U.S. Nuclear-Bomb Detector Ignored by Truckers Leaves Shipping Vulnerable
Two years after South Korea’s busiest port installed a $3.5 million scanner to check U.S.- bound shipping containers for nuclear weapons, the machine sits idle because truckers won’t drive through it due to fears of radiation exposure.
Iran Tells EU It Is Willing To Resume Nuclear Talks
European officials received a letter from Iranian negotiator Saeed Jalili stating that Tehran would be willing to begin a new round of talks about its nuclear program after Nov. 10. European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton called the move “very significant.”
Bomb plot: Woman arrested
YEMENI police arrest suspect as experts say “printer bombs” were primed to bring down airplanes.
Iran offers to hold talks with 6 nations over nukes
Associated Press VIENNA — Iran offered Friday to negotiate with six world powers about its disputed nuclear program in a new bid to end growing concern that it could be used to produce weapons.
Mail bomb plot shows lax cargo, parcel security
The discovery of U.S.-bound mail bombs on cargo planes in England and Dubai reveals the danger posed by air shipping, which is governed by a patchwork of inconsistent controls that make packages a potential threat even to passenger jets, experts said Saturday.
Iran Says It’s Ready to Return to Nuclear Talks
BRUSSELS — Iran said Friday that it would resume talks with the West about its nuclear program in November, according to officials at the European Union.
Cameron says bomb was designed to explode on plane
A bomb found in a parcel on board a US-bound cargo plane in Britain was designed to go off on the aircraft, Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday.
Russia to build Vietnam’s first nuclear plant
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit Hanoi this weekend to agree the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant, a deal aimed at reviving ties with the Soviet-era ally, his aide said on Friday.
