dimecres, 3 de juny del 2009

News


US in nuclear disclosure blunder
The 266-page document included the precise location of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons, the Obama administration said.
The Government Printing Office website took down the posting on Tuesday after experts expressed concern.
US officials insisted the information detailed was not a security threat.
The document, which lists itself as "sensitive but unclassified", contains maps and information on hundreds of US civilian nuclear sites.
No military installations are included but the document does cover the nuclear weapons laboratories at Los Alamos, Livermore and Sandia.
US faces summit pressure on Cuba
Most Latin American countries want the Caribbean island to return to the group, from which it was expelled in 1962, without preconditions.
But US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Cuba should only return if it passed democratic reforms.
Mrs Clinton said no consensus had been reached on the first day of the summit.
Cuba, which was expelled from OAS after the 1959 communist revolution, has said it will not accept membership if offered.
Cuban Foreign Ministry official Carlos Fernandez said reversing the expulsion would be "a good sign for the Organization of American States" but that his country had no intention of rejoining the group.
US 'errors' over Afghanistan air raids
Dozens of civilians were killed in the air strikes in western Farah province.
The New York Times quotes a senior US official saying some of the raids would have been called off, had the rules of engagement been followed strictly.
Meanwhile, the general named as the next US commander in Afghanistan has said civilian deaths must be reduced.
Gen Stanley McChrystal said civilian casualties caused by US and Nato-led forces could alienate the Afghan people.
Civilian casualties are causing growing public outrage in Afghanistan and friction between the US and Afghan governments.
The publication of the US military report is expected later this week.