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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/science/nuclear-weapons science Science - Nuclear Weapons en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:17:24 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/science/nuclear-weapons http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear ap/20120213/iran_nuclear AP world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:17:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.bb48122279814028aed52c0cdf8072f4-7ac840ff4d9b4af19b80b593cd2dcabc-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=T3JpYbXkVD6JY8bRybHZug--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="A character representing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad splits the UN headquarter's building with an atomic bomb , on a float during final preparations for the Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Roberto Pfeil)" border="0" /></a>AP - A senior Iranian military official said Monday that Tehran's nuclear and other industrial facilities suffer periodic cyber attacks, but that the country has the technology to protect itself from the threat, an official news agency reported.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.bb48122279814028aed52c0cdf8072f4-7ac840ff4d9b4af19b80b593cd2dcabc-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=T3JpYbXkVD6JY8bRybHZug--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="photo" title="A character representing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad splits the UN headquarter's building with an atomic bomb , on a float during final preparations for the Rose Monday carnival parade in Cologne, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Roberto Pfeil)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_cyber_attack ap/20120213/ml_iran_cyber_attack AP world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:05:18 GMT AP - A senior Iranian military official has claimed the country's nuclear facilities are immune to cyber attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_submarine_fire ap/20120213/eu_russia_submarine_fire AP world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:32:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_submarine_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.4a865f30677540f09ea6c27d033050c4-4a865f30677540f09ea6c27d033050c4-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=BmvQGR4Cb1d_yyS2T9js_A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 framegrab image from Ru-RTR Russian state channel, firefighters pour water on the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine in a dock at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region, Russia. The weekly Kommersant Vlast said Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 that Dec. 29, 2011 fire could have sparked a nuclear catastrophe because the submarine carried its nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and other weapons despite official statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ru-RTR Russian state channel/ Via APTN)" border="0" /></a>AP - A fire at a drydocked Russian nuclear submarine in December could have sparked a radiation disaster because it was carrying nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and other weapons, despite official statements to the contrary, a Russian news magazine reported Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_submarine_fire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.4a865f30677540f09ea6c27d033050c4-4a865f30677540f09ea6c27d033050c4-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=BmvQGR4Cb1d_yyS2T9js_A--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE In this Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 framegrab image from Ru-RTR Russian state channel, firefighters pour water on the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine in a dock at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region, Russia. The weekly Kommersant Vlast said Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 that Dec. 29, 2011 fire could have sparked a nuclear catastrophe because the submarine carried its nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and other weapons despite official statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ru-RTR Russian state channel/ Via APTN)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wl_nm/us_china_iran nm/20120213/us_china_iran Reuters world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:49:34 GMT Reuters - China has urged Iran to cooperate more closely with the global nuclear watchdog and rejoin talks on its nuclear program that has caused a rift with the West. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear_ahmadinejad nm/20120211/us_iran_nuclear_ahmadinejad Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:43:51 GMT Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that the Islamic Republic, targeted by tougher Western sanctions, would soon announce advances in its nuclear program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/pl_nm/us_usa_defense_nuclear nm/20120211/us_usa_defense_nuclear Reuters politics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:49:49 GMT Reuters - The next round of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms talks is likely to focus on the delicate task of reducing a much broader range of atomic weapons, U.S. negotiators said on Friday as they discussed the first anniversary of the New START treaty. