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		<title>Changes in the air in DPRK, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2012/01/17/dprk-changes-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the present uncertain situation in DPRK after the demise of the “Dear Leader” we do not know who or what group is going to be the strong force in the country. Now there may be a chance to open contacts with young people there and show what the rest of the world is like.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1861&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DPRK revisited: changes in the air?</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2011/12/21/dprk-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to the inefficiency in and oppression by the political system, the country has three great problems: The military, energy and food. The military system takes reportedly (US Department of State) one quarter of the gross national product. Even if the soldiers do some productive work the military establishment is an enormous burden which slows down development.  There is a chronic deficit of energy. The night in DPRK is still dark, as we could see from the train, and more importantly, the supply of electricity to industries, offices, hospitals and homes is unreliable and insufficient. We saw a large surgical operation performed without any other light than that from the windows. When the elevators do not run in the high buildings with 20 stores or more, the consequences are likely to be frustrating.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1852&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USA and Iran: Pride and Prejudice</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2011/06/22/usa-and-iran-pride-and-prejudice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tension between Iran, Israel and USA has taken on a life of its own. No part is planning to start a war, but escalation continues. The upcoming conference on a Zone ree of Weapons of Mass destruction in the Middle East offers an opportunity for reason and compromise instead of pride and prejudice.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1603&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Day two in Tehran</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2011/06/13/day-two-in-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear abolition news]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up with PressTV, and the first thing I saw was my own face in an interview. In response to the question “can nuclear weapons really be abolished” I answered the usual things such as “We must abolish them before they abolish us” etc. They must have liked it as they asked me for a second interview today, and so did a couple of other TV companies.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1585&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking an opportunity to speak in Tehran</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2011/06/13/westberg-in-tehran-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the Second International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Tehran, June 12-13, the most difficult question was as usual: Why do the superpowers want to keep their nuclear weapons?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1583&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hubris and the survival of mankind</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2011/05/18/hubrissurvival-of-mankindhuman-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 10:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nuclear missiles can be fired by unauthorized people and start World War Three. In a recent book by Lloyd J. Dumas, The Technology Trap, the writer argues that humans always are at risk for making mistakes, also in very dangerous situations.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1539&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear weapons cause war</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2011/03/10/nuclear-weapons-cause-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Gaddafi had not converted but instead, with resolve and with petro-dollars, continued the nuclear program, he could very well have had some useable nuclear weapons today. In that case we would now worry that Gaddafi, who by some is seen as a madman, could use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against his own people. The likely consequence of that would have been attacks or threats on the nuclear facilities by NATO and the USA.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1305&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear weapons are so typically twentieth century</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2010/12/09/nuclear-weapons-are-so-typically-twentieth-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The important characteristic of the work of IPPNW, compared with that of other peace groups, is the medical approach. We thought, and still think, that a nuclear war is the greatest threat to the survival of our patients, and of humankind. Thus, prevention of nuclear war is a medical duty. We also believe that if humans can take to their heart—can really understand—the consequences of a nuclear war, they will demand that all nuclear weapons are abolished.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1202&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The continuing Korean war and IPPNW</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2010/12/01/the-continuing-korean-war-and-ippnw/</link>
		<comments>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2010/12/01/the-continuing-korean-war-and-ippnw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 06:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Korea; peace negotiations; Amnesty International; South Korea;]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We understand little of the political situation in DPRK. Our ignorance should increase our caution.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1193&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss nuclear bomb</title>
		<link>http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2010/10/09/swiss-nuclear-bomb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 06:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar Westberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World Congress]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A project to build nuclear weapons in Switzerland received support from the federal government from 1946 t0 1988 with little public discussion. The reasons why certain states give up the nuclear weapons option deserves more study<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=peaceandhealthblog.com&amp;blog=2530833&amp;post=1110&amp;subd=ippnweupdate&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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