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Next time, we might not show the restraint and self-control we have shown up until now.

--Al-Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn, warning of future terrorist attacks on the United States.







Monday, June 21, 2010
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High Radiation Levels Found Close to North Korea, South Says
Unusually high levels of radiation were detected close to the North Korean border in May not long after Pyongyang declared that it had successfully created a nuclear fusion reaction, the South Korean Science Ministry announced today (see GSN, June 17). ...Full Story

Iran Bans Two IAEA Inspectors, Citing False Reports
Iran has banned two International Atomic Energy Agency officials from its territory for allegedly providing false information to the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tehran's nuclear activities, Reuters reported today (see GSN, June 18). ...Full Story

India to Resist China-Pakistan Reactor Plan, Officials Assert
High-level Indian officials said their country would seek to halt China's bid to construct two new nuclear power reactors in Pakistan, the Times of India reported yesterday (see GSN, June 17). ...Full Story

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TERRORISM
Pakistani-U.S. Assaults Draining al-Qaeda, Envoy Says...Full Story

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
South Korea Looks to Boost Role in Anti-WMD Campaign...Full Story

NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Myanmar Denies Nuclear Program to IAEA...Full Story

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
University Biodefense Lab Opens in Virginia...Full Story

CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Anniston Chemical Weapons Disposal Approaches Completion...Full Story

MISSILE PROLIFERATION
Iran Lashes U.S. Over Missile Remark...Full Story
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Lawmakers Agree on Iran Sanctions Bill
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have floated compromise legislation aimed at further isolating Iran for pursuing nuclear activities that could support atomic weapons development, Reuters reported yesterday (see GSN, June 21). ...Full Story

Failed Times Square Bomber Pleads Guilty
An unapologetic Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to all charges yesterday for his failed attempt early last month to detonate a car bomb in New York City's Times Square, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, June 18). ...Full Story

Nuclear Exporters Could Curb Indian Trade Rights
A 46-nation nuclear export control regime could adopt rules that would prohibit India from buying nuclear fuel enrichment and reprocessing gear from abroad because New Delhi has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, The Hindu reported yesterday (see GSN, June 21). ...Full Story

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS
No Nuke Talks Before Ship Attack is Addressed, South Korea Says...Full Story
Review of British Nuclear-Weapon Plans Expected in July...Full Story

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
CTR Program Awards Funds for Disease Response in Pakistan...Full Story
Bioterror Alert System to be Created in North Carolina...Full Story

MISSILE PROLIFERATION
Japanese Firms Suspected of Selling North Korea Possible Missile Parts...Full Story

MISSILE DEFENSE
Turkey Seeks Longer-Range Missile Defenses...Full Story

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