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By Meredith Buel Washington 30 May 2008 U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley says the world cannot let down future generations by allowing Iran to develop a nuclear bomb, saying such a development would be a disaster for the Middle East and

VOA慢速英语--Nuclear Energy's Slow Return Hurts Japan's Power Producers

A new study shows that the Japanese nuclear industry is unlikely to reach a government target of providing at least 20 percent of the countrys energy by 2030. The study was prepared for the Reuters news agency. In Japan, eight nuclear power centers a

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Responses coming after US President Donald Trump's first State of the Union are casting doubt on whether his appeal for bipartisan unity has been well received. Preliminary TV ratings from Nielsen showed that for his first State of the Union, Donald

Seoul Urges Negotiation Over North Korea's Nuclear Program

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan delivers a speech in Port Harcourt on 14 May 2010 Nigerian lawmakers approved Muslim politician, Namadi Sambo, as the new vice president of Africa's most populous nation Tuesday. President Goodluck Jonathan's choi

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Goodluck Jonathan says his primary focus is driving down double-digit inflation, boosting electricity supplies, and getting the 2010 budget through parliament. Scott Stearns | Abuja 15 February 2010 Nigeria's new acting president and commander in chi

VOA标准英语2009年-S. Korea Counters North's Nuclear Test by

South Korea is upgrading its participation in a U.S., led international campaign to disrupt the traffic of weapons of mass destruction, a step it long avoided to prevent angering Pyongyang. The move comes after a nuclear test by the North, and sever

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VOA常速英语2007-US Envoy: North Korea's Nuclear Disarmament on T

By Kate Woodsome Hong Kong 31 October 2007 A team of U.S. experts is preparing to travel to North Korea this week to oversee the shutdown of the country's main nuclear facility. As Kate Woodsome reports from VOA's Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the c

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By Gary Thomas Washington 17 December 2007 In 2007, the long-simmering enmity between the United States and Iran came to a boil as Washington ratcheted up its accusations on Tehran's nuclear weapons ambitions and its backing of insurgents in Iraq. Bu

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 March 2008 South Korea's chief official on North Korea policy has warned a continued lack of progress in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons could threaten the growth of a joint industrial park. The park, built by South Korea

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VOA常速英语2007-Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Steps Down

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 20 October 2007 Iran says its top nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has resigned. He will be replaced by a relatively unknown deputy foreign minister with close ties to the Iranian president. VOA's Challiss McDonough has m

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Modern Geiger counters don't click. As is the case with so many other devices, they have gone digital. At least that is true for the high-tech Japanese Geiger counters here. But they still measure radiation（放射） exposure in the quaint-sounding

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Dan Lipman, vice president of the Washington-based Nuclear Energy Institute, said Xi Jinping's words show there is good agreement between China and the United States on the threats that they face. Nuclear security is very critical for the U.S. nuclea