After being briefed by American officials, Syria’s ambassador to Washington, Imad Moustapha, has denied US allegations that his country was building a nuclear reactor with help from North Korea.
He spoke to Al Jazeera’s Washington DC presenter, Shihab Rattansi
US intelligence officials have released pictures they say show a Syrian nuclear reactor, built with help from North Korea.
Washington claims there is good reason to believe the plant was designed for non-peaceful purposes.
But seven months after Israel bombed the facility, Syria has dismissed the US accusations as a fantasy.
Al Jazeera’s Nick Spicer reports.
Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the UN is planning to return hundreds of thousands of residents to surrounding regions, now declared safe.
Al Jazeera’s Tessa Parry-Wingfield reports on one man who has decided to return to a deserted village in Belarus.
The Bush administration has admitted pressuring India to sign a nuclear power deal before the U-S Presidental election in November.
The U-S has sent a top official to India to discuss the civilian nuclear pact. But atomic energy is proving to be controversial in India.
Today on Riz Khan Street talk we look at Iran’s nuclear ambitions, hear how you think a new U.S. president could affect the world and see how the Amazon rainforests are getting a helping hand.