U.S. Wants U.N. Action Against Nuclear Iran

April 12, 2006 --

Rice Urges UN Action On Iran
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has said the United Nations will have to take "strong steps" in response to Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium. (Al Jazeera)

Iran Urged To Stop Nuclear Work
Iran is facing growing calls from the international community to halt its nuclear activities after announcing it has successfully enriched uranium. (BBC)

Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says
Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State Department official said. (Bloomberg)

Analysis: An Iranian Missile Crisis?
The emerging confrontation between the United States and Iran is "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion," argues Graham Allison, the Harvard University professor who wrote the classic study of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 showdown with the Soviet Union that narrowly averted nuclear war. (Washington Post)

Pakistan Probe Into Deadly Attack
Police in Pakistan are investigating a suspected double suicide bombing that killed at least 57 people at a festival held in honour of the Prophet Muhammad. (BBC)

Youths Riot a Day After Pakistan Bombing
Mobs of youths rioted in this southern city for a second straight day Wednesday to protest a suicide bombing that killed at least 57 people, which a top Pakistani official said was aimed at "eliminating" the leadership of a moderate Sunni Muslim group. (AP)

Afghanistan Hit By Triple Bombing
Seventeen people have been injured in three bomb attacks in Afghanistan, with two in the southern city of Kandahar. (BBC)

6 Insurgents Are Killed in Afghanistan
Coalition and Afghan forces, backed by military aircraft, killed six insurgents Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. (AP)

Moussaoui Testimony Focuses On Tales Of Loss
Wrenching tales of loss and emptiness caused by the attacks of Sept 11, 2001 continued to pour out in a courtroom here today in front of jurors who will soon decide whether Zacarias Moussaoui is to be executed or spend the remainder of his life in prison. (NY Times)