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New Treaty Would Ban Space Weapons for Earthlings and ETs
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsIt's a good thing the outer space battles in "Star Wars" happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away -- because under a new space-based weapons treaty drafted by aerospace and military experts, humans and aliens alike would be barred from waging war above Earth. The carefully prepared treaty invites all U.N. member nations to be signatories -- and all "cosmic cultures" to become parties -- in a plan to create a framework "that will assure and verify that space is and will remain a neutral realm from which all classes of space-based weapons are banned in perpetuity." Carol Rosin, an ...
US Envoy Backs UN View That Iran May Be Developing Nukes
By not in system - AOL NewsVIENNA -- A senior U.S. envoy on Wednesday backed United Nations assessments that Iran may be continuing secret work on developing nuclear weapons, indirectly contradicting American intelligence estimates in the public domain that such activities stopped eight years ago. The comments by envoy Glyn Davies played off recent remarks by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano, whose attempts to follow up on allegations that Iran had conducted such clandestine experiments have been rebuffed by Tehran. In a confidential report late last month, Amano expressed concern about the ...
Russian Parliament Approves New Arms Control Treaty With US
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsThe upper house of Russia's Parliament today approved the START nuclear arms control treaty at the heart of a new thaw in post-Cold-War relations between Moscow and Washington. The treaty, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev back in April, requires both countries to cut their arsenals of nuclear warheads to 1,550 each within seven years, according to a White House memo. The U.S. Senate approved the treaty in December, and Russia's lower house, the Duma, approved it Tuesday. Today's vote by the Federation Council marks the final step in the ...
2010: A Big Year for UFOs
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsLike a bad penny that keeps showing up, UFOs have been around on a regular basis from antiquity through modern day. And as 2010 unfolded, the UFO mythology was alive and well. Famed British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, the pope's astronomer, a high-ranking Italian politician and even the late Winston Churchill (according to recently unearthed documents) helped keep UFOs in the news. And sightings of unexplained flying objects came in from all over the world. Let's take a look back at some of the more interesting, strange and funny stories involving UFOs and the possibilities of contact ...
Swiss Official Wants 3 Charged With Nuke Smuggling
By not in system - AOL NewsBERN, Switzerland -- A Swiss magistrate says smuggling charges should be brought against three Swiss engineers suspected of giving nuclear weapons technology to a rogue network in Pakistan - a case that has CIA ties, shredded documents and national security implications. The investigating magistrate, Andreas Mueller, said his recommendation is based on an exhaustive, difficult probe into an alleged nuclear smuggling ring. He has submitted his report to federal prosecutors, who will decide whether to bring charges on violating Swiss nonproliferation laws. The six-year federal probe against ...
Senate Ratifies START Treaty, 71 to 26; a Win for Obama, a Loss for Jon Kyl
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe Senate voted 71 to 26 Wednesday to ratify the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a nuclear disarmament agreement with Russia signed by President Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev in April. Thirteen Republicans joined 58 Democrats to help the measure easily pass the two-thirds majority needed for ratification. The vote was a blow to Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, who had tried mightily to persuade his colleagues to defeat the treaty, as well as a victory for President Obama, who named the START Treaty as his top foreign policy priority for the lame-duck session of Congress and spent hours ...
Obama Urges Senate to Approve START Treaty
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Senate failure to ratify a new arms control treaty with Russia threatens to undermine the U.S. relationship with Moscow and stall progress in waging the Afghanistan war and confronting Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama said Saturday. Obama used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to plead with the Senate to approve the accord in the waning days of Congress' postelection session. "Ratifying a treaty like START isn't about winning a victory for an administration or a political party," the president said. "It's about the safety and security of the United ...
START Treaty Wins Backing of GOP Senators Snowe, Collins
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe Obama White House, eager for the Senate to ratify the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia before Christmas, won the support Friday of two key senators, Maine Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, with just a few procedural strings attached. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said at a morning briefing, "Both Sen. Snowe and Sen. Collins are now supportive of ratification of START. I think if you look at the number of people -- the number of senators just on the Republican side over the past 10 days that have said this is something that's important, that they ...
Opinion: START Won't Stop Nuclear Proliferation
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 10) -- Immediately following last month's election, President Barack Obama renewed his call on the Senate to ratify the New START treaty with Russia in order to "send a signal to the world that we're serious about nonproliferation." The claim that progress in U.S.-Russian arms control will help stop countries like Iran from getting nuclear weapons isn't just an argument offered in support of New START. It's also one of the key premises underlying President Obama's embrace of global nuclear disarmament. There's just one problem: The notion that faster disarmament will lead to greater ...
How Will Warren Buffett's $50 Million Donation Stop the Spread of Nukes?
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett announced today that he is donating $50 million to a new plan aimed at preventing the spread of atomic bombs. Word of Buffett's foray into nuclear nonproliferation comes just one week after the passing of Samuel T. Cohen, creator of the neutron bomb, which served as a reminder to the world just how powerful its weaponry has become over the years. But how, exactly, will Buffett's millions ensure that the world never actually tests the bombs designed by Cohen or any other nuclear scientists? Surge Desk runs down the basics. A new organization is ...
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