Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2730 science Science - Nuclear Weapons en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:54:53 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2730 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa_arms nm/20090703/us_russia_usa_arms Reuters topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:54:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa_arms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1354728229.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=eHeFB_VbDPgiI9buqnWDjQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a boat trip in the waters off the Sevmash factory as new Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky is seen in the background, in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. and Russian negotiators have still not reached agreement on cutting stocks of their deadliest nuclear weapons ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow on Monday, sources close to the talks said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/ts_nm/us_russia_usa_arms"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r1354728229.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=eHeFB_VbDPgiI9buqnWDjQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev smiles during a boat trip in the waters off the Sevmash factory as new Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky is seen in the background, in the northern city of Severodvinsk July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/iaeanuclearpoliticsjapan afp/20090703/iaeanuclearpoliticsjapan AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:12:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/iaeanuclearpoliticsjapan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246555094023-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=KGbI2q3q43yGzZ5GcVxYzQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised Friday to do his "utmost" to resolve a long-running nuclear standoff with Iran after governors formally gave their nod of approval to his appointment.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan welcomed the choice of Yukiya Amano as the next head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressing that he comes from the only country to have been attacked by atom bombs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_asia_afp/iaeanuclearpoliticsjapan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246555094023-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=KGbI2q3q43yGzZ5GcVxYzQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised Friday to do his "utmost" to resolve a long-running nuclear standoff with Iran after governors formally gave their nod of approval to his appointment.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_nuclear_iaea_election nm/20090702/us_nuclear_iaea_election Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:04:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_nuclear_iaea_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r611065358.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Rcg9srhUPVJi9lGt.G7OOQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Newly elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Yukiya Amano of Japan briefs the media at Vienna's UN headquarters July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano was narrowly elected the next head of the U.N. atomic watchdog Thursday and he vowed to tackle rich-poor tensions weakening the fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_nuclear_iaea_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r611065358.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Rcg9srhUPVJi9lGt.G7OOQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Newly elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Yukiya Amano of Japan briefs the media at Vienna's UN headquarters July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_korea_north nm/20090702/us_korea_north Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:57:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2990904469.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=zQNQRlXCWzLRBB9hQf3iIQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits to the Hamhung semiconductor materials factory in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on July 1, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA" border="0" /></a>Reuters - North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, further stoking already high regional tension due to its nuclear test and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in response to UN sanctions.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/wl_nm/us_korea_north"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r2990904469.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=zQNQRlXCWzLRBB9hQf3iIQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) visits to the Hamhung semiconductor materials factory in South Hamgyong Province, North Korea, in this undated picture released by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on July 1, 2009. REUTERS/KCNA" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_un_nuclear_agency_new_head ap/20090702/eu_un_nuclear_agency_new_head AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:12:26 GMT AP - The world's top nuclear watchdog chose Japan's Yukiya Amano as its next head on Thursday — and he touched on the devastation U.S. atom bombs wreaked on his country in pledging to do his utmost to prevent the spread of nuclear arms. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_iran ap/20090702/us_obama_iran AP politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:16:01 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says he is "not reconciled" to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20090702/as_pakistan AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:18:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e76dfa2b704e43f68fe122598bf94767.pakistan_xvt105.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=rorfNu6Hf9Gz3nQF7oj2ZQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Pakistani police investigate a vehicle after a deadly bombings in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Police say a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has slammed into a bus carrying defense department employees, killing at least six people. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bombs targeting police and employees of a Pakistani nuclear facility killed two people and wounded scores more Thursday — the latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e76dfa2b704e43f68fe122598bf94767.pakistan_xvt105.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=rorfNu6Hf9Gz3nQF7oj2ZQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pakistani police investigate a vehicle after a deadly bombings in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Police say a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has slammed into a bus carrying defense department employees, killing at least six people. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/india_nm/india407480 nm/20090702/india407480 Reuters world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:34:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/india_nm/india407480"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/ra1879330895.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=tTFnhYRN.7COkMwgvtf8ZA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of the Vienna headquarters in this August 9, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Whoever becomes head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog later this year will have to tackle a deep political divide over a nuclear fuel supply plan aimed at keeping the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/india_nm/india407480"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/ra1879330895.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=tTFnhYRN.7COkMwgvtf8ZA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of the Vienna headquarters in this August 9, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090702/ts_nm/us_security_dirtybomb_newyork nm/20090702/us_security_dirtybomb_newyork Reuters topstories Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:48:26 GMT Reuters - Thousands of additional law enforcement officers within 50 miles of New York City will have access to radiation detectors for dirty bombs and nuclear devices, New York police said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_russia ap/20090701/us_us_russia AP politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:38:49 GMT AP - President Barack Obama wants to produce early results after promising to reset relations with Russia, hoping to emerge from a Moscow summit next week with clear progress on reducing both nations' nuclear arsenals and changing the way the Russian people view the United States. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/ts_nm/us_russia_usa nm/20090701/us_russia_usa Reuters topstories Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/ts_nm/us_russia_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245763838339-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_B2e7WTkyTXG48hWRMvkyg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama held talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in April 2009. US and Russian negotiators have met in Geneva to discuss new cuts in nuclear weapons arsenals, their last scheduled round of talks before a summit between their presidents next month.