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breakingnews
22.05.2010, 09:59
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Depleted uranium has been used for nearly 20 years as sub-ammunition of artillery shells in international conflicts like the two Iraq Wars and the NATO conflict with Serbia, but the long-term effects of it are unknown.
29.10.2010, 07:21
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With US troops heading home, Iraq is faced with tons of rubbish and leftovers staying behind. Although markets in the country are now flooded with used American goods, many Iraqis are scared to buy them.
06.08.2009, 22:28
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a laboratory experiment for US officials who wanted to see how their new weapon would work, said Episcopal priest and historian Philip Wheaton.
02.07.2010, 15:59
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Hot on the heels of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, US President Barack Obama has signed yet another document imposing even tougher penalties against Iran for its alleged nuclear weapons program.
08.05.2010, 13:09
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As countries around the world mark VE-Day, it seems that some of those who once fought side by side, have these days turned on each other.
27.10.2009, 20:01
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All negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have failed and the option now is for Israel to launch a preemptive strike against the Islamic Republic, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton told RT.
14.11.2009, 03:54
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Russia and the US are negotiating a new nuke reduction treaty. But it’s necessary that other nuclear states get involved in such talks, the Director of the Nuclear Information Project, Hans Kristensen, told RT.
Medvedev-Obama
24.09.2009, 20:57
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Iran is prepared for any potential attack, but it’s unlikely Israel would launch a military strike, Dr Seyed Mohammad Marandi from the University of Tehran told RT.
06.08.2010, 06:07
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Japan is remembering the 140,000 people who died after the first-ever use of an atomic bomb, dropped by the US on the city of Hiroshima in August 1945.
07.10.2010, 11:43
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Today, the war in Afghanistan enters its tenth year with little sign of an end.
Published: 24 July, 2010, 00:41
Edited: 28 July, 2010, 23:20
Reports have emerged that the UK used depleted uranium weapons during the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. A UK defense official has reportedly admitted using highly controversial ammunition.
They used them in both conflicts with Iraq.What planet have you been on?
Guess they found some weapons of mass destruction after all!