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Defiant Iran inaugurates 2 nuclear-linked projects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 9th

By ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran announced two key nuclear-related projects on Tuesday that expand the country's ability to extract and process uranium, which can be enriched for reactor fuel but also potentially for atomic weapons. The development came just days

Iran, 6 powers meet for nuclear talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By GEORGE JAHNAssociated Press ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - Iran and world powers trying to curb Iran's nuclear progress are coming to the negotiating table this week with the window shrinking on diplomacy. Tehran is moving closer to the ability to make atomic arms, and that risks the threat of

US restraint in Syria could aid Iran nuclear talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By LARA JAKESAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's reluctance to give military aid to Syrian rebels may be explained, in part, in three words: Iranian nuclear weapons. For the first time in years, the United States has seen a glimmer of hope in persuading Iran

NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By KIM YONG-HO and SAM KIMAssociated Press PAJU, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Wednesday barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run factory park just over the heavily armed border in the North, officials in Seoul said, a day after Pyongyang announced it would restart its long-

North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 2nd

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUGAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea said Tuesday it will restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of nuclear weapons material, in what outsiders see as its latest attempt to extract U.S. concessions by raising fears of

Nuclear waste a growing headache for SKorea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th

By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business Writer ULSAN, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's weapons program is not the only nuclear headache for South Korea. The country's radioactive waste storage is filling up as its nuclear power industry burgeons, but what South Korea sees as its best solution -

Mistrial declared in California corruption case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

By GREG RISLING and JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Saying she feared "all hell" had broken loose among jurors, a judge declared a mistrial Thursday on dozens of remaining counts against five former elected officials who had been convicted the day before of looting a working-class

Mistrial declared in California corruption case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st

Renewed nuke sale fear after recent NKorea test

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By FOSTER KLUGAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's nuclear test last month wasn't just a show of defiance and national pride; it also serves as advertising. The target audience, analysts say, is anyone in the world looking to buy nuclear material. Though Pyongyang has

New talks on Iran nuclear program offer slim hope

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on February 26th

By LARA JAKES and PETER LEONARDAssociated Press ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - World powers began a new round of high-level talks with Iranian officials Tuesday, trying to find a way out of a yearslong tussle over Tehran's nuclear program and its feared ability to make atomic weapons in the future.