Barack Obama gets Nobel Prize for PeaceOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples", it was announced in Oslo Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Excerpts from citation for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack ObamaOctober 9th, 2009 Excerpts from 2009 Nobel Peace Prize citationOSLO, Norway — Excerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Iran has hidden nuclear site, Obama, other leaders declare, demanding inspectionsSeptember 25th, 2009 Obama, other leaders: Iran has secret nuke sitePITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama declared Friday that Iran is on a path to confrontation with world powers unless it agrees to "come clean" and disclose all its nuclear activities. He said he would not rule out military action.
Free A Q Khan, a vulnerable man to foreign agenciesSeptember 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Q Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist, widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, is a free man again and many consider that he may share the secrets with establishments around the world. In January 2004, Khan had confessed to having been involved in a secret international network of nuclear weapons technology proliferation from Pakistan to Libya, Iran and North Korea.
G8 endorses Obama's call for world free of nuclear weaponsJuly 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - The Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations meeting in Italy endorsed calls by US President Barack Obama for a world without nuclear weapons. "We are all committed to seeking a safer world for all and to creating the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons, in accordance with the goals of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," G8 leaders said in a joint statement Wednesday.
Obama says Washington and Moscow share responsibility to resist nuke ambitions in NKorea, IranJuly 7th, 2009 Obama: US, Russia share burden of reducing nukesMOSCOW — President Barack Obama says the United States and Russia must be united in resisting North Korea's attempt to become a nuclear power and Iran's effort to get a nuclear weapon. He declared in a speech to Russian college students that both Washington and Moscow have an obligation to put an end to nuclear proliferation and to seek a nuclear-free world.
Obama says he wants US to organize summit next year on global nuclear securityJuly 6th, 2009 Obama wants to host global nuclear security summitMOSCOW — President Barack Obama says he wants to host a summit on global nuclear security next year. Obama suggested the event at a news conference Monday after several hours of talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev).
North Korea threatens US with military strikesJune 17th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Wednesday renewed its threats of military strikes against the US and its allies in case the Stalinist state felt provoked. "If the US and its followers infringe upon our republic's sovereignty even a bit, our military and people will launch a 100 or 1,000-fold retaliation with merciless military strikes," a commentary in the state-run Minju Choson newspaper said.
Obama calls for robust enforcement of North Korea sanctionsJune 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak declared Tuesday that North Korea will not be rewarded for provocative threats and called for the robust enforcement of UN sanctions against the Stalinist state. Both leaders pledged to implement strong sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council Friday that included the interception of North Korean vessels suspected of carrying nuclear or missile related technology.
Obama says nuclear-armed North Korea is 'grave threat' to the worldJune 16th, 2009 Obama says nuclear-armed NKorea 'grave threat'WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that North Korea's nuclear ambitions pose a "grave threat" to the world, and he vowed to end a cycle of allowing Pyongyang to create crises and then be rewarded with incentives to back down. "This is a pattern they've come to expect," Obama said.
Ahmadinejad's victory is a threat to world: IsraelJune 13th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israeli Vice premier Shilvat Shalom Saturday stressed the Iranian nuclear "threat" following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in Iran's presidential election. "The United States and the free world must reevaluate the policy on Teheran's nuclear ambitions," Shalom told Israel Radio.
Obama warns Iran could spark Middle East nuclear arms raceJune 4th, 2009 CAIRO - In a much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world from Cairo Thursday, US President Barack Obama urged Iran and other countries to abandon their nuclear weapons programmes. He acknowledged the US role in "overthrowing a democratically elected government" in Iran.
Obama says no one country should decide who has nuclear weapons, reaches out to IranJune 4th, 2009 Obama acknowledges US history with IranCAIRO — President Barack Obama says the United States will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve when dealing with Iran. Obama acknowledges the United States' role in overthrowing the democratically elected Iranian government during the last century.
Obama welcomes agreement by 65-nation Conference on Disarmament toward new arms control treatyMay 30th, 2009 Obama cheers step toward new nuclear arms pactWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is welcoming an agreement by the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament to open the way to negotiate a new nuclear arms control treaty. He says the decision signals a commitment to work together on what he calls a fundamental challenge.
Ahmadinejad says Iran favors talks with the WestApril 18th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his country is in favour of a dialogue with the West over the nuclear stand-off. He said he would soon give an official response to an offer of negotiations by the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany.
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