Pakistan tells US it will curb nuclear scientist Khan's freedom

Feb. 9, 2009
Pakistan has told the United States it will put some curbs around freed scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to prevent him from becoming a renewed nuclear proliferation threat a US official said on Monday.
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