Russian navy closes in on missing freighter Arctic Sea

The Russian navy are leading an international task force to find a missing freighter Arctic Sea

Picture Past: August 6, 1945, Hiroshima

1945: An atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people and leaving the city in ruins

Nukes disarmament starts at home, ‘Bush-lite’ Obama

America's Bush-era preaching to the world continues apace under Obama, exemplified by his approach to nuclear disarmament

Picture Past, April 4: CND march

1958: the first CND march set out from Hyde Park to Aldermaston

Picture past, March 1: Bikini Atoll

1954: The largest nuclear explosion ever set off by the United States took place on Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific