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Obama says Iran to face toughest possible sanctions

President Barack Obama warned Iran on Thursday it would face the toughest possible sanctions for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, as Treasury officials eyed action against the Iranian central bank.

Libya News Update: Gadhafi, the Battle for Sirte and Yellow Cake

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National Transitional Council troops are currently fighting for control of Sirte, Gadhafi's birthplace, where loyalist fighters are putting up a fierce resistance. Meanwhile, U.N. officials claim that uranium yellowcake was found in the south of the country.

Iran's President Arrives in Sudan to Boost Ties

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive in Sudan late on Sunday for talks expected to focus on boosting political and economic ties between the two allies, Sudanese officials said.
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Former MI5 Chief Justifies Dialogue with Gadhafi

Terming the dialogue initiated by the British government with Colonel Gaddafi in 2003 as right decision, the former MI5 chief Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller today acknowledged that though it was difficult, but the decision to engage in dialogue with Gaddafi in 2003 was right.
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France Confirms Nuclear Explosion, Death

In France, a nuclear explosion has killed one and injured four more. The event comes on the heels of a re-investment in nuclear energy by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

French Nuclear Explosion Causes Radioactive Leak Risk

An explosion at France's Marcoule nuclear plant on Monday has left at least one dead and three injured. As of 2 p.m. local time, there had been no radioactive leak, but there is a leak risk and authorities have set up a protective perimeter around the plant.
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Chuseok— A Festival With Two Faces

The day is almost half-way over as the sun slowly fades in brightness over Hongdae, where hundreds of restaurants, bars, night clubs, and shops cover the streets and become an important center for night life in Seoul, South Korea.
A view of the abandoned Libyan External Security office where Moussa Koussa was based in Tripoli

CIA, MI6 Helped Gaddafi on Dissidents: Rights Group

Documents found in the abandoned Tripoli office of Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief indicate the U.S. and British spy agencies helped the fallen strongman persecute Libyan dissidents, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
A Libyan rebel talks on his walkie-talkie near the tent of Muammar Gaddafi at Bab Al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli

Nuclear Experts Warn of Libya Dirty Bomb Material

A research center near Tripoli has stocks of nuclear material that could be used to make a dirty bomb, a former senior U.N. inspector said on Wednesday, warning of possible looting during turmoil in Libya.
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Russia hopes its proposal can revive Iran nuclear talk

Russia pitched on Wednesday a proposal to Iran's foreign minister which it hopes could bring a breakthrough in a confrontation over Tehran's nuclear programme, despite doubts in the West that the plan can make much headway.
The aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima

Were Hiroshima and Nagasaki Racist Acts?

The attacks ? the only time nuclear weapons have ever been used in world history to date ? killed tens of thousands of people and shocked the planet with the scale of their destruction.
A North Korean soldier holds a red flag as he walks on the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong

North Korea says agrees more U.S. talks

Isolated North Korea said on Monday it had agreed to further dialogue with the United States, and repeated it was willing to resume regional nuclear disarmament talks at an early date, without preconditions.
Saudi Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz (R) and Prince Turki Al Faisal leave Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia Will Build Nuclear Weapons If Iran Does: Prince

Prince Turki al-Faisal, a senior diplomat and scion of the ruling Saudi royal family, told senior NATO officials that Riyadh would not stand idle in the event that Tehran developed nuclear arms, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper of Britain

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