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US delegation due in
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SEOUL, South Korea: A high-level US delegation led by
former UN ambassador Bill Richardson was due in North Korea on
Sunday, days ahead of a key deadline under a six-party deal to
dismantle Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
The bipartisan team—on a
mission to recover the remains of US soldiers killed in the Korean
War—was to arrive in the North Korean capital aboard a US military
aircraft, US embassy and military officials in Seoul said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Iran rules out
suspension on eve of ‘nuclear news’
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TEHRAN: Iran said
on Sunday that any suspension of sensitive nuclear activities was
not open to discussion, the day before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
is expected to announce a major development...
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Tradition blamed
for slow Solomons relief
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GIZO, Solomon Islands: As the
death toll from the Solomon Islands tsunami keeps rising, many here
blame a local tradition of helping relatives first for delays in
getting disaster relief to those in need.
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Taliban militants
threaten to kill Afghan hostage
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Taliban
militants on Sunday renewed threats to kill an Afghan reporter they
are holding hostage unless the government agrees to release some
jailed insurgents in the next 24 hours.
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Police probe fire
at former house of Chiang Kai-shek
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TAIPEI: Taiwan police said Sunday
they have launched a probe into the cause of a fire that gutted a
villa of former Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, amid claims of a
campaign to wipe out his legacy.
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