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IAEA: Japan Nuclear Situation 'Very Serious' but 'Stable at the Moment'
By not in system - AOL NewsVIENNA -- 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 told reporters "there had been no significant worsening" over the past 24 hours at the crippled plant. Andrew, a senior aide to International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano, emphasized that the situation could change quickly, either improving or escalating into a ...
WikiLeaks: Cables Show Japan Was Warned About Nuclear Plant Safety
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsThe 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 earlier safety warnings. An unnamed official from the International Atomic Energy Agency is quoted in a 2008 cable from the American embassy in Tokyo as saying that a strong earthquake would pose a "serious problem" for Japan's nuclear power stations. The official added that ...
US Works on a Tougher Deal for a Weakened Iran
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News
(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 spokesman Robert Gibbs today confirmed that a deal was in the works, and that it would require Iran to send more of its low-enriched uranium abroad than a similar arrangement offered last year, because Iran has been able to significantly increase its stockpile since then. IIPA ...
UN Security Council OKs New Sanctions on Iran
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsUNITED 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 Council. Lebanon abstained, while Brazil and Turkey voted against the resolution. That result marked the first time since 2006 that any Security Council member voted against a resolution imposing sanctions on Iran. The U.S. and its allies have a lively suspicion that Iran is ...
Can Obama Really Trust Global Institutions?
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (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 unveils a new approach that emphasizes international cooperation and engagement with allies on the most vexing problems, such as climate change, the spread of nuclear weapons and economic insecurity. In a commencement speech to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West ...
IAEA Suspects Iran Is Working on Nuclear Payload
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Feb. 18) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency suspects that Iran may be developing "a nuclear payload for a missile," according to a restricted report sent to the agency's board Thursday by Director General Yukiya Amano. The Vienna-based agency's suspicions come amid a global diplomatic push by the Obama administration to isolate Iran and pressure its leaders to halt the enrichment of uranium, the key to creating fuel for an atomic weapon. The IAEA report is likely to bolster U.S. arguments for tougher sanctions at the United Nations. The IAEA report also presents the most official ...
Iran Plans New Nuclear Enrichment Plants
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIran's state news agency IRNA says the government has ordered its Atomic Energy Organization to begin construction of five new facilities to enrich uranium and come up with plans for five additional future sites, the London Times and other news organizations are reporting. ...
Wariness Persists over Iran Nuke Deal
By James Graff - AOL NewsIs Iran finally playing fair? The draft agreement announced Wednesday after more than two days of negotiations in Vienna puts the international community tantalizingly close to a measure that would slow Iran's progress toward a nuclear bomb. Patrick Clawson, deputy director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, thinks Iranian leaders will follow the lead of their Vienna negotiators and approve the agreement on Friday. "They are under pressure at home and want to get the international community off their back," he says. Hans Punz, AP International Atomic Energy Agency Director ...
Obama Said to Be Crafting Plan for Israeli-Palestinian Talks
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyAfter a string of failed attempts at brokering peace in the Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are apparently on the horizon again. The Guardian reports that President Obama is close to starting up new talks, with a plan to have a deal brokered within two years. ...
Obama Administration Prepared to Accept Iranian Enrichment
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyOn the campaign trail and while in office, President Barack Obama had made it clear that he intends to fundamentally change the way America interacts with friends and foes on the world stage. In the case of Iran, the president has said that he will engage in direct diplomacy with the Islamic Republic, even pledging to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in person and without preconditions. On his European trip last week, President Obama reportedly revealed to the U.S.'s partners the lengh to which his Administration is willing to go to engage the Iranians in dialogue. Before even ...
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