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Nuclear Bazaar
How A.Q. Khan distributed nuclear centrifuges
Khan's Dangerous Game
A map of Khan's distribution network

The Man Who Sold the Bomb
How Pakistan's A.Q. Khan outwitted Western intelligence to build a global nuclear-smuggling ring that made the world a more dangerous place
Can the U.S. Defuse Iran?
TIME reports on the Iranian nuclear concern
The Other Nuke Nightmare
The ultimate worst case scenario, al-Qaeda detonating a nuclear bomb in a U.S. city

Kim Jong Il
North Korea's dictator is a nuclear menace
[1/13/2003]
Nuclear Terrorists
Who might smuggle plutonium and hold the world hostage?
[8/29/1994]
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Maliki's Last Stand?
The prime minister makes a new call to curb violence, but Iraqis' patience with him and his government is wearing thin
What a Surge Really Means
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?
A.Q. KHAN PHOTO BY MIAN KHURSHEED / REUTERS | NUCLEAR BLAST PHOTO BY ROS ROBERTS / GETTY

FROM THE FEBRUARY 14, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2005

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