President Bush calls for a decisive United Nations response to North Korea's claims of a nuclear test.
If it's proven that they have in fact conducted a nuclear test, does that really change the situation?
This treaty is so ineffective it doesn't even have a practical definition of what constitutes a nuclear test.
In 1963, President Kennedy signed the documents of ratification for a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union.
So tough exchange controls would be likely to accompany a nuclear test.
"A strong signal must be sent out that a nuclear test is against the will of the international community, " he told Reuters news agency.
Some fear that, if Pakistan also carries out a nuclear test, both locals and foreigners will pull out their money and wreck the economy.
If North Korea does carry out a nuclear test, then it could find itself isolated even by those countries that are trying to help it.
If China, South Korea and Japan cannot agree better on how to respond to the threat of a nuclear test, this weekend's symbolic handshakes will achieve little.
Panetta said a nuclear test would be considered a provocation and "worsen our relationship, " though he refused to discuss specific action the United States would take in response.
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Earlier on Thursday, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman said it appeared that North Korea was "ready to conduct a nuclear test at anytime if its leadership decides to go ahead".
By far, the most popular map in the original COD: Black Ops was Nuketown, a very, very small multiplayer level that took place in a nuclear test city from that era.
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When America and other countries started to receive intelligence reports that Pakistan was making final preparations for a nuclear test, attempts were made to persuade its government not to go ahead.
On April 5th in Prague, Mr Obama reiterated a campaign promise to hold talks with Russia to reduce both American and Russian nuclear stockpiles, to push for a global nuclear test ban and to set up an international nuclear fuel bank to help with peaceful nuclear-energy programmes.
The UN resolution pledged "significant action" if North Korea carried out a third nuclear test.
In my case, I was slated for a nuclear dye test, both while under stress and while resting.
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He also negotiated a limited nuclear test ban treaty that inhibited the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The heart function can be assessed with an ultrasound of the heart called an echocardiogram or with a nuclear medicine test.
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And Prime Minister Noda, how likely do you think it is that North Korea will carry out a third nuclear test?
Mr Abe said both countries had to take a tough stance on North Korea, which recently conducted a third nuclear test.
Additional tests may include a nuclear stress test to assess for blockages in the coronary arteries, and if positive, a cardiac catheterization, an invasive test which involves threading a thin wire into the heart to assess for blockages in the coronary arteries as well.
Ike launched a unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing before negotiations on a test-ban treaty.
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In 1996, China pledged to refrain from further assistance to Pakistan's unsafeguarded nuclear facilities, adopted a nuclear testing moratorium, signed the comprehensive nuclear test ban and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The top-ranking U.S. military officer said Monday that North Korea's reported nuclear test is a primarily a diplomatic matter right now, not a military one.
Though it was under Mr. Sharif, in 1998, that Pakistan caught up with its neighbor and conducted its first test of a nuclear weapon, the man who is poised to lead Pakistan's next government is making rapprochement with India a cornerstone of his policy.
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He suggests a recommitment by the nuclear powers not to test their weapons--there have been no nuclear tests since 1996--in exchange for a commitment by all nations to stop enriching uranium.
In a statement, the French presidency said the nuclear test centre in Valduc, eastern France, would start operations in 2014 and would work with a French-British research centre based in Aldermaston, Berkshire.
But it backed UN sanctions against Pyongyang after the nuclear test, in a move seen by some as a shift.
But it is unclear how a test ban would curb nuclear proliferation.
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