Peace talks failing Economist 11/1/02 "Presented with the evidence of their uranium enrichment, a key material needed in the development of nuclear weapons, North Korean officials reportedly told Americans that they considered the 1994 nuclear peace deal "nullified" and have adamantly refused to discuss any form of a nuclear treaty with the United States." ... The U.S. still gives over 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil and 3.8 million in food aid a year to the Korean government and has not given any indication that it will ease up on the handouts after North Korea refused to recognize the n...

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The UN's intentions were to prevent Iraq from acquiring dangerous weapons of mass destruction, whether it be by lack of supplies or money. ... It's scary to think about a country that has used deadly biological and nuclear weapons before having the ability to obtain such materials to make and use these types of weapons again (Williams 2). Even though the United States and the United Nations would be basically saving the people of Iraq from all starving to death, there is probably not one person in the world who wouldn't doubt that these weapons of mass destruction would be use...

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Lakes, rivers, streams, and pools used to irrigate crops, provide drinking water, and used for a sanitation system are polluted by sewage, industrial waste and toxins, heavy metals, fertilizers, chemicals, radioactive substances, land sediment, and oil. ... Nuclear activity such as nuclear weapons creates waste that seeps into water, causing birth defects and diseases in water that is drunk. ... One last type of harmful toxin are PAH's, which come from oil spills, road runoff, and burning wood and coal. ...

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In the morning of September 21, a massive explosion destroyed a fertiliser plant in Toulouse, killing 29 people and injuring more than 2000. Where the plant had once stood, a 50-meter wide crater had been carved in the ground by the blast. But the blast swept far beyond the factory. Windows were blo...

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This essay will focus on such effects including the Cold War, the increasing use of weapons of mass destruction, the role of women, the population explosion. ... As a result of this war, both superpowers now had nuclear weapons. ... The oil spill in the North has killed the majority of the marine life living in that area and the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl caused radiation to spread around the area. ...

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