Powell says nuclear ring broken - BBC

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Last Updated: Friday, 6 February, 2004, 18:51 GMT

The world's biggest network in nuclear proliferation has been broken with the exposure of a top Pakistani scientist, the US secretary of state has said.

Colin Powell said he would be speaking to the Pakistani president to ensure no remnants of the network were left.

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United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, described the pardon as rather odd, but said the important thing was the assurances Mr Musharraf had given about fighting proliferation.

Co-operation plea

Mr Annan called on governments to exchange information to stop the black market in nuclear technology.

He endorsed comments by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, who said on Thursday that the case of Dr Khan, was the tip of the iceberg.

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[thebigidea]

1. Nuclear Ringleader consigned to bedroom; dessert revoked. News at 11.

[yellowcanine]

2. No Colin. The Nuclear RingLEADER was pardoned.

and the Pakistani dictator has said "No investigation." Tell me again why you thought we needed to invade Iraq?

[andy12]

3. Superman and Batman have done

another exellent days work...just hope Lex and the Joker are put away for good this time...

Why even bother print anything that comes out of these people's mouths?

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. Does anyone know or have links

that show how much the US has contributed to the proliferation of weapons, nuclear or not, throughout the global community?

Thanks for posting if you do.

[mike6640]

5. He should not have

left W alone in the room with it.

On second thought, I was going to say something about the fires of Mordor would have destroyed it completely.

[Atlant]

6. Did the Nuclear ring say...

One Party to rule them all,
One FBI to find them,
One Website to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Bushcheney where the Shadows lie.

???