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120210/ts_csm/465378 csm/20120210/465378 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:02:53 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who was recently in Tehran, says Iran is ready to return to negotiations on its nuclear program – but he offers no assurances that Iran is prepared to meet the West’s demand that Iran verifiably suspend its uranium enrichment activities to secure a restart of talks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_as/as_india_iran ap/20120210/as_india_iran AP world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:49:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_as/as_india_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.37f7300ff40c477a88ec781a4c635e41-37f7300ff40c477a88ec781a4c635e41-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=_iSlpMRS6htth84AnORg2g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, poses with EU President Herman Van Rompuy, left, beside EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)" border="0" /></a>AP - India's prime minister resisted pressure from the United States and the European Union to curtail its trade with Iran over the country's suspected nuclear weapons program, insisting Friday that diplomacy was the best way to deal with the concerns.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_as/as_india_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.37f7300ff40c477a88ec781a4c635e41-37f7300ff40c477a88ec781a4c635e41-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=_iSlpMRS6htth84AnORg2g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, poses with EU President Herman Van Rompuy, left, beside EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso before a meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/wl_nm/us_eu_india_trade nm/20120210/us_eu_india_trade Reuters world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:22:39 GMT Reuters - The European Union has asked India to use its leverage to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear program, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday, as Asia's third-largest economy prepares to increase trade with Tehran. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum ap/20120210/us_santorum AP Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120210/capt.cb057c8dd488474faedc49cb371277d9-d048518999f2451081acf31544a3c5a8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yu4ssv6vjt8LUaUB650_8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this Feb. 8, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is prayed over after speaking at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas. Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in “immoral debt” and to replace an administration he argues has, in his words, 'callousness toward life and family and faith.' Of the GOP presidential hopefuls, Santorum is by far the most emphatic about his faith. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rick Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in "immoral debt" and to replace an administration he argues has "callousness toward life and family and faith."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120210/capt.cb057c8dd488474faedc49cb371277d9-d048518999f2451081acf31544a3c5a8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Yu4ssv6vjt8LUaUB650_8w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Feb. 8, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is prayed over after speaking at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney, Texas. Santorum stirs his ever-growing crowds when he promises to right a country awash in “immoral debt” and to replace an administration he argues has, in his words, 'callousness toward life and family and faith.' Of the GOP presidential hopefuls, Santorum is by far the most emphatic about his faith. (AP Photo/Rex C. Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120209/ts_csm/464744 csm/20120209/464744 The Christian Science Monitor topstories Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:43 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Nearly half of Americans now say they would bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities to stop its uranium enrichment in order to halt its advances toward an ability to build a nuclear weapon – even as President Obama touts diplomacy as still the best means of addressing the Iranian nuclear issue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/wl_nm/us_india_iran_eu nm/20120209/us_india_iran_eu Reuters world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:42:23 GMT Reuters - The European Union will ask for India's help in convincing Iran to abandon its nuclear program and return to the negotiating table, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_el_pr/us_gingrich ap/20120208/us_gingrich AP Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:41:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_el_pr/us_gingrich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.5b4ccdc1aa0e474b94fcaf90dc87f437-5b4ccdc1aa0e474b94fcaf90dc87f437-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=EOm3m7UMZz7L4GYqHkHJPw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop at Jergens, Inc., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - Newt Gingrich kept a stiff upper lip Wednesday after his poor showing in GOP presidential caucuses the night before, but issued dire warnings about Iran's potential nuclear capabilities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_el_pr/us_gingrich"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.5b4ccdc1aa0e474b94fcaf90dc87f437-5b4ccdc1aa0e474b94fcaf90dc87f437-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=EOm3m7UMZz7L4GYqHkHJPw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop at Jergens, Inc., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_iran ap/20120208/ml_israel_iran AP world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:26:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.ba8d0fb9649c4991ada873a22dd2e292-ba8d0fb9649c4991ada873a22dd2e292-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=q4Ja7TmPAbplsBzVH5gvyw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, Israel's Meir Dagan, at the time Director of Mossad, the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, takes part in a ceremony in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dagan, a former spymaster who has accused Israel's top leaders of barreling toward a rash military strike in Iran said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, that Israel's survival is not at risk, an assessment that puts him sharply at odds with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel's president reached out to the Iranian people with a message of peace Wednesday, as the West tightened sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, and a former Israeli spymaster said Israel is not in mortal danger.