He commented that the effects of depleted uranium were a matter of debate among scientists, politicians and campaigners and said the court was not concerned with political or campaigning questions, but with the scientific questions as to Mr David's illness and the effects of depleted uranium.

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On Tuesday, US Defence Secretary William Cohen reiterated the position of both Washington and London that no link had been proven between depleted uranium and the cases of cancer among former peacekeeping troops.

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The case for pan-European action against depleted-uranium weapons is less obvious, not least because the evidence that the weapons do cause cancer is disputed.

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The report concludes there is no clear link between the illness and a veteran's exposure to factors such as depleted uranium or an anthrax vaccine administered at the time.

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Concerns have been raised about the legality of weapon testing using depleted uranium in southern Scotland.

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They underlined that their intelligence services agreed on how far the Iranians had got with their programme but Mr Netanyahu made it clear his red line was Iran getting enough depleted uranium to be able to build a bomb whereas the president's is Iran actually deciding to build the bomb and getting near to achieving it.

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Gail Norris, of Whitefield, Greater Manchester, believes her son Alan Joy's death may have been due to contact with depleted uranium (DU) ammunition during the time he served in the Balkans from 1996.

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In 1999, the forces accidentally fired 263 rounds of ammunition tipped with depleted uranium, violating US law.

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The MOX facility will blend surplus weapon-grade plutonium with depleted uranium oxide to make mixed oxide fuel for use in existing nuclear power plants.

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In the meantime, the United Nations has taken samples from 11 of 112 possible sites in Kosovo where uranium-depleted ammunition hit targets.

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling for an assessment of bombed sites containing weapons with depleted uranium.

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