US overturns ban on nuclear trade with India

Though there were concerns that the deal allowing the UNited States to trade in nuclear materials with India would not pass before the end of President Bush's second term, it appears that the deal has gone...

Nepal Maoists PM begins India Tour

Maoists rebel turned New Nepalese Prime Minister Prachanda has begun his first official visit to India. After being elected Prime Minister this is second visit foreign visit. India and Nepal enjoys a familial but often prickly relationship. The two countries have very close...

United States Arms-Control Specialist Charles Norton Van Doren Dies

United States arms-control specialist Charles Norton Van Doren, whose life's work was to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, died August 23 at Sibley Memorial Hospital."After the United States dropped...

LISBON TREATY. It's not over yet!

Two reports on the Lisbon Treaty, by Joe Noonan–[Joe Noonan is a partner in Noonan Linehan Carroll Coffey, Solicitors, Cork.   He was an expert witness on foreign and security policy in the landmark Crotty case (1987) in which the Supreme Court decided that the...

Koshi floods continue, urgent measures required

Chief District Officer of Sunsari Durga Bhandari warns that as the flood water is spreading everywhere, more villages could be drowned in floods if immediate control measures are not taken. “If the course of the Koshi River cannot be redirected to its previous condition,...

UN Ghana climate talks begin, but time is running out

As around 160 nations convened in Accra today to resume talks on climate change, Ghana warned that time was running short to work out a climate change deal, that even now will require billions of dollars a year.The...

Japan pressured to oppose US-India nuclear deal

"TOKYO - Anti-nuclear campaigners launched a campaign Friday to press nuclear energy suppliers to stop an accord between India and the United States, saying it would shatter anti-proliferation efforts. A loose coalition including activists and scholars focused efforts on...

Syria has blocked new IAEA visit

Reports from diplomats involved in the matter, say that Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts. Lack of IAEA access could cropple chances of figuring out whether Syria hid a North...

A dying way of life

Imagine if you were living on a First Nations reserve with 50, 60, 70% unemployment and and faced with this.Exactly."A dying way of lifeNew Canada-U.S. treaty and declining salmon stocks could spell the end of...

Canada seeks industry, not consumer input on secret treaty

Canadians who have a any notion that we are some sort of bastion of civil rights need to stop kidding themselves. Uncer the current Harper regime, Canadians have seen the erosion of civil risghts and core democratic principles. Well we really have no one to blame but...

Irish protest Sarkozy visit

Hundreds protested in Dublin yesterday as French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Ireland. Demonstrators gathered outside government offices to protest comments made last week by Sarkozy that, in effect, called...

Sarkozy in Dublin to understand Lisbon issues

The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, is returning home after meeting politicians and lobby groups for and against the Lisbon Treaty in Dublin.At a joint news conference with Mr Cowen at Government Buildings, Mr...

Sarkozy aims to revive EU pact this year

In an important speech delivered yesterday in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who assumed the French rotating EU presidency at the begining of the month, outlined the timeframe he envisions for trying...

Poland in new blow to EU treaty

Poland has become latest stumbling block in European Union treaty. Polish President has shown his unwillingess to sign the treaty. Although the Polish parliament ratified the treaty in April, it still needs the...

Wheeler to appeal over referendum

The millionaire Stuart Wheeler's Quixotic quest to force a referendum on the Lisbon reform treaty has been dealt a blow today as the High Court has rejected his legal challenge. His argument is that because the...

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