nuclear proliferation

Pessimists say the events of the past year in North Korea and Iran have seriously undermined international efforts to stem the spread of nuclear weapons.

But seen through the prism of history, the state of nuclear proliferation may not be all that dire.

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At the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, President Obama said the world has come to perceive America as a unilateral actor in foreign policy, and he called for a "new era of engagement" to solve the world's problems.

He also restated his commitment to peace in the Middle East and addressed nuclear proliferation.

In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent their honeymoon in bed, in an effort to promote a message of world peace.

Now, the World March for Peace and Nonviolence is bringing back the bed-in — in New York's Central Park — to raise awareness of nuclear proliferation.

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