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Ukraine agrees to abandon nuclear weapons in first victory for Obama initiative
Ukraine has agreed to get rid of its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium in a move that gave President Obama the first significant achievement at the Nuclear Security Summit of 47 nations that opened yesterday in Washington.
Iran urges UN inquiry into wars
Iran asks the UN to investigate Western actions in Afghanistan and Iraq amid growing nuclear tensions.
Stark nuclear warning for summit
World leaders at a security summit in the US hear dire warnings about nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.
The Caucasus: a primer on the area already being blamed for the Moscow bombings
Many news stories have pointed out a possible connection to the mostly Islamic North Caucasus, a region Reuters describes as "plagued by insurgency, whose leaders have threatened to attack cities and energy pipelines elsewhere in Russia."
Chinese president leaves for nuclear summit in Washington
Chinese President Hu Jintao left here Monday morning for the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit on April 12-13 in Washington at the invitation of the U.S. President Barack Obama. Hu will deliver a speech stressing the
Leading Moscow judge gunned down
A leading judge has been shot dead at his apartment building in the Russian capital, Moscow court officials have said.
Nuclear summit to face challenge of reining in loose weapon materials
A year ago in Prague, President Barack Obama pushed a three-pronged plan to move toward a world without nuclear weapons -- and announced a Global Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 to help make that happen.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski is killed in plane crash in Russia
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been killed in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in Russia.
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