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terrorist threat toblow up New York with anuclear bomb.The terrorist  \ngroup said that its demands must be met orNew York would be blown to bits.  \nFrustrated U.S.oficials said that they hadno choice but to do what the terorists wanted.  \n# CURRENT EVENTS\n\nLOOSE NUKES  \nA German firefighter in protective ger inspecds a frain station locker for suspected radiooctive mudeur materidl smugled from Russie.  \nThe risk that the city would be destroyed,killing millions,was just too great.  \nMeanwohile,neus has reached us that Iraqand North Korea have both developed nuclearweapons and are threatening to use themagainst neighboring nations....InWashington,the President put U.S.forcesaround the world on high alert and has calledan emergency meeting of the NationalSecurity CounciL  \nOf course,this HASN'T happened.Andit may NEVER happen.But world leadersare increasingly worried that the spreadof nuclear weapons may make such anews report come frighteningly true in thenear future.  \nAP/Wide Word Pholos  \n## It's Easier to Make Nukes\n\nIt's getting easier and easier to makenuclear weapons in today's world.Justabout any nation and any group with a lotof money can make such weapons—if theyare able to get their hands on nuclearmaterial—enriched uranium or plutonium.  \n“If this can is onenudear weapon,here's anentire arsenal,\"said Cochranas he put the rest of thesix-pock on the table.(poge 2)  \n## Sidelights\n\nLOOSE NUKES  \ncontinued from poge one  \nUntil 1992,those materials were care-fully guarded by the four nations that werenuclear powers:the United States,GreatBritain,the Soviet Union,and China.Butin 1992 the Soviet Union broke apart intoa number of separate nations,the largestof which is Russia.  \nThe power unleashed by anuclear weapon is obtained bysplitting or combining atoms.Splitting atoms is called fission;combining atoms is called fusion.During fusion and fission,largeamounts of energy are released inthe form of heat and light,creat-ing a gigantic explosion from asmall amount of material.  \nRussia today still has about 30,000nuclear weapons and other stockpilesof nuclear material.But the securitythat once protected the material hasbroken down.  \nAlbert Einstein (below)is thescientist who made nuclear energy  \nRussia's economy is in shambles.Manymilitary units have not been paid,andcriminal gangs thrive in Russian cities.Togangs,nuclear material is as valuable asgold or diamonds.And Russian militaryofficers,nuclear scientists and police whodon't get enough money to live on aretempted to steal the material in exchangefor money.  \npossible.In  \n1905,he  \nproved that  \nit was pos-  \nsible to  \nrelease  \nlarge  \namounts of  \nSince 1992,there have been fiveknown major thefts of nuclear materialfrom Russian stockpiles,says a specialU.S.presidential panel studying the prob-lem.And no one is sure how many otherthefts of nuclear material have goneunreported,or how much nuclear materi-al might already have been smuggled outofRussia.  \nenergy from  \na very small  \namount of matter.In 1939,Einstein wrote a letter to U.S.President Franklin Rooseveltwarning him that Nazi Germanywas working on developing anatomic bomb.He warnedRoosevelt that the United Statesshould try to develop the bombbefore Germany.This letter led tothe Manhattan Project,and theU.S.development of the bomb.  \nNukes ina Can  \nJust how easy it has become to make anuclear bomb and conceal it in a smallspace was dramatically demonstrated onlylast month before a Senate committee.  \n●The world's first atomic bomb(below)was exploded by the U.S.  \nTestifying was Thomas Cochran,a topU.S.nuclear scientist.The only sound inthe committee room was the ticking of aGeiger counter (a machine that measuresradioactivity)as Cochran pulled a can ofsoda from his lead-lined briefcase.He toldthe committee that the small bit of urani-um in the can could form the core of anuclear bomb 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