactive leak, Australia says no uranium sales to Pakistan, sanctions on Central Bank of Iran, Russia "alone proposed way out" of tightened NSG rules, Turkey says seizes materials likely for Iran nuclear program.
NATO, Russia Say Still No Agreement on Missiles Anne Gearan and Slobodan Lekic | Associated Press
Russia and NATO remain deadlocked on a long-running dispute over the alliance's plan for a missile shield for Europe, officials said Thursday, and Russia warned that time was running out for an agreement.
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Japan Times
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday that around 150 liters of water containing strontium and other radioactive substances has flowed into the Pacific from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Tepco said the amount of radioactive substances is estimated at around 26 billion becquerels. Full Article
Dawn
Australia's Defence Minister Stephen Smith said India represented a "unique" case for uranium sales Thursday and denied that lifting its export ban to New Delhi opened the door to countries like Pakistan. The ruling centre-left Labor party voted to overturn its long-standing ban on uranium sales to India at its national policy summit last weekend despite the fact that it was still not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Full Article
Sara Sorcher | Global Security Newswire
Defying White House objections, House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Howard Berman (D-Calif.) is seeking to toughen the sanctions on Iran's Central Bank as House and Senate leaders conference on the massive defense authorization bill. Full Article
Sandeep Dikshit | Hindu
Russia is awaiting India's reply to its proposal for finding a way out of tough Nuclear Suppliers Group rules on transfer of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology. "We are the only country which has proposed a way out" after the NSG, in June this year, tightened rules on export of ENR equipment and technology, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin said. Full Article
Howard LaFranchi | Christian Science Monitor
Turkey has intercepted materials destined for Iran that could have been used to advance Tehran's nuclear program, Turkey's ambassador to Washington said Thursday. Namik Tan, said Turkey, as Iran's neighbor, is perhaps more determined than other more distant countries to keep Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon, and he suggested that Turkish-Iranian relations are deteriorating over the nuclear issue. Full Article
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