Canada imposes more sanctions on Iran

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American University Commencement Address

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 14 November 2006 A group of prominent arms control experts has sent letters to U.S. senators urging them not to approve legislation relating to the Bush administration's nuclear deal with India unless significant changes

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. World leaders agreed this week to protect all nuclear materials within four years to stop the possibility of nuclear terrorism. Leaders from forty-seven countries gathered in Washington for President Obama'

2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Reportedly Working to Expand Nuclear W

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 24 July 2006 Pakistan has refused to comment on news that it is building a powerful new plutonium nuclear reactor, which could signal a major overhaul of the country's nuclear weapons program. A Washington-based research g

VOA标准英语2008年-US Joins Iran Nuclear Arms Talks For First Time

The United States is joining, for the first time, nuclear negotiations between Iran and the European Union. The meeting, which also includes representatives from Britain, Germany, France, Russia and China, is taking place behind closed doors in Gene

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VOA标准英语2011--START Treaty Ushered in New Nuclear Era

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VOA标准英语2010年-Short-Range Nuclear Weapons Not Part o

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VOA标准英语2009-Clinton, Lavrov Stress Nuclear Arms Reduction Ef

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday the two governments will not let differences over Georgia and other regional issues get in the way of efforts to reach a new strategic arms control deal. The

VOA标准英语2009年-Russia: Arms Treaty with US Must Include M

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VOA标准英语2009年-US, Russian Negotiators Work on New Arms C

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Arms Control Surfaced In Helsinki, But It's Likely Just Talk

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Now, in Helsinki yesterday, Presidents Trump and Putin also embraced restarting stalled arms control talks. For all the bad blood between the U.S. and Russia, those two nations still inspect one another's vast nuclear a

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By David Gollust State Department 03 July 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin (l) and U.S. President Bush during a joint press conference at the Bush family compound in northeastern U.S. state of Maine, 02 Jul 2007 The United States and Russia vowe

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Scientists Set Doomsday Clock to Two Minutes to Midnight

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