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Nations trying to stop Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program plan to tell Tehran in a key meeting Thursday that it must provide "unfettered access" to its previously secret Qom enrichment facility within weeks, an administration official says.

Most people think of the Cold War as a long, glacial period, but in the beginning it was dangerously unstable. Neil Sheehan, author of A Bright Shining Lie, says there might well have been nuclear war — had it not been for one man: the subject of his latest book, A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon.

New revelations about Iran's nuclear intentions overshadowed the news of the day Friday at the G-20 summit, pushing down details of the economic conference in Pittsburgh. "The international community has spoken. It is now up to Iran to respond," Obama said.

Mayor Jerry Sanders called on the eight San Diego City Council members to propose sites for a winter homeless shelter in their districts, but none of the council members complied. Why didn't the council members comply with the mayor's request?

President Obama promoted new initiatives for nuclear arms control in a special meeting Thursday of the U.N. Security Council. Concerns over terrorism and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea have brought the issue into the spotlight.

The U.N. Security Council, at a rare summit-level meeting chaired by President Obama, unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution on Thursday aimed at encouraging nations to scrap their nuclear weapons arsenals.

After talks with President Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to demonstrate some new flexibility on possible tougher sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.

Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi uses his first U.N. appearance to rail against what he sees as the inequalities of the U.N. system. He also chastises the world body for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since its founding in 1945.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan never refers explicitly to the U.S. experience in Iraq, but that conflict clearly underlies his grim analysis and some of the key counterinsurgency lessons he draws upon. The White House now faces a fundamental decision of whether to commit more forces or narrow its focus in Afghanistan.

President Obama on Tuesday declared that the United States is a serious partner in combating global warming. "We understand the gravity of the climate threat. We are determined to act," he said in a speech at a U.N. climate change summit in New York.