Disarmament body breaks 12 years of deadlock by opening way for negotiations on nuclear pactGENEVA — The 65-nation Conference on Disarmament broke a dozen years of deadlock Friday and opened the way to negotiate a new nuclear arms control treaty. Disarmament body takes a step toward negotiations on new nuclear arms treatyGENEVA — The 65-nation Conference on Disarmament has taken a step toward negotiating a new nuclear arms control treaty after a dozen years of deadlock. Pakistan’s president says nuclear stockpile safe despite mounting instabilityLONDON — Pakistan’s president on Wednesday brushed aside warnings that country’s nuclear arsenal was in jeopardy because of mounting instability caused by a surge in Taliban activity. Obama envoy says no sense of crisis on NKorea, despite threats of nuclear testTOKYO — President Barack Obama’s top envoy for North Korea said Tuesday there is no sense of crisis in disarmament talks with the communist regime although it has quit negotiations and is threatening to expand its nuclear arsenal. |