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Japanese Monster Fans Come Out of Their Shells for Gamera

As Japanese monsters go, Godzilla stands tall as both the first and the one that best defines this rubber-costumed creature genre. But there is a certain percentage of the fan base just as devoted to Gamera, the fire-breathing flying turtle who, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, starred in a series of films in which,...

North Korea Warns of Nuclear War

(Dec. 13) -- North Korea today warned that continued military cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea could result in a nuclear war in the region, as the South began another week-long series of live-fire drills along its coastline. Accusing Seoul of scheming with America and Japan, North Korea said the alliance "is...

Report: US Vulnerable to Nuclear Attack

(July 22) -- The threat of an all-out nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States may be less than it was during the Cold War, but defense experts say decades-long efforts to avoid a possible Armageddon have had a downside: The United States is now woefully unprepared for any kind of nuclear attack. That's the...

Fidel Castro Scheduled to Make Rare TV Appearance

(July 12) -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro is scheduled to appear on television today to discuss what he sees as dangerous developments in the Middle East. Reuters, citing the online Communist Party newsletter Granma, reported that the 83-year-old Castro will discuss what he considers risky actions on the international front...

US, Russia Agree to Reduce Nuclear Stockpiles

WASHINGTON (March 24) -- The U.S. and Russia reached a breakthrough agreement Wednesday for a historic treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War rivals, the most significant pact in a generation and an important milestone in the decades-long quest to lower the risk of global nuclear war. After long and...

Background on nuclear war

Nuclear warfare (sometimes atomic warfare or thermonuclear warfare), is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on an opponent.

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