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| China's Hu set to offer Pakistan nuclear plants November 16, 2006 BEIJING – Chinese President Hu Jintao is poised to unveil an ambitious expansion of nuclear power cooperation with Pakistan when he visits next week, testing China's balance between Pakistan and its wary neighbour, India. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/2...a-pakistan.html Pakistan test-fires medium-range missile with ability to carry nuclear warheads November 16, 2006 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan said it successfully test-fired a new version of its nuclear-capable medium-range missile Thursday – a show of power a day after peace talks with India that were criticized by domestic hard-liners. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/2...issiletest.html |
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| US Senate okays nuclear technology transfer to India Khaleej Times http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle...on=subcontinent The US Senate easily passed legislation late on Thursday to give India a special exemption to laws that otherwise block the transfer of nuclear technology to countries outside the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Senate backs India nuclear deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6155842.stm The BBC's Shahzeb Jillani in Washington says critics believe America should not be rewarding India for having secretly developing a nuclear weapons programme and refusing to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). |