Doomsday Clock moves one minute closer to midnight

January 11, 2012 12:48

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The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of nuclear danger, has moved one minute closer to midnight because of "inadequate progress" on nuclear and climate issues. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) announced the move - to five minutes before midnight - on Tuesday. The clock last moved one minute back in 2010, reports the bbc.

In Iran: A university lecturer and nuclear scientist has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran. The blast happened when a motorcyclist stuck a bomb on the side of the car.

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