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Brazil Refuses Supporting Sanctions to Iran BBC with comments by NPSGlobal, 4 Mar 2010.

Following its previously stated posture, Brazil continued defending Iran’s right to pursue peaceful uses of nuclear energy and refused to promote sanctions for the Islamic country during Hillary Clinton’s visit to Brasilia. Brazilian posture on the matter is not a surprise, and it was followed with a call for diplomatic negotiations before setting any sanctions. The Latin American country’s posture is a key for the establishment of sanctions, since it currently holds a seat in the United Nations Security Council.

Global Security

Iran nuke would stir arms race, Israel defense minister Ehud Barak warns New York Daily News, 1 Mar 2010.

A nuclear-armed Iran would ignite an arms race in the Middle East that would endanger the entire world, Israel's defense minister warned Sunday.

Nuclear & Radiological Weapons

Russia, US to continue START talks on March 9 Xinhua News, 1 Mar 2010.

A round of Russia-U.S. talks on a nuclear arms control deal had concluded and the next round would start on March 9, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing a source with Russia's mission in Geneva.

Chem & Bio Weapons

Justice Department Ends Eight-Year Probe Into Anthrax Mailings NTI - Global Security Newswire, 22 Feb 2010.

After eight years, the U.S. Justice Department on Friday formally concluded its investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks by making public documents that support the assertion that the perpetrator was a former military microbiologist.

Delivery Systems

India To Conduct "Crucial" Missile Defense Test

NTI - Global Security Newswire, 3 Mar 2010.

India is preparing for a test later this week of its ballistic missile defenses that will feature new upgrades of the country's Prithvi interceptor, the Hindu reported.

Conventional Arms

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.

Non-state Actors

Iraq suicide bomber targets hospital in triple attack CNN, 3 Mar 2010.

A suicide bomber ended a series of deadly attacks in central Iraq by detonating explosives in a hospital emergency ward where victims of two earlier blasts were being treated.

Nuclear Energy

First piece of Vogtle financing World Nuclear News, 1 Mar 2010.

A Georgia state firm with a significant stake in two new US reactors has announced plans to finance its investment.

Sensitive Materials

Iran picks sites for 10 uranium enrichment plants Reuters, 23 Feb 2010.

Iran has identified potential sites for 10 new nuclear enrichment plants and construction of two of them could begin this year, a nuclear energy official said on Monday.

Strategic Trade

Italy arrests 'Iran arms smugglers' Aljazeera, 3 Mar 2010.

Seven people have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of trafficking weapons to Iran, despite an international ban on trading arms with the Islamic Republic.

Prevention & Response

Dutch Reporter Shows Security Loopholes on U.S.- bound Jet The Detroit News, 8 Mar 2010.

A Dutch journalist transported as much as six liters of liquid on commercial flights from Amsterdam to the United States, a stunt he says proves security loopholes remain at international airports even after the Dec. 25 terrorist attempt, he told The Detroit News on Sunday.

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A speech that could change history

Read the full speech of US President Barack Obama in Prague on April 5, 2009.
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The current nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation regime based on the NPT - Non Proliferation Treaty is in the middle of a deep crisis. Some of the signs are:
- Non compliance of disarmament commitments by NWS (Nuclear Weapons States)
- Resistance to increasing restrictions by NNWS (Non Nuclear Weapons States)
- Exceptions for non NPT States, such as India
- Resistance to the signature of the IAEA - Model Additional Protocol (strengthen safeguards)
The NPT will be reviewed in 2010, and it will define the regime's future.
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"In some respects, the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons is like the top of a very tall mountain. From the vantage point of our troubled world today, we can't even see the top of the mountain, and it is tempting and easy to say we can't get there from here. But the risks from continuing to go down the mountain or standing pat are too real to ignore. We must chart a course to higher ground where the mountaintop becomes more visible."
G. Shultz, W. Perry, H. Kissinger, S.Nunn, "Toward a Nuclear Free World", The Wall Street Journal, 15 January 2008.
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