NUCLEAR SCARE: Two men arrested after an explosives scare at Sweden’s Oskarshamn nuclear plant were released. The two maintenance workers were arrested after security guards found traces of a highly explosive substance on a plastic bag one was carrying.
MENEM SOUGHT: An Argentine prosecutor sought the arrest of former President Carlos Menem, accusing him of covering up the involvement of a Syrian-Argentine businessman in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center. Prosecutor Alberto Nisman said in his petition that Menem tried to conceal the possible involvement of Alberto Jacinto Kanoore Edul in the attack, which killed 85 people.
ARMS WARNING: Northern Ireland paramilitary groups that refuse to disarm will lose their right to hand over weapons without fear of criminal prosecution, the British government said. Northern Ireland Secretary of State Shaun Woodward said Britain and Ireland would not continue to fund a disarmament commission, ending an amnesty in place since 1997.
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