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Monday, August 30, 2010

Ex-USSR awash in radioactive 'dirty bomb' substances


Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2010 It has been of one of Europe's worst nightmares: traffickers obtaining highly-radioactive materials on the loose in the former Soviet Union with the help of corrupt officials and passing them on to rogue groups looking to make a dirty bomb. The seizure this month of two kilogrammes of uranium in Moldova, an impoverished ex-Soviet nation bordering the EU member Romania, is a stark reminder of ... read more

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