Nuclear Weapons

1963: US President John F Kennedy is assassinated by lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.

Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States, an immensely popular leader who was assassinated before he completed his third year in office. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on 29 May 1917 in Massachusetts, into a...

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US builds up its bases in oil-rich South America

The United States is massively building up its potential for nuclear and non-nuclear strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean by acquiring unprecedented freedom of action in seven new military, naval and air bases in...

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Duncan Hamilton: Give Scots their say – and not just on independence

Published Date: 22 November 2009 The world is full of examples of more direct democracy SO WHAT is the difference between last week's Queen's Speech and the new nuclear submarine that arrived on the Clyde on Friday? For...

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Iran to conduct military exercises

Iran to hold military exercise aimed at protecting nuclear sites, state media says Exercise comes after Iran's apparent rejection of part of nuclear deal Western powers fear Iran wants to develop nuclear weapons Iran has said...

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Japanese gov't finds documents proving existence of secret nuke pact: reports

TOKYO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese foreign ministry has found documents proving the existence of a secret Japan-U.S. pact that allows U.S. military vessels or aircraft carrying nuclear weapons to enter Japanese territory,...

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Remember Hiroshima — and Japan's victims

The right way to remember Hiroshima Sunday, November 22, 2009 Regarding the Nov. 13 news story "Hiroshima: The dreaded invitation": If an American president does someday visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, he or she would also...

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Ahmadinejad heads to nuclear-backers Brazil, Venezuela - AFP

New Zealand Herald Ahmadinejad heads to nuclear-backers Brazil, Venezuela AFP TEHRAN — Faced with mounting pressure over his country's atomic ambitions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left on a five nation tour Sunday,...

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EU's new 'Foreign Minister' Cathy Ashton was Treasurer of CND

Partially obscured behind a group of fellow CND activists, an unremarkable looking woman in a crumpled anorak stands on the steps of 10 Downing Street. It is April 1982, and Cathy Ashton – CND’s influential national treasurer...

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'Iran will strike Tel Aviv if attacked' (AFP)

AFP - An aide to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that if the Islamic republic is attacked, it will retaliate against the Israeli metropolis of Tel Aviv, official media reported on Sunday.

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Iran, Kuwait pledge cooperation during rare PM visit

TEHRAN - Iran and Kuwait pledged to boost economic cooperation during the first visit to Tehran by a prime minister from the Gulf Arab U.S. ally in more than 30 years, Iranian state media said on Saturday.

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