Russian Missiles Fuel U.S. Worries
The U.S. believes Russia has moved short-range tactical nuclear warheads to facilities near North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies as recently as this spring, U.S. officials say, adding to questions in Congress about Russian compliance with long-standing pledges ahead of a possible vote on a new arms-control treaty.
China hopes to lead green race
China has made global headlines in recent months for overtaking the US as the largest emitter of carbon dioxide, while state media ran almost daily stories of chemical water pollution and contaminated food, writes the Mail and Guardian.
North Korea boasts about nuclear capabilities at new uranium enrichment plant
Nuclear-armed North Korea boasted today it has "many thousands of centrifuges'' running at a new uranium enrichment plant, which has raised fears the regime wants to make more fuel for atom bombs.
Yanukovych to hold meeting on Tax Code on Tuesday
Before leaving for Kazakhstan to participate in the OSCE summit, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will meet with economic teams of the government and the presidential administration, which are working on the Tax Code.
In Kyrgyzstan Omurbek Tekebaev to sign the coalitional agreement
In Kyrgyzstan, the leaders of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) and Respublica gave to Omurbek Tekebaev signing the project of coalitional agreement.
WikiLeaks reveals that Arab allies urged U.S. to strike Iran
In late May 2009, Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, used a visit from a Congressional delegation to send a pointed message to the new American president.
Lithuania has questions on Belarusian nuclear power plant construction
Lithuania "has questions" about the report on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the future nuclear power plants in Belarus
Iran, Turkmenistan inaugurate gas pipeline
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov inaugurated on Sunday the last section of a pipeline to export Turkmen gas to northeast Iran, media reported.
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