The Finnish EU presidency has called upon Israel to clarify its apparent acknowledgement that it has nuclear weapons, with Finland's defence minister saying he hopes the issue will not impair the international peace mission in Lebanon.
Finnish defence minister Seppo Kaariainen told Germany's Berliner Zeitung on Wednesday (13 December) that it is up to Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister, to explain what is widely seen as a slip-of-the-tongue made on Monday.
Mr Olmert in an inte...
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