By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 12 October 2006 North Korea's claimed nuclear test has left Northeast Asia pondering how to deal with its new security environment. But the test hardly came as a surprise. Six years ago, then South Korean President Kim Dae-j...
By Gary Thomas Washington 03 October 2006 The top U.S. intelligence official says Iran could have a nuclear weapon within four to nine years, but that it still has time to turn away from that path. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte (fil...
By David Gollust Washington 27 September 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she supports European Union chief diplomat Javier Solana in his nuclear talks with Iran, though asserting that the process is not open-ended. Sol...
By Richard Green Washington 02 September 2006 There is a debate under way in the United States about the benefits of nuclear power, as the country looks for alternatives to its dependence on foreign oil. Advocates say nuclear power will provide a cl...
By Gary Thomas Tehran 20 July 2006 Iran says it is still studying a package of incentives offered by the West to get Tehran to halt uranium enrichment. The country's National Security Council has also accused the United States of attempting to block...
By Gary Thomas Tehran 11 July 2006 The European Union deadline for an answer on new proposals to end the Iranian nuclear controversy went almost unnoticed in Iran. The July 11 deadline passed with almost no mention of the issue by official Iran. Pre...
By David Gollust State Department 31 May 2006 View Rice statement on Iran (Real Video) The Bush administration, on the eve of a critical meeting in Vienna, has offered to join nuclear talks with Iran if Tehran stops enriching uranium. President Bush...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 June 2006 Iranian Top Nuclear Negotiator Ali Larijani, left , talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt Iranian officials are rejecting some aspects of an international package o...
By Michael Bowman Washington 02 June 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Iran should give careful consideration to an international package of incentives for halting its uranium enrichment a...
By Teresa Sullivan Washington 18 May 2006 The United States is looking to create a strong strategic partnership with India as the South Asian country emerges as a world power. President Bush recently...