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Mon 04 Apr 2009Obama promises leadership to rid world of nuclear arms
PRESIDENT BARACK Obama has pledged US leadership in the effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons, and has warned that the threat of nuclear attack is higher now than it was during the cold war.
He also said yesterday that the US would continue to develop its controversial missile defence shield in Europe as long as Iran’s nuclear programme posed a threat to the world.
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