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Moving to a Safer World with a Million Pleas Campaign

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Neena Bhandari
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SYDNEY (IDN) – As the threat of nuclear annihilation becomes more real than ever before, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Australia has launched a 'Million Pleas' campaign, emphasising the urgency to rid the world of these weapons. [P]

"The Million Pleas campaign gives a face and a voice to the issue of Nuclear weapons and the urgency for total disarmament and abolition of these weapons. People do want to see a complete abolition of N-weapons, but they don’t necessarily have a way of getting the message across to world leaders. Through this initiative, they can," says ICAN Australia’s Campaign Director and Executive Officer, Dimity Hawkins.

Kazakhstan Leads Battle to Ban Nuclear Testing

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By Megan Iacobini de Fazio

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The first International Day against Nuclear Testing will be marked on August 29 by festivities in Astana, Kazakhstan and major cities around the world, with the goal of raising awareness of the importance of banning nuclear tests and to educate people on the catastrophic effects past tests have had on human beings and the environment.

The Arabs and the Race to Nuclear Hell

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By Fareed Mahdy
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ISTANBUL (IDN) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sounds rather optimistic -- or has chosen to do so: “Recently, we have seen signs of progress on nuclear non-proliferation talks,” he said some two weeks ahead of announcing on August. 3 that ministerial-level discussions on eliminating the world’s nuclear weapons will take place in New York in September. But signals from both the Arab region and the U.S. induce a dramatically different conclusion. [P] ARABIC

Peace Signals from U.S. Nuclear Footprint Sites

The UN chief Ban Ki-moon is seen with Sumiteru Taniguchi, an atomic bomb survivor. Nuclear Abolition News | IDN
By Ramesh Jaura
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History is in the making with two sites where the United States left its indelible nuclear footprints -- the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago and Japan's legendary city of Hiroshima -- sending new signals. [P] ARABIC | ITALIAN | JAPANESE PDF TEXT VERSION

Preparations Afoot to Commemorate Hiroshima Atom Bombing

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By Taro Ichikawa
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TOKYO (IDN) - Nuclear abolition is not yet around the corner. But the United States, Britain and France have apparently come round to the view that the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an appropriate opportunity to underline a paradigm shift under way. [P] JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION

Despite Cuts, Nukes Still Integral to U.S. Security Strategy

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By Haider Rizvi

UNITED NATIONS - The new U.S. plan to maintain and improve its nuclear weapons complex is likely to hinder international efforts to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction, say independent analysts who have watched a series of U.N.-led talks on nuclear proliferation and disarmament for years. [P] ITALIAN | JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION | SPANISH

White House Low-Key on China-Pakistan Nuke Deal

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By Eli Clifton

WASHINGTON - The meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) June 21-25 in New Zealand brought statements of concern over China's planned nuclear deal with Pakistan, but U.S. State Department officials avoided taking a strong position on the deal when pressed by reporters. [P] ARABIC | FRENCH | JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION

Buddhist Leader Pushes for Nuclear Abolition Treaty

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IDN-InDepth NewsInterview of Daisaku Ikeda

An eminent Buddhist thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, has called for an early start of negotiations for a global treaty to abolish nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction, to coincide -- ideally -- with the 70th anniversary of the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [P] CHINESE Tra | CHINESE Sim | GERMAN | ITALIAN | JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION | SPANISH | TURKISH | URDU

'Nuclear-Free Middle East Not Easy'

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Interview of DAISAKU IKEDA, president of Soka Gakkai International

A meeting called for 2012 on a Middle East free of nuclear weapons is likely to run into difficulties, says Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International (SGI). ARABIC | FRENCH

UN Nuke Meet Ends with Good Intentions and Empty Promises

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The road to a nuclear weapons-free world is apparently paved with good intentions - but littered with plenty of platitudes and empty promises. [P] JAPANESE PDF | TEXT VERSION

The Challenge of Moving Fast toward a Nuke-Free World

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By Ernest Corea

IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – Gloom-and-doom headlines in the waning days of the 2010 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) caused many observers to assume that negotiations would collapse in deadlock, but the Final Declaration of the conference was adopted without dissent. Consensus on potentially contentious issues was a significant milestone on the path toward nuclear disarmament. [P] JAPANESE PDF | TEXT VERSION

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