1.   Lugar warns that nuclear material removed from dismantled Russian missiles poses a greater danger than it did in the warheads at securely guarded missile locations.

2.   Canada had been concerned about recent U.S. agreements aimed at boosting the Russian economy and preventing high-grade uranium from dismantled missiles from falling into the wrong hands.

3.   Despite the one-sided vote, parliament attached a statement insisting on special conditions for Ukraine, such as the right to reuse equipment from dismantled missiles for civilian purposes.

4.   The first agreement to trickle out was a joint pledge to eliminate some stockpiles of plutonium taken from dismantled missile warheads.

5.   A Japanese anti-nuclear group, backed by Japanese singer Ryuichi Sakamoto, has obtained permission to recycle dismantled nuclear missiles, Kyodo News Service said.

6.   It is the first known case of a dismantled Russian nuclear missile going to a civilian group overseas, Kyodo said.