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NOTHING LOST, NOT EVERYTHING GAINED
http://www.russia.net/ria/dr/dw27030.htm
(Nezavisimaya Gazeta, March 27. In full.)
Vladimir LUKIN, chairman of the RF State Duma international affairs committee "The Duma is in no hurry to ratify the document, among other reasons, because it sees no promise of a dependable and mutually acceptable strategic balance. For after START-2 is ratified, the US can well procrastinate or freeze negotiations on START-3, and Russia would be in a highly losing position."
Conference on disarmament fails to make progress
http://www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2138190-c92
The U.N-sponsored Conference on Disarmament ended its first two-month session of 1997 Thursday without having made any substantial progress, its chairman said. Grigori Berdennikov, Russia's ambassador and current chairman, called on the forum's 61 members to break the deadlock and launch negotiations later this year on halting production of nuclear bomb-making fissile material. The body, which resumes May 15, also faces major hurdles to starting its own negotiations for a global ban on anti-personnel landmines.
U.S. lawmakers ask Clinton to push for Vanunu release
http://www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2136940-d8c
A group of House Democrats asked President Clinton Thursday to push for the release of Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear technician convicted of spying against Israel. In a letter to the president, 13 lawmakers said Vanunu, who has been imprisoned in Israel for more than a decade, should be freed for humanitarian reasons. Vanunu was convicted of treason for revealing that Israel had built a stockpile of nuclear weapons. The lawmakers believe Vanunu has suffered enough for what he believed to be an act of conscience.
U.S. lawmakers ask Clinton to push for Vanunu release
news:Risrael-usa-vanunuURe6D_7MR@clari.net
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:31:53 PST
"WASHINGTON (Reuter) - A group of House Democrats Thursday asked President Clinton to push for the release of Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear technician convicted of spying against Israel."
Taiwan to test-fire two more U.S. Hawk missiles
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Thu, 27 Mar 1997 5:34:25 PST
"TAIPEI, March 27 (Reuter) - Taiwan will test-fire two U.S. Hawk missiles in the Taiwan Strait on April 1, continuing a drill seen as bolstering the island's defences against China, military officials said on Thursday."
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
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Thu, 27 Mar 1997 22:30:48 PST
"TOKYO, March 28 (Reuter) - Japan will end a freeze on grant-in-aid to China that was imposed in August 1995 to protest against China's nuclear tests, Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikeda said on Friday."
Rights Group Suspects That Yugoslav Army May Have Chemical Weapons
http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/world/yugo-serbia-chemwar.html
By PHILIP SHENON The New York Times March 28, 1997
WASHINGTON -- A prominent human-rights group suggested on Thursday that the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army may still possess huge stores of chemical weapons.
U.N. experts in Iraq to discuss chemical arms
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Thu, 27 Mar 1997 6:53:32 PST (Reuter / Hassan Hafidh)
"BAGHDAD, March 27 (Reuter) - A team of United Nations experts arrived in Baghdad on Thursday to examine documents provided recently by Iraq on its past chemical warfare programme, a senior U.N. official said."
N.Korea wants substantial food aid for peace talks
news:Rkorea-northURpwq_7MR.ReVs_7MR@clari.net
Thu, 27 Mar 1997 6:45:04 PST (Reuter / Moon Ihlwan)
"SEOUL, March 27 (Reuter) - Impoverished North Korea has told the United States and South Korea it will join proposed four-nation peace talks if they first guarantee substantial food aid, Seoul officials said on Thursday."
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