New sanctions on Iran - An Expected Outcome
BBC, with comments by NPSGlobal, 9 Jun 2010
The United Nations Security Council approved new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. This is the fourth round of sanctions, including stricter financial measures and an expanded arms embargo.
Russia says may lift veil on nuclear arsenal
EcoDiario, 12 May 2010.
Russia said on Wednesday it may lift the veil of secrecy over its nuclear arsenal after a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the United States comes into force.
Turkey Alleged to Use Chemical Weapons on Rebels
NTI - Global Security Newswire, 24 ago 2010. The allegation by human rights activists that the Turkish military used chemical weapons to kill eight rebels last September is supported by photographs which purportedly depict the dead Kurds, Der Spiegel reported yesterday. The images are said to show eight operatives for the Kurdistan Workers' Party who have suffered burns and other extensive bodily damage.
Iran to Provide Lebanon With Missile Defenses
NTI - Global Security Newswire, 25 Aug 2010.
A Lebanese news Web site asserted Saturday that Iran next month is expected to offer to supply Lebanon with antimissile technology, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
Russia, France Enter Talks on Sale of 4 Warships
Business Week, 1 Mar 2010.
France and Russia started exclusive talks today over the sale of four Mistral-class amphibious assault ships in what would be Russia’s first big-ticket purchase of military hardware from a North Atlantic Treaty Organization country since the Cold War.
WMD Terrorism Remains Grave Threat, U.S. Says
NTI - Global Security Newswire, 25 Aug 2008.
The possibility that a terrorist organization might launch a WMD attack remains one of the "gravest threats" to the security of the United States and its allies, the U.S. State Department said yesterday in its annual terrorism report.
Nuclear cooperation with Brazil
La Nación with comments by NPSGlobal, 4 Aug 2010. President Ms.Cristina Kirchner met with her Brazilian peer, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and signed a series of agreements, one of them about nuclear cooperation. It was anticipated that there will be announcements in the next days on the issue.
If the agreement will remain at political terms or it will evolve toward concrete achievements is still a question mark.
Iran Picks Site for New Enrichment Facility
New York Times, 19 Apr 2010.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved the site for a new enrichment facility Iran plans to build, his top adviser said Monday, the latest step in expanding a nuclear program that the United Nations has demanded Tehran halt.
Nuclear Exporters Could Curb Indian Trade Rights
Global Security Newswire, 22 Jun 2010. A 46-nation nuclear export control regime could adopt rules that would prohibit India from buying nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing gear from abroad because New Delhi has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, The Hindu reported yesterday .
New techniques will protect the buildings from chemical attacks
BioEthics, 13 May 2010.
Chemical weapons attacks by terrorist organizations are a major concern of the defense agencies in the United States and other countries. Given this, it is vital to have adequate arrangements for the decontamination of affected buildings, in order to realize their reuse in the shortest possible time.
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