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Korean peninsula should be nuke-free: Russia MOSCOW (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 The Korean peninsula should be free of nuclear weapons, Russia said Friday ahead of crucial six-way talks set to take place in China to resolve the 10-month crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions. SKoreans mark Liberation Day with rallies for and against Pyongyang SEOUL (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Thousands of South Koreans marked the liberation from Japanese rule decades ago with rallies Friday in support of, and opposed to, North Korea over its nuclear ambitions. Roh urges North Korea to grab opportunity at six-way talks SEOUL (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun urged North Korea Friday to grab the opportunity presented by upcoming six-nation talks to resolve the 10-month crisis over its nuclear weapons program. |
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Kenya child organisation nominated for Nobel Peace Prize STOCKHOLM (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA), an organisation helping children in the slums of Nairobi, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, daily Svenska Dagbladet reported on Friday. "Virus of adventurism" is creeping into Philippine military: Arroyo MANILA (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Philippines President Gloria Arroyo warned on Friday that the "virus of adventurism" was creeping into the military and must be stamped out. Ministers visit war shrine as Japan marks anniversary of WW II surrender TOKYO (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Japan marked the 58th anniversary of its surrender at the end of World War II Friday in a ceremony led by the emperor and empress, while four cabinet ministers visited the controversial Yasukuni war shrine. Key pieces still missing from Philippines mutiny puzzle: investigators MANILA (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Philippines investigators have yet to establish what triggered the failed military mutiny against President Gloria Arroyo, a member of an independent inquiry panel said Friday. North Korea should not miss this opportunity: Roh SEOUL (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun Friday urged North Korea Friday to grab the opportunity presented by upcoming six-nation talks to resolve the 10-month crisis over its nuclear weapons program. Pacific nations advised to get more confrontational over nuclear waste AUCKLAND (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Pacific nations angered that their waters are being used by France and Britain as shipping lanes for nuclear waste have to get more "confrontational" if they want to stop the trade, a legal expert attending the Pacific Forum Summit here said. |
US, Japan, South Korea wrap up talks on North Korea WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 US Asia envoy James Kelly will renew his tense relationship with North Korean negotiators this month, after he was named Thursday to head the US delegation to six-nation nuclear crisis talks in Beijing. US, Japan, South Korea mull backing NKorean entry into ADB: report TOKYO (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Japan, the United States and South Korea are considering backing North Korea's entry into the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) if Pyongyang ends its nuclear program, a report said Friday. Power cuts force closure of seven US nuclear plants WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 US authorities shut down seven nuclear power plants Thursday because of major outages that hit the northeast United States, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced. Pentagon awards submarine contract worth up to 8.7 billion dollars WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 The Pentagon Thursday awarded a General Dynamics-Northrop Grumman team a block-buy contract worth up to 8.7 billion dollars to build six Virginia class nuclear attack submarines over the next five years. High profile Fiji military spokesman facing desertion charges SUVA (AFP) Aug 15, 2003 Charismatic Fiji military man Lieutenant Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini was Friday facing the prospect of extradition from New York to face desertion charges, local media here reported. Charged Briton sought missile from Russian mob MOSCOW (AFP) Aug 14, 2003 A Briton charged Wednesday in the United States with aiding extremists by trying to sell surface-to-air missiles to Islamic extremists sought to buy the weapon from the Rusian mob, the Russian secret service, FSB, said on Thursday. |
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