UN nuclear warning after discovery of extra 209kg of uranium in Iran: “Iran has enriched sufficient uranium to amass a nuclear bomb – a third more than previously thought – the United Nations announced yesterday.”
Kim Jong Il anoints next leader of North Korea – his youngest son: “It would be the second hereditary succession in the last remaining totalitarian communist dictatorship – and sets the scene for a period of extreme instability in one of the world’s most unpredictable countries.”