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World failing to monitor biotech trade: U.N.
The world is failing in efforts to control an international biotechnology trade ranging from genetically modified crops to the building blocks of biological weapons, a U.N. University study said on Tuesday.
Nations:Germany Japan
2008-05-27
Panel wants tighter radiation security
The U.S. government should replace more than 1,000 irradiation machines used in hospitals and research facilities because terrorists could use the radioactive materials inside to make a "dirty" bomb, a government advisory panel has concluded.
Nations:Lebanon Pakistan Activities:U.S. War on Terror
2007-10-09
Doomsday clock to move closer to nuclear Armageddon
The world is inching closer to nuclear Armageddon, a group of prominent scientists and security experts said.
Nations:U.S. Russia Afghanistan North Korea Pakistan Poland People:Stephen Hawking
2007-01-13
S. Korea report calls N. Korea a threat
South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea is believed to have about 110 pounds of plutonium, enough to produce up to seven nuclear weapons.
Nations:North Korea South Korea Activities:North Korea-South Korea
2006-12-29
Libya court to rule in foreign medics' HIV case
A Libyan court will deliver verdicts on Tuesday on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of children with HIV in a ruling likely to have an impact on Libya's opening to the West.
Nations:Libya Bulgaria
2006-12-18
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