Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2730 Science - Nuclear Weapons en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:10:45 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2730 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear ap/20080704/iran_nuclear AP Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:10:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080704/i/ra3417827808.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.HC_2cngFnOpx4PITRME9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a news conference in Baghdad, March 3, 2008. Iran's ambassador in Brussels has submitted Tehran's response to an incentives package offered by six world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran delivered its response Friday to an international offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a central part of its nuclear program, state television reported.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080704/i/ra3417827808.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=.HC_2cngFnOpx4PITRME9g--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a news conference in Baghdad, March 3, 2008. Iran's ambassador in Brussels has submitted Tehran's response to an incentives package offered by six world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_response_dc nm/20080704/iran_nuclear_response_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:01:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_response_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t090016_450x300_us_iran_nuclear_response.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l1epWyyohO5mbXriNjQlFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana attends a news conference at the German Ambassador's residence in northern Tehran June 14, 2008. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iran's ambassador in Brussels has submitted Tehran's response to an incentives package offered by six world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_response_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t090016_450x300_us_iran_nuclear_response.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l1epWyyohO5mbXriNjQlFQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana attends a news conference at the German Ambassador's residence in northern Tehran June 14, 2008. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_powers_dc nm/20080704/iran_nuclear_powers_dc Reuters Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:07:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_powers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t064940_450x299_us_iran_nuclear_powers.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YGk1JVo0NO5Z47wiyMdieA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) waves to journalists as Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili stands in the background before an official meeting in Tehran July 1, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Iran will respond on Friday to incentives offered by six world powers to try to entice Tehran to stop enriching uranium, which they fear could result in a nuclear bomb.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_powers_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080704/2008_07_04t064940_450x299_us_iran_nuclear_powers.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=YGk1JVo0NO5Z47wiyMdieA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) waves to journalists as Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili stands in the background before an official meeting in Tehran July 1, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080703/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_sanctions_dc nm/20080703/iran_nuclear_sanctions_dc Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:44:20 GMT Reuters - Iranian banks could face further sanctions unless Tehran complies with international demands over its disputed nuclear program, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt was quoted as saying on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_dismantling_weapons ap/20080702/russia_us_dismantling_weapons AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:42:29 GMT AP - Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved agreements in which the United States will provide aid to help the country dismantle its nuclear, chemical and other weapons. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics afp/20080702/irannuclearpolitics AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:56:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwt30.030708000940.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=btUiIfEgbEJzqye4x8SjZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, pictured in June 2008, on Wednesday raised hopes of reaching a negotiated "multi-faceted solution" with six major powers on its controversial nuclear program.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday raised hopes of reaching a negotiated "multi-faceted solution" with six major powers on its controversial nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwt30.030708000940.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=btUiIfEgbEJzqye4x8SjZA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, pictured in June 2008, on Wednesday raised hopes of reaching a negotiated "multi-faceted solution" with six major powers on its controversial nuclear program.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/pl_nm/iran_usa_bush_dc nm/20080702/iran_usa_bush_dc Reuters Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:34:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/pl_nm/iran_usa_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_02t121018_450x299_us_iran_usa_bush.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Fry2XoxI_Dl0DGWLN69agQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) waves to journalists as Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili stands in the background before an official meeting in Tehran July 1, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that diplomacy was the first option to address Iran's nuclear program, which he is concerned could be used to build a nuclear weapon, but he repeated that all options were on the table.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/pl_nm/iran_usa_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_02t121018_450x299_us_iran_usa_bush.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Fry2XoxI_Dl0DGWLN69agQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) waves to journalists as Iranian chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili stands in the background before an official meeting in Tehran July 1, 2008. (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/pl_afp/usvoteobamairan afp/20080702/usvoteobamairan AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:38:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/pl_afp/usvoteobamairan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn31.020708043709.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=2.MM7apnmK_mOKqNv2ezbA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Democratic White House contender Barack Obama thinks a nuclear-armed Iran is the world's biggest threat and that Europe should adopt tougher sanctions against Tehran, a top aide of his told the Financial Times of London.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Democratic White House contender Barack Obama thinks a nuclear-armed Iran is the world's biggest threat and that Europe should adopt tougher sanctions against Tehran, a top aide of his told the Financial Times of London.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/pl_afp/usvoteobamairan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn31.020708043709.