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OSLO, Norway, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The historic Oslo Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons has concluded with the announcement of a follow-up meeting to be hosted by Mexico. A wide range of states and organisations agreed that an understanding of the global humanitarian consequences of nuclear detonations should be the starting point for urgent action to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons. (Logo:...

Amidst Growing Tensions in Asia, India-Pakistan Confrontation Used to Show Dire Consequences Around the Globe; More Than A Billion People Would be at Risk Under "Nuclear Famine" Scenario More than a billion people around the world would face starvation following a limited regional nuclear weapons exchange (such as a clash between India and Pakistan) that would cause major worldwide climate disruption driving down food production in China, the U.S. and other nations, according to a major...

Amidst Growing Tensions in Asia, India-Pakistan Confrontation Used to Show Dire Consequences Around the Globe; More Than A Billion People Would be at Risk Under "Nuclear Famine" Scenario. CHICAGO, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than a billion people around the world would face starvation following a limited regional nuclear weapons exchange (such as a clash between India and Pakistan) that would cause major worldwide climate disruption driving down food production in...

Among Consequences: Major Drop in U.S. and Chinese Agriculture Production Seen in Wake of Nuclear Weapons Exchange; Resulting Famine Would Threaten Lives of the World's Already Malnourished Billion People. April 24, 2012 Daybook/Calendar Item & News Advisory CHICAGO, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a new Indian ballistic missile test once again ratcheting up tensions in the South Asia region, a new report to be released Tuesday (April 24, 2012) will show that...