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N. Korea 'agrees' to multilateral talks
SINGAPORE, AUG. 1.The South Korean Government confirmed in Seoul today that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has agreed to hold multilateral talks on its suspected nuclear weapons programme. The DPRK was understood to have ...
Russia to join talks
MOSCOW, AUG. 1.North Korea has called for Russia's participation in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear problem, generating hopes of overcoming the stalemate. The North Korean Ambassador, Pak Ui Chun, met with the Deputy Russian Foreign Minister, Yuri ...
China to upgrade armed forces
SINGAPORE, AUG. 1. Marking the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army, China's Defence Minister, Cao Gangchuan, has said that his country "must build the armed forces on the basis of advanced science and technology by ...
Blair, aides and BBC to testify
LONDON, AUG. 1. The judicial inquiry into the death of the British weapons expert, David Kelly, opened here today with its chairman, Lord Hutton, indicating that it would not be restricted to the circumstances immediately surrounding the ...
CIA reports progress on WMD
WASHINGTON, AUG. 1. The United States is making "solid progress" in the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq even as senior Bush administration officials are trying to steer the debate away from the chief rationale for going to war. The ...
Saddam's daughters in Jordan
TIKRIT, AUG. 1.Dozens of U.S. troops raided two houses in the former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Friday afternoon and captured two men they said were important associates of Mr. Hussein. The military refused to identify ...
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    KIGALI (Rwanda): Rwanda's Cabinet has set the country's first multi-party legislative elections for Sept. 29-Oct. 1, Radio Rwanda said on Friday. The estimated 4 million registered voters in this tiny central African nation in which more than ...
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