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World Peace, Human Rights and the United Nations
Presidents Bush and Ahmadinejad at the same place at the same time. We look at the United Nations 62 nd General Assembly session. On Reporter's Notebook, is the US ready for a comeback of nuclear power?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresidents Bush and Ahmadinejad at the same place at the same time. We look at the United Nations 62nd General Assembly session. On Reporter's Notebook, the first application in 31 years for a nuclear power plan in the US.
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3 storiesBurmese Monks Continue Protests as Junta Forces Move In
At the UN today, President Bush announced new sanctions against the repressive military government of Myanmar, which he referred to by its old name, Burma. He cited restriction of basic freedoms, forced child labor, human trafficking and the imprisonment of more than a thousand political prisoners.
Read the story6 minNew Faces, Old Issues at the UN
President Bush and Iran's President Ahmadinejad were both in the General Assembly chamber this morning as the UN began its 62 nd session . Ahmadinejad will speak later today. President Bush told the General Assembly that the US will increase sanctions against the repressive military government of Myanmar—or Burma.
Read the story35 minThe Beginning of Nuclear Energy's Second Act?
After Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, nuclear power got a bad rap in the United States. It's been 31 years since the last application to build a new plant. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received a request for two new reactors in Texas.
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