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UN withdrawing some staff from volatile nuclear-powered Pakistan

UN to pull some international staff from Pakistan  chron By JOHN HEILPRIN and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press Writers © 2009 The Associated Press Dec. 31, 2009,ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Thursday it would relocate about a quarter of the U.N.’s international staff in Pakistan, a response to the increasingly volatile security situation in the country……

……The threat from militants took a new turn earlier this month when five Americans, all Muslims from the Washington D.C., area, were arrested in Pakistan………….Authorities have said the five had a map of Chashma Barrage, a complex that includes a water reservoir and other structures. It is located near nuclear power facilities about 125 miles southwest of Islamabad……..

The nuclear power plant “might have been” one of the targets, Sanaullah alleged.

Any nuclear activity in Pakistan tends to come under scrutiny because of growing Islamic militancy and the South Asian nation’s past history of leaking sensitive nuclear technology

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December 31, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, safety | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive