nuclear weapons
Peace activists say Obama’s nuclear policy a good start
April 7, 2010President Obama introduced a new nuclear weapons policy Tuesday with the aim of reducing nuclear weapons and a promise that America would no longer build them.
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New Yorkers plan “no nuclear” actions during UN meet
April 6, 2010Peace and justice activists plan anti-nuclear events coinciding with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference at the United Nations in May.
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A-bomb survivors to hold exhibit in NYC in May
March 31, 2010Atomic bomb survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, known as Hibakusha, will go to New York on the occasion of the NPT Review Conference in May and hold an A-bomb exhibition at the United Nations.
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World Notes: Palestine, Cuba, Japan, Uganda, Costa Rica
March 30, 2010Palestine: Israel wins "water wars" The Israeli Human rights group B'Tselem took March 26, the UN designated International Water Day, as underscoring Israeli control and use of 80 percent of the water from West Bank rivers...
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U.S.-Russia to sign arms control treaty
March 29, 2010President Obama announced Friday that the U.S. and Russia, after a year of intense negotiations, have agreed to the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades.
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