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Nonproliferation News - October 6, 2009
EAST ASIA
1. S.Korea raises concern over China-N. Korea economic deals
Yonhap News by Lee Chi-dong
October 6, 2009
http://english.yonhapnews.co.
South Korea expressed concern Tuesday that a set of economic deals reached between North Korea and China during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's trip to Pyongyang may affect the implementation of U.N. sanctions on the North.
2. U.S. firm on six talks stand
UPI by
October 6, 2009
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/
The United States says any talks with North Korea should lead to "complete and verifiable denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula.
3. Skepticism over N Korea’s talks offer
BBC News by Paul Reynolds
October 6, 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
The offer - to talk to the US bilaterally first before possibly rejoining the six-party talks it renounced earlier this year - came during a visit by the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The suspicion is that Mr Wen twisted the arm of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
4. NKorea considers return to nuclear talks
Associated Press
October 6, 2009
http://www.google.com/
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier the North was prepared to return to multinational disarmament talks but said that will depend on progress in its two-way negotiations with the U.S.
5. NKorea nearly restores nuclear facilities
Associated Press by JAE-SOON
October 6, 2009
http://www.google.com/
North Korea is in the final stage of restoring its nuclear facilities, a news report said Tuesday, as leader Kim Jong Il expressed a conditional willingness to end Pyongyang's boycott of international nuclear talks.
MIDDLE EAST
6. U.S. Treasury warns Iran may face sanctions
Reuters
October 6, 2009
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
A senior U.S. Treasury Department official said on Tuesday that if Iran fails to demonstrate that it is not seeking nuclear weapons it may face sweeping sanctions from the rest of the world.
7. Fewer Iranians Seem to Want Nuclear Weapons
Washington Independent by Spencer Ackerman
October 6, 2009
http://washingtonindependent.
Not that Iran is a democracy — it really, really, really isn’t — but I see via Heather Hurlburt that Iranian public support for nuclear weapons is on the decline:
8. Gates Hints at More Secret Nuke Sites in Iran
Wired News by Adam Rawnsley
October 6, 2009
http://www.wired.com/
Does Bob Gates know about more secret Iranian nuclear sites? It certainly sounds like it.
9. Secret Iran nuclear report: “Project 110” and other mysteries
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Grier
October 5, 2009
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/
A secret assessment of Iran's nuclear weapons program, leaked to the press over the weekend, is offering a window on how far Iran has advanced toward building a nuclear bomb – and how much is still unknown.
10. Majority in U.S. Would Back Attack to Prevent Iran Nuclear Bomb
Bloomberg by Janine Zacharia
October 6, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
A majority of Americans are skeptical that diplomacy with Iran will succeed and say the U.S. should use military action if necessary to prevent the Iranian government from developing a nuclear weapon.
11. Plane breaches Dimona reactor’s airspace
YNET News by Hanan Greenberg
October 6, 2009
http://www.ynetnews.com/
An ultra-light plane breached the Dimona nuclear facility airspace Tuesday. Israel Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept the aircraft, forcing it to land in an airfield near the southern city of Arad. The pilot was detained for questioning, then released.
12. Iran’s military gains not a threat to neighbours
AFP
October 6, 2009
http://www.google.com/
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Tehran's military advances were not aimed at threatening its neighbours but instead were helping them to progress in similar manner.
13. Clinton calls Iran nuclear talks a positive’ step
AFP
October 6, 2009
http://www.google.com/
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates described last week's nuclear talks with Iran as a positive step but said it was too early to predict the outcome of the negotiations.
14. Iran plans to use new centrifuge at nuclear plant
Reuters by Hashem Kalantari
October 6, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/
Iran plans to use a new generation of faster centrifuges to enrich uranium at a newly-revealed nuclear site, its atomic energy chief said in remarks published on Tuesday.
SOUTH ASIA
15. U.S. Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance
NYT by Jane Perlez
October 6, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/
Steps by the United States to vastly expand its aid to Pakistan, as well as the footprint of its embassy and private security contractors here, are aggravating an already volatile anti-American mood as Washington pushes for greater action by the government against the Taliban.
16. India, U.S. to Resume Fuel Reprocessing Talks
GSN
October 6, 2009
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U.S. and Indian officials are set this week to resume negotiations on terms for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel obtained by New Delhi under a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States, the Press Trust of India reported (see GSN, July 23).
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
17. IAEA Director General and Iranian Officials Discuss Enrichment Plan Visit
IAEA News Centre
October 5, 2009
http://www.iaea.or.at/
IAEA Director General Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei met Iranian authorities in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, 4 October 2009, and discussed arrangements for the Agency's access to a newly disclosed uranium enrichment facility, under construction in Qom, Iran. IAEA inspectors will visit the facility on 25 October. On 24 September 2009, the Iranian government declared the facility to the IAEA.
MISCELLANEOUS
18. Majority in U.S. Would Back Attack to Prevent Iran Nuclear Bomb
Bloomberg by Janine Zacharia
October 6, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
A majority of Americans are skeptical that diplomacy with Iran will succeed and say the U.S. should use military action if necessary to prevent the Iranian government from developing a nuclear weapon.
OPINION
19. Analysis: Living with a nuclear Iran
The Jerusalem Post by Yaakov Katz
October 6, 2009
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/
Let's assume, for argument's sake, that tomorrow Iran announces it is prepared to enrich uranium in Russia, is willing to abide by all UN resolutions on its nuclear program and will permit IAEA supervision in all of its nuclear facilities.
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