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Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?
 Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...
Tags: Islam, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of State, Religion and Belief, John Kerry
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New bombing details emerge as Boston pauses in remembrance
BOSTON – The nation stopped to remember the tragic events that began a week ago with twin explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon as prosecutors charged a suspect in his hospital room with using a weapon of mass destruction in the...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, FBI, Barack Obama, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Iran nuclear talks end without a breakthrough
WASHINGTON -- International negotiations over Iran’s disputed nuclear program broke up Saturday still far from an agreement and with the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had “long...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Almaty (Kazakhstan), Iran's Nuclear Program, Iran, Nuclear Policy
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North Korea analyst: 'One of the most dangerous moments'
SEOULÂ -- Thumbing its nose again at the international community, North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart a nuclear reactor that was closed in 2007 under a six-nation disarmament agreement. Although Pyongyang claimed in the past that the...
Tags: South Korea, U.S. Navy, China, Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Policy
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North Korea moves missile with 'considerable range' to east coast
North Korea has moved a missile with “considerable range” to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday, but he added that there are no signs that Pyongyang is preparing for a full-scale conflict. The report came hours...
Tags: South Korea, Satellite Technology, Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons
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North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal, signaling end of talks
SEOUL — Escalating the stakes of a standoff with Washington and its allies, North Korea is signaling that it will abandon two decades of negotiations to constrain its nuclear program and will close the door on any deal over its atomic weapons and...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Explosions, South Korea, John Kerry, Nuclear Weapons
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North Korea vows to restart shuttered nuclear facilities
SEOUL -- North Korea announced Tuesday that it would restart nuclear facilities that were closed as part of a 2007 international disarmament agreement. The move comes at the urging of the communist state's leader, Kim Jong Un, for the country to build...
Tags: South Korea, China, Kim Jong Un, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons
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North Korea vows to restart nuclear facilities
North Korea vowed Tuesday to restart all mothballed facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, adding to tensions already raised by near daily warlike threats against the United States and South Korea. The reactor was shut down in 2007 as part...
Tags: Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics, North Korea
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Federal budget cuts to squeeze some states harder than others
With the Pentagon set to whack its share of $85 billion in automatic federal budget cuts last month, it didn't take long for Velma Searcy to feel the pain. The owner of a Palmdale maker of military aircraft parts saw two contracts quickly evaporate as...
Tags: Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Lockheed Martin Corp., Layoffs and Downsizing, Career and Workplace
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Raytheon announces plans to eliminate 200 jobs
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.At a time when the aerospace industry is fretful about federal spending, defense contractor Raytheon Co. announced plans to eliminate one of its business units and slash 200 jobs. The Waltham, Mass., company did not say how those cuts will affect its...Tags: U.S. Military, Science and Technology, U.S. Congress, Boeing Co., Manufacturing and Engineering
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Letters: WMD intelligence -- errors or lies?
Re "The what if's of Iraq," Opinion, March 19 Max Boot claims that the justification of ending Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program for going to war with Saddam Hussein was an error, not a lie. He then assigns much of the blame for the ongoing...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Barack Obama, White House, Wars and Interventions, Iraq
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San Onofre design choices led to nuclear plant shutdown
L.A. NOWAn executive with the company that manufactured faulty equipment that led to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant defended decisions made in the design of the replacement steam generators. The company made choices in designing support structures...
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