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.ba8d0fb9649c4991ada873a22dd2e292-ba8d0fb9649c4991ada873a22dd2e292-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=q4Ja7TmPAbplsBzVH5gvyw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 file photo, Israel's Meir Dagan, at the time Director of Mossad, the Israeli Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, takes part in a ceremony in Tel Aviv, Israel. Dagan, a former spymaster who has accused Israel's top leaders of barreling toward a rash military strike in Iran said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, that Israel's survival is not at risk, an assessment that puts him sharply at odds with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_iran ap/20120207/ml_lebanon_iran AP world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:41:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.2d1731891629440da0770e0214d7849c-2d1731891629440da0770e0214d7849c-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GCoFvddDq5f8ik3dO9VPnA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a ceremony in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, to mark Islam's Prophet Muhammad's birth. Nasrallah said in his speech that America, western nations, Israel and some Arab states have made a decision to bring down the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran will not ask Lebanon's Hezbollah to retaliate if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, the leader of the militant group said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.2d1731891629440da0770e0214d7849c-2d1731891629440da0770e0214d7849c-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GCoFvddDq5f8ik3dO9VPnA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a ceremony in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, to mark Islam's Prophet Muhammad's birth. Nasrallah said in his speech that America, western nations, Israel and some Arab states have made a decision to bring down the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_broadcasting_to_iran ap/20120207/ml_israel_broadcasting_to_iran AP world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:29:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_broadcasting_to_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.39da64df637e40d08fd9a7d33d69a0fa-39da64df637e40d08fd9a7d33d69a0fa-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=six2QHcKdlq1F5T8c4tgRw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this image made on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, Israeli broadcasters work from the Parsian Radio in Tel Aviv, Israel. Radio Radisin, a private Farsi-language radio station based in Tel Aviv, airs Iranian music, poetry and current affairs shows aiming to spread peace between the Israeli and Iranian people regardless of who runs that country. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" border="0" /></a>AP - While Israeli leaders are increasingly sounding belligerent warnings of a potential military strike against Iran's nuclear installations, a group of Iranian-Israelis are transmitting a different message.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_broadcasting_to_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120207/capt.39da64df637e40d08fd9a7d33d69a0fa-39da64df637e40d08fd9a7d33d69a0fa-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=six2QHcKdlq1F5T8c4tgRw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image made on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, Israeli broadcasters work from the Parsian Radio in Tel Aviv, Israel. Radio Radisin, a private Farsi-language radio station based in Tel Aviv, airs Iranian music, poetry and current affairs shows aiming to spread peace between the Israeli and Iranian people regardless of who runs that country. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran ap/20120207/us_us_iran AP politics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:36:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.d9e0e588a3804bcc8840b50c2387f8af-d9e0e588a3804bcc8840b50c2387f8af-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T0Uesen2HY2MQ5XSFGEOmQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before any military action against Iran's nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.d9e0e588a3804bcc8840b50c2387f8af-d9e0e588a3804bcc8840b50c2387f8af-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=T0Uesen2HY2MQ5XSFGEOmQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE- In this April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/wl_nm/us_nuclear_iran_iaea nm/20120206/us_nuclear_iran_iaea Reuters world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:46 GMT Reuters - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama ap/20120206/us_obama AP politics Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.549137d1034b4bd6b851c858dbfe4768-549137d1034b4bd6b851c858dbfe4768-0.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=wcFLRzC0HSnqriAYVs9QUg--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, but cautioned that there are still many unanswered questions about Tehran's inner workings.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120206/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120205/capt.549137d1034b4bd6b851c858dbfe4768-549137d1034b4bd6b851c858dbfe4768-0.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=wcFLRzC0HSnqriAYVs9QUg--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_usa_plutonium_clearup ap/20120203/eu_spain_usa_plutonium_clearup AP world Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:51:40 GMT AP - Spain said Friday it had received guarantees that the United States will help clean up land contaminated with radioactivity after a mid-air collision in 1966 dumped four U.S. hydrogen bombs in the country's south.