World IN BRIEF : CZECH REPUBLIC : Weapons-Grade Uranium Seized
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More than six pounds of weapons-grade uranium believed to have come from Russia has been seized and three men arrested, Czech police said in Prague. It wasn’t enough uranium to build an atomic bomb, an International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman said, but the seizure underlined concerns about dangerous materials being smuggled out of the former Soviet Union.
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