The Iranian nuclear program was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States. After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the government temporarily disbanded the program, and then revived it with less Western assistance than during the pre-revolution era. Iran’s current effort includes several research sites, a uranium mine, a nuclear reactor, and [...]

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Document seen by Guardian details web of front companies and middlemen.
It concludes that Syria and Pakistan have also been buying technology and chemicals needed to develop rocket programmes and to enrich uranium. It outlines the role played by Russia in the escalating Middle East arms build-up, and examines the part that dozens of Chinese front [...]

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THE US is replacing one of its aircraft carriers in the Gulf, where the Fifth Fleet is keeping an eye on Iran, but the Pentagon said no decision had been made to increase forces in the region.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the USS Enterprise was expected to arrive within weeks in the Gulf, where the [...]

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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday relaunched the country’s nuclear program, promising to complete a nuclear submarine and a third atomic power plant both mothballed 20 years ago.
“Brazil could rank among those few nations in the world with a command of uranium enrichment technology, and I think we will be more highly valued [...]

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Senior U.S. intelligence officials tell ABC News new intelligence suggests a small al Qaeda cell is on its way to the United States, or may already be here.
The White House has convened an urgent multi-agency meeting for Thursday afternoon to deal with the new threat.
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WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) — It is not only a mutual interest in insulting the United States that ties Venezuela and Iran together, it is a need for cooperation between their petroleum industries.
In a world in which Iran cannot do business with the United States and Venezuela does not want to, the two countries [...]

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July 16, 2007 issue – The last week of June was probably the Bush administration’s worst period ever in terms of Latin America policy. Its nemeses in the hemisphere—Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa and perhaps soon Guatemala’s Alvaro Colón and even Argentina’s Néstor Kirchner—form an [...]

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Crossfire War – Azerbaijan – Center of US-Russia Military CooperationNewsBlaze, CA - Jul 10, 2007It is what Markedonov calls the “Gabala Initiative” and that it indicates the “US-Russia have many more common interests than they do reasons for conflict. …

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Sources from the Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday they believe that Iran could have full nuclear capabilities by 2009. However, the sources said, Iran is more likely to have operational nuclear weapons only in 2010 or 2011.
IDF sources have also said they estimate that Iran will reach a technological threshold that will enable them to [...]

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China, Australia to boost bilateral military exchanges and co-opCCTV, China - Jul 10, 2007Nelson said Australia would like to know more about China’s military. He acknowledged its modernization and improvements in transparency. …Walker’s World: The China pattern United Press International, Asia all 2 news articles

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