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A Secret Global Conduit for Nuclear Wares

The developing world is witnessing an unprecedented surge in interest in nuclear power, a trend that arms-control experts say may be partly linked to worries about a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. More than 40 countries are building or considering new nulcear power facilities, including nearly a dozen in the oil-rich Middle East.

A Secret Global Conduit for Nuclear Wares

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Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared
Article | VIENNA -- At least 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin America have recently approached U.N. officials here to signal interest in starting nuclear power programs, a trend that concerned proliferation experts say could provide the building blocks of nuclear arsenals in so...
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