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Pakistan in Uproar After Bhutto Assassination

By PBS News Hour

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in an attack that killed at least 20 others, plunging the nuclear-armed country into fresh turmoil less than two weeks before highly-anticipated elections.

U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Reduction Plan Announced

By Admin, PBS News Hour

President Bush announced this week that he wants to shrink the aging U.S. nuclear stockpile to less than a quarter of its size at the end of the Cold War.

N. Korea Agrees to Uphold Nuclear Bargain

By PBS News Hour

On Thursday, North Korea reportedly responded to a letter President Bush sent earlier this month, saying it would live it up to its obligations to disarm its nuclear weapons program as long as the United States holds up its part…

Nuclear Leak from Japan Quake Bigger Than Estimated

By PBS News Hour

Officials from the world's largest nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki, Japan, announced Wednesday the amount of nuclear waste leakage from Monday's 6.8-magnitude earthquake is 50 percent larger than earlier estimates.

U.N. Weapons Inspectors to Enter North Korea

By PBS News Hour

The United Nations' nuclear agency decided Monday to dispatch inspectors to North Korea to oversee the shutdown of the country's plutonium-producing facility.

U.S. Envoy Visits North Korea over Disarmament Deal

By PBS News Hour

Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill made his first trip to North Korea Thursday ahead of six-nation talks next month dealing with nuclear disarmament, made possible now that key sticking points have been resolved.

Iran Defies U.N. Resolution; Announces “Industrial Scale” Uranium Enrichment

By Admin, PBS News Hour

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran has begun enriching uranium "on an industrial scale," an expansion of the nuclear program that has drawn U.N. sanctions and condemnation from the United States.

North Korea Waiting on Funds to Act on Nuclear Program

By PBS News Hour

A North Korean official told a visiting U.S. delegation Monday that the deadline to shut down the country's reactor will be difficult to meet because of delays from a dispute over $25 million in funds.

Iran Warns of ‘Illegal’ Actions if U.N. Imposes Sanctions

By PBS News Hour

Even as the U.N. Security Council opened talks over possible sanctions, Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that Tehran will pursue nuclear activities outside international regulations.

Six World Powers Agree on New Sanctions Against Iran

By PBS News Hour

Ambassadors from six world powers agreed Thursday on a set of new sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program and sent the recommendations to the U.N. Security Council for a vote.