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Bomb Within 10 Years\n\nWhich nation will benext to join the exclusive\"nuclear weapons club\"?  \nWillit be Israel,South Af-rica,Pakistan,or Iraq?  \nU.S.experts say that anyone of these nations willprobably have nuclear armswithin five years.Threeother nations-Argentina,Brazil,and Libya-are ex-pected to be able to build nu-clear arms within ten years.  \nU.S.Worries  \nThe prospect that up toseven more nations maysoon have the most destruc-tive weapons in history wor-ries President Bush andother major world leaders.  \n# CURRENT EVENTS\n\nA numbor of nations are trying to join the exclusive nuclear weapons cub.  \n# The Spread of Nudear Weapons\n\nCurrently,the nuclearweapons club has five(somesay six)members.The U.S.was first to build nuclearweapons(1945),followedby the Soviet Union(1949),Great Britain(1952),France(1960),and China(1964).Some experts alsoinclude asixth nation,India,in the club.India stagedwhat it calls “a peaceful nu-clear explosion\"in 1974.But India denies it has madeany nuclear bombs.  \nThe U.S.and the SovietUnion,the world's two nu-clear superpowers,haven'talways agreed on militarymatters,especially wherenuclear weapons are con-  \ncerned.But they both doagree that the spread ofthese weapons to morecountries is a danger toworld peace and must bestopped.Both the U.S.andthe Soviet governments arekeeping an eye on develop-ments in these nations:  \n● Pakistan.Weaponsexperts say that Pakistan israpidly developing the abil-ity to produce enriched ura-nium.Enriched uranium isan important ingredient inmaking a nuclear bomb.  \n● IraqAccording to recent press reports,deniedby Iraq's government,Iraqis secretly engaged in acrash program to build nu-clear warheads.SaddamHs zein,Iraq's leader,re-portedly wants to put thesewarheads on a new type of  \n=Mel Crowford  \nguided missile,also report-edly being built in Iraq.In1981,Israeli jets destroyedan Iraqi plant that Israelsays was building nuclearweapons.Iraq has report-edly now builtanother suchplant.  \nIsrael.Weapons ex-perts say that Israel has allthe equipment,material,and know-how it needs tomake nuclear weapons.Some experts believe thatIsrael already has a secretstockpile of such weapons.  \nSouth Africa.Like Is-rael,South Africa is sus-pected of having a secretarsenal of nuclear weapons.South Africa is known tohave the materialandknow-how to build at least 15nu-clear bombs.  \nContinued on nexd page  \nWorld Hot Spots  \nEach of these nations liesin a \"hot spot\"-a part ofthe world where tensionsare high.India and Pakistanfought a short war in 1971and remain bitter rivals.Most of South Africa'sneighbors have sworn tooverthrow that country'swhite minority governmentand to support rebels insideSouth Africa.  \nIraq has fought a 9-year-long war with Iran.Thefighting has stopped,buttensions remain high.  \nIn the Middle East,Israelhas fought four wars with itsArab neighbors since 1948.Among the Arab enemies ofIsrael,both Iraq and Libyaare pushing hard to buildtheir own nuclear weapons.  \nWhat worries world lead-  \nJim Wright  \nAt 66,Jim Wright faces the big-gest challenge of his career.Since1987,he has served as DemocralicSpeaker of the House of Represen-tatives-its presiding officer orchairman.His decisions help shapethe making of laws in Congress.  \n9  \nNow a House of Representativesethics committee has brought a listof serious charges againsi Wright.The committee accusesWright of 69violations of House rules.Amongthe charges are:  \nImproperly accepting.about$145,000 in giffs;  \nimproperly selling copies of abook to avoid limils on the outsideincome of a member of Congress;  \n● allowing his wife to receivemoney for work she didn't do.  \nIf found guilty of the charges,Wright could be forced out asHouse Speaker.But he says:\"know in my heart lhave not violatedany of the rules....”  \n2  \nCONTINUED FROM PAGE 1  \ners most is that nuclearweapons,added to the firesof these conflicts,could notonly kill millions;they couldalso lead to a larger war,one 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