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Barry Schweid, Associated Press
 President Barack Obama weighed in Wednesday to try to hasten the conclusion of a new nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, urging President Dmitry Medvedev to help accelerate its completion.
White House official told The Associated Press that Obama telephoned the Russian leader and found him in accord on the need to press their negotiators to complete the elusive pact, which would sharply reduce their arsenals of long-range nuclear weapons.
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Agence France-Presse
Iran will study a Japanese offer to enrich uranium for Tehran to allow it access to nuclear power for peaceful purposes, an Iranian politician was quoted as saying in Tokyo Thursday.
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Hans-Jürgen Schlamp, Der Spiegel
The EU is preparing tough sanctions against Iran's energy and financial sectors, according to a confidental list of proposals drawn up for EU foreign ministers and obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE.
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Leon V. Sigal, The Boston Globe
If there is such a thing as bipartisan foreign policy, it is one of magical thinking. Nowhere is that more prevalent than with North Korea.
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Agence France-Presse
South Africa has notified the UN Security Council that it recently seized a shipment of North Korean arms bound for Congo in violation of UN resolutions, diplomats said Tuesday.
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Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian
Army chiefs today questioned the usefulness of the Trident nuclear deterrent as they stepped up their battle with the navy and RAF over resources ahead of the impending strategic defence review.
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Obama Urges Russia to Help Gain Treaty