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IAEA: Japan Nuclear Situation 'Very Serious' but 'Stable at the Moment'

VIENNA -- The situation at Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear plant is "very serious," but at the moment it does not appear to be deteriorating, a senior official of the U.N. atomic agency said Thursday. As emergency workers frantically worked to regain control of the dangerously overheated nuclear complex, Graham Andrew...

WikiLeaks: Cables Show Japan Was Warned About Nuclear Plant Safety

The Japanese government has said it is doing all it can to contain the crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which was critically damaged in last week's earthquake. But according to U.S. diplomatic papers released by WikiLeaks, that atomic disaster might have been avoided if only the government had acted on...

US Works on a Tougher Deal for a Weakened Iran

(Oct. 28) -- The United States and its allies are trying to bring Iran back to the nuclear negotiating table with a new offer that aims to test whether Tehran's resolve has softened. But the deal's tougher terms may do nothing to deter Iran from moving toward its suspected goal of making nuclear weapons. White House...

UN Security Council OKs New Sanctions on Iran

UNITED NATIONS (June 9) -- After a yearlong diplomatic duel crowned with final weeks of creative arm-twisting, the United Nations agreed to a fourth round of sanctions aimed at punishing Iran for its suspect nuclear program. As anticipated, the newly calibrated sanctions regime garnered 12 of 15 votes on the Security...

Can Obama Really Trust Global Institutions?

WASHINGTON (May 25) -- Underlying President Barack Obama's new National Security Strategy is a simple bottom line: It takes a global village to heal the world. Cowboy diplomats? Time to ride into the sunset. In a clear about-face from the go-it-alone foreign policies of George W. Bush, the Obama administration this week...

Background on IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.

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