Topic: United Kingdom

U.S., Arabs reach deal at nuclear treaty talks

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States accepted Arab demands to pressure Israel over its atomic program to rescue talks on shoring up a global anti-nuclear arms pact, Western envoys said on Friday. But they said Iran or Syria might still block ...

UK sets limit of 225 nuclear warheads

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain announced for the first time Wednesday that it had set a limit on its nuclear weapons stockpile, at 225 warheads, and said it would re-examine its policy on using nuclear weapons. Britain's new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government said the ...
UK gov't offers 1st accounting of its nuclear stockpile; says it won't exceed 225 warheadsBritain offered its first accounting of its nuclear arsenal Wednesday, revealing that it has a stockpile of 225 warheads in a move that offers transparency to non-nuclear states ...

Govt reveals nuclear warhead levels

The government revealed on Wednesday the planned size of its nuclear weapons stockpile, saying it will not exceed 225 warheads -- a move cautiously welcomed by anti-nuclear campaigners. In an announcement coinciding with the end of a United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty ...

Western troops march on Russia's Red Square

Troops from four NATO states marched through Red Square for the first time Sunday as Russia marked victory in World War II with its biggest military parade since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In a moment of huge symbolism, soldiers from ...
Iran's Ahmadinejad says proposed UN sanctions against nuclear program 'lack legal validity'Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flouted any more United Nations sanctions on his nuclear program as illegal Saturday, insisting he will not submit to any such pressure based on the United States ...

Britain looks to China to pressure Iran

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China and Britain agree on pressing Iran about its nuclear activities while seeking engagement, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday at the start of a visit to China that is likely to focus on the dispute. Miliband ...

Cherie Blair to act for Aborigines in nuclear case

The barrister wife of former prime minister Tony Blair will represent a group of Australian Aborigines suing the British government over nuclear testing on their land, a report said Saturday. Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement spokesman Neil Gillespie said Cherie Blair had been ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and AbroadExcerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Dec. 1 The New York Times, on gray wolves: Not everyone was happy when the gray wolf population ...

UK halts business with Iran firms on nuclear fears

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain froze business ties with an Iranian bank and state-run shipping firm on Monday, citing fears that they were involved in helping the Islamic Republic to develop nuclear weapons. Iran dismissed the move and a separate U.S. warning that ...
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