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Pakistan Nukes China. Et la France?

A stumper for your next quiz night: Name all of the countries that have exploded atomic weapons in Xinjiang. The answer: China and... Pakistan? Crazy stuff in today's New York Times nuclear book review smorgasbord. The book in question is "The Nuclear... ...full story at Opposite End of China

from Opposite End of China on Tue, Dec 09 2008

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09 Feb 08 visit Nuclear Pakistan Denies Binladen, Mullah Omar Operating in Tribal Areas, as Suicide Bombers Strike  »  China Confidential Foreign Confidential....The news from nuclear-armed Pakistan is all bad.A suicide blast at an election rally Saturday killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 25 others in northwestern Pakistan.Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz sid a suicide...
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16 Oct 07 visit Nuclear power is the 'way forward'  »  People's Daily The growth of nuclear power in China and India over the next two decades will outpace other countries, a senior International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official said yesterday. "China has developed quite fast in the nuclear power indus ...

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