Groups pull out of nuclear debate
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Green groups pull out of a consultation on nuclear power, saying it is not a "fair and full debate".
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TOKYO: Japan took another step away from its post-World War II pacifism on Friday by ending its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defense planners to regard China and North Korea as potential threats.
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Democratic leaders are stripping from a military spending bill for the war in Iraq a requirement that President Bush gain approval from Congress before moving against Iran.
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VIENNA, NOVEMBER 26: Iran has dropped its demand that it be permitted to run equipment that can be used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants or atomic weapons, a Western diplomat close to talks between the EU and Iran said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- North Korea declared yesterday for the first time that it has produced nuclear weapons and said it is quitting six-nation talks on arms control, sending the Bush administration and its allies scrambling to rescue a two-year-old diplomatic strategy to halt Pyongyang's arms program.
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Green groups pull out of nuclear power consultation, claiming meetings are little more than a PR stunt.
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U.N. inspectors have verified that North Korea has shuttered all facilities at its main nuclear complex beyond its sole working reactor, the chief of the watchdog agency said Wednesday, as envoys gathered for six-nation talks on the next steps toward Pyongyang's disarmament.
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KIEV - Talks aimed at ending the political standoff in Ukraine have broken off, with the country&#39;s opposition party claiming negotiations to end the crisis are pointless.
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A shipment of weapons-grade plutonium has left the United States for a nuclear reactor in France, drawing protests from activists who believe the shipment poses both an environmental and terrorist threat.
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Administrators at Fort Mill High School decided to remove gay marriage, abortion and stem cell research from the agenda of a planned student debate out of concern that they might clash with a state law on sex education.
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Following the suspension of its uranium enrichment program as agreed upon in negotiations with Great Britain, France and Germany, Iran sent an official letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announcing its decision to stop using 20
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Missing nuclear-related equipment in Iraq was removed by specialists working systematically over an extended period, diplomats said yesterday, contradicting
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In a quiet retreat, France on Monday eased off its call to include Iraqi groups that renounce violence in an international conference next month on ways to pacify their war-ravaged country.
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The European and American sponsors of a resolution on Kosovoâs independence withdrew the measure today.
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A ban on the manufacture and possession of military-style assault weapons came to an end in the United States with a bitter dispute between political rivals and a debate over its effectiveness.
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Activists withdrew a threat to ram a  Japanese whaling fleet in the frigid Southern Ocean on Tuesday,  while in Tokyo pro-whaling nations met to push for a return to  commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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Russia's president pulls out of a key Cold War arms treaty limiting the number of heavy weapons in Europe.