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=2.MM7apnmK_mOKqNv2ezbA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic White House contender Barack Obama thinks a nuclear-armed Iran is the world's biggest threat and that Europe should adopt tougher sanctions against Tehran, a top aide of his told the Financial Times of London.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/unnuclearnpt afp/20080702/unnuclearnpt AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:16:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/unnuclearnpt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn21.020708041502.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=QdzqqEi_t5zPdmlcLWDldw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="US President George W. Bush walks to Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Bush on Tuesday urged the international community not to allow some countries to undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it marked its 40th anniversary.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for stepped-up efforts toward curbing the spread of nuclear weapons as he marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/wl_afp/unnuclearnpt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn21.020708041502.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=QdzqqEi_t5zPdmlcLWDldw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="US President George W. Bush walks to Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Bush on Tuesday urged the international community not to allow some countries to undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it marked its 40th anniversary.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus afp/20080702/nkoreanuclearweaponsus AFP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:16:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn20.020708041423.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=1ciXRmr1LhDgk_ZjGbienA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="South Koreans watch the public demolition of North Korea's cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear complex on June 27.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States emphasized Tuesday it would not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state, saying that disbanding the hardline communist state's atomic arms program was critical.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080702/pl_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080702/capt.cps.mwn20.020708041423.photo00.photo.default-347x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=1ciXRmr1LhDgk_ZjGbienA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="South Koreans watch the public demolition of North Korea's cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear complex on June 27.(AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/pl_nm/g8_bush_dc nm/20080701/g8_bush_dc Reuters Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:08:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/pl_nm/g8_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_01t190813_362x450_us_g8_bush.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=zOCQrLrigp5MR6YdpBx28A--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="US President George W. Bush waves as he boards Air Force One to depart Jackson-Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi, July 1, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President George W. Bush will meet with leaders of Japan, China and South Korea on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit next week to discuss efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, the White House said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/pl_nm/g8_bush_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080702/2008_07_01t190813_362x450_us_g8_bush.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=zOCQrLrigp5MR6YdpBx28A--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="US President George W. Bush waves as he boards Air Force One to depart Jackson-Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi, July 1, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_nkorea_asia ap/20080701/us_nkorea_asia AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:19:04 GMT AP - North Korea and the nations bargaining to rid it of nuclear weapons could widen their talks to energy and Asian regional security issues, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator said Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nuclear_treaty ap/20080701/nuclear_treaty AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:56:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nuclear_treaty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.6ea932fbf6ba4934b7d5e7636117f894.nuclear_treaty_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=hl1E32TN80cmGPVjoZCf4g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this July 1, 1968, file photo U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson, left, signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as co-signer, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko, right, watches in Moscow, Russia. The landmark treaty signed by 61 countries is turning out to be more successful than predicted in keeping the nuclear weapons club small. Standing, left to right are the U.S. Embassys' Political Counselor David Klien, Scientific Attache Christopher Squire, Political Officer and Chief Translator Alexander Akalovsky, Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, unidentified Soviet Translator, and Soviet Defense Minister Andrei A Grechko. (AP Photo)" border="0" /></a>AP - A landmark treaty signed 40 years ago Tuesday by 61 countries is turning out to be more successful than predicted in keeping the nuclear weapons club small.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nuclear_treaty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080701/capt.6ea932fbf6ba4934b7d5e7636117f894.nuclear_treaty_wx104.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=hl1E32TN80cmGPVjoZCf4g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this July 1, 1968, file photo U.S. Ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson, left, signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as co-signer, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko, right, watches in Moscow, Russia. The landmark treaty signed by 61 countries is turning out to be more successful than predicted in keeping the nuclear weapons club small. Standing, left to right are the U.S. Embassys' Political Counselor David Klien, Scientific Attache Christopher Squire, Political Officer and Chief Translator Alexander Akalovsky, Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, unidentified Soviet Translator, and Soviet Defense Minister Andrei A Grechko. (AP Photo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080701/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_olmert_nuclear ap/20080701/israel_olmert_nuclear AP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:56:23 GMT AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Israel's main nuclear reactor on Tuesday, setting off a round of commentaries in Israeli media about Israel's intentions toward Iran and its nuclear program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/pl_afp/usnuclearunnpt afp/20080701/usnuclearunnpt AFP Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:33:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/pl_afp/usnuclearunnpt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080701/capt.cps.mwl31.010708193315.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=j_hfbk4Qi9S9YXwBWgpjhg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="US President George W. Bush walks to Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Bush on Tuesday urged the international community not to allow some countries to undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it marked its 40th anniversary.