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UN nuclear talks fail to end deadlock with Iran
The controversial nuclear program of Iran remains a source of concern for many in the international community, as the country remains adamant to go ahead with its plans of nuclear technology. The United Nations has been endeavoring to persuade
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Nick Turse: Israel, Iran, and the nuclear freight train
Tehrān :: Iran | 9 days ago
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During the Cold War, the two superpowers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, relied on a strategy that used to be termed, without irony, mutual assured destruction or MAD. Its intent was simple enough: to hold off a planetary holocaust by threatening to
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A-bomb survivor passes on wisdom to Fukushima kids
Hiroshima :: Japan | 10 days ago
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These words were written in a note from a Fukushima high school girl to 83-year-old Masahito Hirose in the fall of 2011, outlining her worries about the health effects from radiation. The girl and her classmates had visited Nagasaki on a school field
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Germany, IMF used atomic bomb to shoot pigeon, says Cyprus negotiator
Nicosia :: Cyprus | 1 month ago
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One of Cyprus's most senior civil servants has likened his country's treatment by Germany and the IMF to the shooting of a pigeon with an atomic bomb, saying they had destroyed an economic system that worked. Christos Patsalides, permanent secretary
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Ohio air show drops atomic bomb re-enactment
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | 1 month ago
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A popular southwest Ohio air show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of the devastating World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protests, officials said Thursday. Dayton Air Show spokeswoman Brenda Kerfoot said the June 22-23 event at
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Atomic bomb re-enactment dropped from OH air show
Dayton :: OH :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ohio (AP) The popular Dayton Air Show has canceled a re-enactment of a World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after an online petition was posted in protest. Air show executive director Terry Grevious says the June 22-23 airshow at Dayton
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Cyber-crime tops threats to U.S., intelligence chief says
Tehrān :: Iran | 2 months ago
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Iran has made progress toward developing nuclear weapons capability, Al Qaeda sympathizers are resurgent across North Africa and the Middle East, and the U.S. economy is vulnerable to relatively unsophisticated cyber-attacks, according to America's
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Soldier worked with uranium
Sarasota :: FL :: USA | 2 months ago
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In June 1942, Fay Cunningham of Lansing, Mich., volunteered for the Enlisted Reserve Corps, which led him to the Army Specialized Training Program during World War II. He was eventually assigned to a top-secret mission, working on the Manhattan
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Intriguing war tales
New Delhi :: India | 3 months ago
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Thousands of women in Oak Ridge thought they were helping end a war, little aware they were helping build the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima. Denise Kiernan documents their plight Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, says Denise Kiernan. Her
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The Tragic Story of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
Hiroshima :: Japan | 3 months ago
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The Semipalatinsk Test Site ("The Polygon") was the primary nuclear testing site for the Soviet Union. It's about 150 kilometres west of the town Semey (named Semipalatinsk until 2007). The place was selected in 1947 by Lavrentiy Beria, head of the
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