According to the EPA, they are putting together a new rule set that would reduce the amount of metal waste dumped into water supplies.

Witnesses described a scene where more than 20 police vans quickly descended on the meeting point and carried out mass arrests.

"North Korea broke the rules, once again, by testing a rocket that could be used for long-range missiles," said Mr. Obama.

Speaking to the BBC, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said "I don't think any trade-offs are possible in this respect."

The full launch of the facility at Bushehr, in southern Iran, has been frequently delayed, but Russian and Iranian engineers began testing it last month.

An IAEA report released on Thursday said traces of uranium were found at a Syrian site that is suspected of being a covert nuclear plant.

Diplomats close to the U.N. nuclear agency said Iran has until recently been underestimating the amount of uranium it has enriched by nearly one-third.

The Los Alamos facility admits that 67 computers are currently 'missing', and that 13 have been lost or stolen in the past year alone.

The Kremlin is signaling that they would like to improve U.S.-Russia relations, including agreements on disarmament issues.

Power plants will burn about 1,029.3 million tons of coal in 2009, compared to about 1,041.3 million tons in 2008, according to an Energy Department forecast.