U.N. Weighs a Ban on Weapons in Space, but U.S. Still Objects
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At the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday, the United States rejected a Russian-Chinese draft treaty banning weapons in space.
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The United Nations said Thursday that it has suspended the use of rubber bullets while it reviews whether peacekeepers have potentially deadly expired ammunition that has hardened with age.
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Bush administration efforts to screen U.S.-bound cargo for radioactive weapons are unlikely to stop a determined militant group from smuggling nuclear material onto American soil, experts said on Thursday.
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The United States narrowed differences with European allies Friday on how to pressure Iran to renounce the development of nuclear weapons, but it hasn't yet won agreement to haul the country before the U.N. Security Council, a U.S. official said.
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MUNICH, Germany  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan warned on Sunday the world could soon face a cascade of  countries acquiring nuclear weapons unless it took action to  tighten existing controls.
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A divided U.N. nuclear watchdog has put off until Thursday ruling on Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade plutonium, but is still likely to block such assistance, diplomats said.
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China either didn't know or didn't care that its test of a satellite killer would produce a spray of space debris. Either way, it's worrisome for the future use of space.  Another question is why China even bothered.
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It appears the country will continue to develop its nuclear program despite U.N. sanctions
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Arms hunter Charles Duelfer's report, in concluding Iraq might have resumed weapons-building "after sanctions were removed," left out the crucial fact that the U.N. Security Council had planned controls over Baghdad for years to come, U.N. officials say.
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This week the United Nations is scheduled to vote on a human cloning ban, and U.S. policy will play a big part in the outcome. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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BRUSSELS The United States could restrict transfers of sensitive defense technology to European Union countries if EU members support a French effort to end the bloc&#39;s 15-year arms embargo on China, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
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Russia and China offer a new international treaty to ban the use of weapons in outer space.
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A number of countries are developing ways to knock out U.S. space systems, threatening vital national interests, the State Department's point man on international security said on Wednesday.
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Could face stiff opposition from granola tendency One of America'a top nukes-in-space boffins says it's time to consider nuclear-powered rockets again. He reckons atomic boosters could cut the cost of NASA's upcoming Moonbase plan.â¦
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UNITED NATIONS -- When U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon first approached President Bush at the White House in January to muster support for a U.N. climate-change initiative, the president's response was cool: An impatient Bush reminded Ban that he did not want to restrain U.S. industries, and t...
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Russian and Chinese diplomats want the United States to sign a treaty that would ban the deployment of weapons in space.
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Russia proposed a treaty on Tuesday to  ban the deployment of weapons in outer space, warning that  their development could lead to a new arms race and a repeat of  the Cold War.