(AFP/RIA/File/Vladimir Rodionov)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hopes are rising on both sides that President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow next week will produce a breakthrough in talks on cutting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons and on helping Washington in Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090701/ts_nm/us_russia_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090623/capt.photo_1245763838339-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_B2e7WTkyTXG48hWRMvkyg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama held talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in April 2009. US and Russian negotiators have met in Geneva to discuss new cuts in nuclear weapons arsenals, their last scheduled round of talks before a summit between their presidents next month.(AFP/RIA/File/Vladimir Rodionov)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nuclear_iran_analysis ap/20090701/eu_nuclear_iran_analysis AP world Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:57 GMT AP - New waves of acrimony between Iran and world powers over the Islamic Republic's disputed presidential vote are dimming what were already modest prospects for meaningful negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_us/eu_russia_us_arms_control ap/20090701/eu_russia_us_arms_control AP us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:47:49 GMT AP - Through the Cold War the United States and Russia built vast nuclear arsenals, creating a balance of terror that gripped the world. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_romanian_uranium ap/20090630/us_romanian_uranium AP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:34:00 GMT AP - The last remaining bomb-grade uranium has been shipped out of Romania as part of a U.S.-Russian nuclear nonproliferation program, the Energy Department reported Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/pl_nm/us_korea_north_usa_sanctions nm/20090630/us_korea_north_usa_sanctions Reuters politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:39:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/pl_nm/us_korea_north_usa_sanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1113319752.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=29urnI5TgVIjkNcp.UgW7Q--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="North Koreans take part in a mass rally marking anti-U.S. Day at the Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on the 59th anniversary of the start of the Korean War (1950-53) June 25, 2009, in this picture released by North Koreas official news agency KCNA. The red banners read, "Exterminate the U.S. invader, North Korean's sworn enemy!" QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/KCNA" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States said on Tuesday it had cracked down on companies involved in North Korea's suspected missile proliferation and in purchases of equipment that could be used in a nuclear weapons program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090630/pl_nm/us_korea_north_usa_sanctions"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1113319752.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=29urnI5TgVIjkNcp.UgW7Q--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="North Koreans take part in a mass rally marking anti-U.S. Day at the Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang on the 59th anniversary of the start of the Korean War (1950-53) June 25, 2009, in this picture released by North Koreas official news agency KCNA. The red banners read, "Exterminate the U.S. invader, North Korean's sworn enemy!" QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/KCNA" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/usnkoreanuclearweaponssanctioniran afp/20090630/usnkoreanuclearweaponssanctioniran AFP politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:17:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/usnkoreanuclearweaponssanctioniran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246379979787-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uSZmwVj_YnRxETvkbUVe2w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A North Korean soldier looks toward the South side at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas on June 9, 2009. The United States ordered sanctions on an Iranian firm for allegedly aiding North Korea's nuclear missile program, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States ordered Tuesday sanctions on an Iranian-based firm for allegedly aiding nuclear-armed North Korea's missile program, and accused the two nations of joint arms proliferation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/pl_afp/usnkoreanuclearweaponssanctioniran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246379979787-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uSZmwVj_YnRxETvkbUVe2w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A North Korean soldier looks toward the South side at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas on June 9, 2009. The United States ordered sanctions on an Iranian firm for allegedly aiding North Korea's nuclear missile program, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090630/ts_csm/ankfinance csm/20090630/ankfinance The Christian Science Monitor topstories Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea is not a rich country. But the US has squeezed its finances in the past, in an effort to get Pyongyang to curb its weapons programs. Armed with new UN sanctions, Washington seems determined to try this approach again. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsskorea afp/20090630/nkoreanuclearweaponsskorea AFP world Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:34:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246347229193-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=h57vd09uZj9DkD0UDmZupQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="A protester holds up a mock North Korean missile during a rally in Seoul. South Korea's defence chief has said that North Korea appeared to be pushing forward with a uranium enrichment programme, stoking fears the secretive communist state may use it for nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Hong Jin-Hwan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korea's defence chief has said that North Korea appeared to be pushing forward with a uranium enrichment programme, stoking fears the secretive communist state may use it for nuclear weapons.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090630/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearweaponsskorea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090630/capt.photo_1246347229193-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=h57vd09uZj9DkD0UDmZupQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="A protester holds up a mock North Korean missile during a rally in Seoul. South Korea's defence chief has said that North Korea appeared to be pushing forward with a uranium enrichment programme, stoking fears the secretive communist state may use it for nuclear weapons.(AFP/File/Hong Jin-Hwan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_re_us/us_nuclear_zero ap/20090629/us_nuclear_zero AP us Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:26:01 GMT AP - A group committed to eliminating nuclear weapons presented on Monday a four-step plan to achieve that goal by 2030, while acknowledging that Iran could be a "show stopper." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/japanuspoliticsmilitarynuclear afp/20090629/japanuspoliticsmilitarynuclear AFP world Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:35:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/japanuspoliticsmilitarynuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246253575211-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Zgd4a6lujveyYGqfSyFf3w--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="US navy soldiers watch as the USS Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka US Naval Base in Japan. Japan's government has denied a report that Tokyo had secretly agreed with Washington during the cold war to allow US warships carrying nuclear weapons to make port calls in the country.(AFP/File/Ken Shimizu)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Japan's government has denied a report that Tokyo had secretly agreed with Washington during the cold war to allow US warships carrying nuclear weapons to make port calls in the country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/nuclearweapon/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090629/wl_asia_afp/japanuspoliticsmilitarynuclear"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090629/capt.photo_1246253575211-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=Zgd4a6lujveyYGqfSyFf3w--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="US navy soldiers watch as the USS Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka US Naval Base in Japan. Japan's government has denied a report that Tokyo had secretly agreed with Washington during the cold war to allow US warships carrying nuclear weapons to make port calls in the country.(AFP/File/Ken Shimizu)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)