1.   Desperate Russians might sell nuclear weapons knowledge or materials to renegade nations such as Iraq.

2.   Or thieves, especially in economically distressed Russia, might steal some pits for use in bombs by terrorists or renegade nations.

3.   She added that the new international agenda ought to be getting renegade nations to adopt the current safeguards.

4.   The plutonium might be diverted by renegade nations or terrorists for use in bombs, he said.

5.   The real problem, however, is that China is behaving more like a renegade nation than a responsible member of the global community.

6.   They also scan the heavens and the upper atmosphere for such bursts just in case a renegade nation uses rockets to conduct nuclear tests in deep space.

7.   Today, the nuclear threat comes from renegade nations such as Libya, North Korea and Iraq, and the possibility that they might obtain nuclear arms.

8.   It never has been used in combat, but there are fears that renegade nations or terrorist groups may use it as a weapon.

9.   The Bush administration has expressed concern that Cuba was giving renegade nations technology that could be used to develop biological warfare.

10.   The United States and most other nations recognize China, which claims Taiwan as a renegade nation with no right to independent diplomatic relations.