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - President George W. Bush on Tuesday urged the international community not to allow some countries to undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it marked its 40th anniversary.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080701/pl_afp/usnuclearunnpt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080701/capt.cps.mwl31.010708193315.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=j_hfbk4Qi9S9YXwBWgpjhg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="US President George W. Bush walks to Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Bush on Tuesday urged the international community not to allow some countries to undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), as it marked its 40th anniversary.(AFP/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/pl_nm/usa_israel_iran_dc nm/20080701/usa_israel_iran_dc Reuters Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:31:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/pl_nm/usa_israel_iran_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_07_01t120521_450x313_us_usa_israel_iran.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ttvhmIpdrQu8HmM8Jli6Ow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter plane flying above a traffic sign after taking off from an Israeli Air Force Base in in this July 20, 2006 file photo. (Ammar Awad/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S., Iranian and Western diplomats played down worries about a looming Israeli military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on Tuesday after reports of heightened tensions rattled nerves and helped drive oil prices near record highs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/pl_nm/usa_israel_iran_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_07_01t120521_450x313_us_usa_israel_iran.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ttvhmIpdrQu8HmM8Jli6Ow--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter plane flying above a traffic sign after taking off from an Israeli Air Force Base in in this July 20, 2006 file photo. (Ammar Awad/Files/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_israel_dc nm/20080701/nuclear_iran_israel_dc Reuters Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:04:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_israel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_07_01t061745_450x297_us_nuclear_iran_israel.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ju3EsDOIcyCFME3QM2q4Sg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attend a Kadima party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem June 30, 2008. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Israel seems content to keep Iran and the rest of the world guessing uneasily about whether and when it might attack the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_israel_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080701/2008_07_01t061745_450x297_us_nuclear_iran_israel.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Ju3EsDOIcyCFME3QM2q4Sg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R) and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni attend a Kadima party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem June 30, 2008. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/wl_mideast_afp/syrianuclearpolitics afp/20080630/syrianuclearpolitics AFP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:21:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/wl_mideast_afp/syrianuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080630/capt.cps.mwf71.300608222036.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iAKcAE9EFjD7zE61oOfJPA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem is seen through a camera during a press conference in March 2008. Muallem said on Monday that his country had no nuclear programme but that he wished that it did in the face of Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Monday that his country had no nuclear programme but that he wished that it did in the face of Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080630/wl_mideast_afp/syrianuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080630/capt.cps.mwf71.300608222036.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iAKcAE9EFjD7zE61oOfJPA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem is seen through a camera during a press conference in March 2008. Muallem said on Monday that his country had no nuclear programme but that he wished that it did in the face of Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal.(AFP/File/Hassan Ammar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/pl_nm/korea_north_meeting_dc nm/20080630/korea_north_meeting_dc Reuters Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:55:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/pl_nm/korea_north_meeting_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080630/2008_06_30t122713_450x394_us_korea_north_meeting.jpg?x=130&y=113&q=85&sig=s_3gwzn6Y9TPKgUx4V0FLg--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="A cooling tower is demolished at a North Korean nuclear plant June 27, 2008. (Kyodo/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Envoys from six countries plan to meet in Beijing next week to discuss how to advance an accord under which North Korea promised to abandon its nuclear weapons and programs, a U.S. official said on Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/pl_nm/korea_north_meeting_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080630/2008_06_30t122713_450x394_us_korea_north_meeting.jpg?x=130&y=113&q=85&sig=s_3gwzn6Y9TPKgUx4V0FLg--" align="left" height="113" width="130" alt="photo" title="A cooling tower is demolished at a North Korean nuclear plant June 27, 2008. (Kyodo/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/syria_nuclear ap/20080630/syria_nuclear AP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:28:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/syria_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080630/capt.096a8134027140c381615a0310bd5ff9.mideast_syria_norway_dam101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vMhPBj3YsRLz1.E.98KwTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, right, and his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store talk to reporters in Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 30, 2008. Al-Moallem denied that the site hit by Israel last September was a secretly built nuclear reactor, but said he wished his country had such a nuclear program. U.N. atomic experts visited the alleged site in northern Syria to probe allegations that Syria has a hidden nuclear program. (AP photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Syria's foreign minister on Monday repeated his country's denials that a site bombed by Israel last year was a nascent nuclear reactor but said he wished his country had such a program to counter Israel's nuclear might.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_re_mi_ea/syria_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080630/capt.096a8134027140c381615a0310bd5ff9.mideast_syria_norway_dam101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vMhPBj3YsRLz1.E.98KwTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, right, and his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store talk to reporters in Damascus, Syria, Monday, June 30, 2008. Al-Moallem denied that the site hit by Israel last September was a secretly built nuclear reactor, but said he wished his country had such a nuclear program. U.N. atomic experts visited the alleged site in northern Syria to probe allegations that Syria has a hidden nuclear program. (AP photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)