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 States said on Monday it   still aimed to seek U.N. sanctions against Iran over its   disputed nuclear program this month despite Iranian hints of   readiness to compromise in talks with Europe.
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Should war move into space, the U.S. military has a plan. And not being an enemy doesn't necessarily mean your satellites and ground-control mechanisms aren't targets. By Noah Shachtman.
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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 that...
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A report by a high-level panel on reforming the United Nations proposes expanding the criteria for U.N. military action but maintains the need for Security Council approval, U.N. diplomats said.
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Talks at the United Nations appear to have failed to avert a new U.N. confrontation over a U.S.-led drive to ban all cloning of human embryos including for stem cell research, diplomats said on Thursday.
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A divided UN Security Council struggled to find common ground on how to react to North Korea's plan to test a nuclear bomb, with the United States demanding a tough &quot;strategic response&quot; and China urging restraint.
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The European Union says it is not yet ready to lift a 15-year-old ban on selling arms to China, but is working toward that goal. The arms embargo dominated a one-day EU-China summit in the Netherlands that
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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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The U.N. Security Council threatened on Tuesday to step up measures against armies and groups using child soldiers but made no firm pledge to impose sanctions requested by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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The United States and its military allies on Thursday challenged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s statement that last year&#39;s invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that violated
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The lack of a legal framework for the global arms trade is allowing weapons to reach states under embargo, a report says.
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The United States clashed with China and Russia during a disarmament debate Tuesday over how to prevent an arms race in outer space, and Washington criticized Beijing for its recent test of an anti-satellite missile. Russia and China, in turn, condemned the "one state" that refuses to consider a treaty banning space weapons &#151; a reference to the U.S.
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Nuclear technology is now so widespread that it is only political will which stops many countries from making nuclear weapons. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the UN&#39;s nuclear regulatory body the
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A question that has long been the subject of sharp debate among experts remains: What is the International Space Station for?
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It appears the country will continue to develop its nuclear program despite U.N. sanctions
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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.