Iran is ready to return to nuclear talks: What We're Reading Now
Jan 27, 2012
IRAN
Iran is ready to return to nuclear talks
Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press - January 27, 2012
Iran is ready to revive talks with the U.S. and other world powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, but suggested that Tehran's foes will have to make compromises to prevent negotiations from again collapsing in stalemate.
Israel Senses Bluffing in Iran’s Threats of Retaliation
Ethan Bronner, New York Times - January 26, 2012
Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt on the widespread assumption that a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would set off a catastrophic set of events like a regional conflagration, widespread acts of terrorism and sky-high oil prices.
How Iran could beat up on America's superior military
Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor - January 26, 2012
America's defense budget is roughly 90 times bigger than Iran's. But Iran has a well-honed strategy of asymmetric warfare.
KOREAN PENINSULA
US team due in NKorea in March to resume hunt for troops missing in action from Korean War
Associated Press - January 26, 2012
U.S. military personnel will travel to North Korea in March to restart efforts to recover thousands of servicemen missing from the 1950-53 Korean War, the Defense Department said Thursday.
Ahmadinejad: UN nuclear agency does US bidding: What We're Reading Now
Sep 23, 2011
IRAN
EU Seeks Unconditional Atomic Talks With Iran
Global Security Newswire - September 22, 2011
The European Union on Thursday said it is willing to engage Iran in direct discussions of its atomic program "without preconditions," Agence France-Presse reported.
NORTH KOREA
N. Korea and U.S. to talk on war remains next month: report
Reuters - September 23, 2011
North Korea and the United States will resume talks next month on recovering the remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, South Korean media reported on Friday.
It's not all doom and gloom in Pyongyang
Andrei Lakov, Asia Times - September 23, 2011
An acquaintance recently remarked, "Only bad news comes out of North Korea." Well, this is not quite true. The mainstream media are critical indeed, but this is not a full picture. Across the globe there is a number of pro-Pyongyang news outlets that publish news which presents North Korean life in a favorable light.
UN
Ahmadinejad: UN nuclear agency does US bidding
Anne Gearan, AP - September 22, 2011
ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog of being in the pocket of the United States and illegally releasing the names of three nuclear scientists who were then assassinated by alleged Israeli-trained killers.