Broad nuclear talks and South China Sea clash dominate security summit
U S and Iran narrow gaps on sanctions easing and inspections amid six hour Kerry Zarif talks. In Singapore, China defends island reclamation while US cautions militarization. In Cairo, Mohamed Soltan freed after two years in prison and hunger strikes as Egypt releases a US passport holder.
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Geneva
U.S
Tehran
John Kerry
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iran
Kerry
Zarif
Abbas Aragchi
Vienna
Singapore
China
South China Sea
Asia- Pacific
Ash Carter
Carter
Hua Chunying
Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Soltan
Muslim Brotherhood
Salah Soltan
Mohamed Morsi
Soltan
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Flaws found in U S ground launched anti missile interceptors
The Government Accountability Office reports two serious technical flaws in the ground launched anti missile interceptors used in the GMD system. Delayed fixes were chosen to avoid halting production, leaving 33 deployed interceptors at Vandenberg and Fort Greely vulnerable to failure modes and wiring harness defects.
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Washington
United States
North Korea
Pentagon
Government Accountability Office
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Santa Barbara County
Calif
Fort Greely
Alaska
GAO
Los Angeles Times/Tribune
Washington Bureau
GMD
Vandenberg
Debated alarms as post 9 11 surveillance laws near expiry
Congress faces expiry of three post Sept 11 surveillance authorities used against suspected spies and terrorists. Obama officials say lapse harms security while civil liberties groups fear overreach will be avoided by delay. Rand Paul and others press for expiration, arguing for alternate methods.
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GAO
Cristina Chaplain
Washington
Congress
Obama Administration
GOP
Rand Paul
Kentucky
Nathan Sales
Syracuse University
Justice Department
George W. Bush
National Security Agency
FBI
Loretta Lynch
Director of
National Intelligence
James Clapper
Islamic State Group
American Civil Liberties Union
Study finds benefit from extra tissue removal in breast cancer surgery
A study presented at an oncology meeting shows cavity shaving during lumpectomy reduces the need for a second operation by about 50 percent. In 235 women, those receiving the extra tissue had 10 percent reoperation versus 21 percent without it, with no worse cosmetic results.
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Chicago
United States
Yale Cancer Center
Anees Chagpar
American Society of Clinical Oncology
New England Journal of Medicine
Chagpar
Deanna Attai
University of California
Los Angeles
American Society of Breast Surgeons
France warns climate change threatens security
France’s Environment Minister Segolene Royal warns climate change endangers security and urges U.S. support for a binding global emissions deal ahead of the Paris conference. She cites refugee flows and resource shortages while aiming to cut a sprawling draft to a concise final document and secure business backing.
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France
Paris
Segolene Royal
U.S
Washington
Royal
Francois Hollande
U.N
U.S. Congress
Barack Obama
Congress
Associated Press
Obama
Bonn
Germany
Copenhagen
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