North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist The Star | BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December arrived in China on Saturday and will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. | Robert Park's release clears an obstacle between North Korea and the United States, ...
Mexican mayor fears massacre of 16 was random The News & Observer | CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The mayor of a violent Mexican border city said Monday he fears a shooting that killed 16 people in a working class neighborhood may have been random because many of the victims were "good kids" with no apparent ties to drug gangs. | The dead included at least eight teenag...
North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist The Star | BEIJING (Reuters) - A U.S. religious activist taken captive by North Korea in December arrived in China on Saturday and will next fly back to the United States, an official with the U.S. embassy in Beijing said. | Robert Park's release clears an ob...
Report: Chinese envoy to visit North Korea The News & Observer | SEOUL, South Korea -- A senior Chinese official is traveling to North Korea on Saturday, a news report said, in what is seen as a mission to jump-start stalled international talks on ending its nuclear weapons programs. | Wang Jiarui, head of the l...
Report: US Missionary Freed From N. Korea CBS News Man, 28, Has Been Held in Reclusive Country Since Entering Country Illegally on Christmas | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | In this photo taken on Dec. 9, 2009, and released from Freedom and Life for All North Koreans, U.S. missionary Rober...
North Korea to Free American Missionary CBS News Country Announced it Would Release Robert Park, Who Was Detained for Illegally Crossing Border from China | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | In this photo taken on Dec. 9, 2009, and released from Freedom and Life for All North Koreans, U.S. ...
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UN official says North Korea increasing punishment The Boston Globe | SEOUL, South Korea-North Korea is meting out harsher punishment to citizens who try to flee the country, a sign that overall human rights conditions remain dire in the communist ...
Lawmakers: UK response to terrorism slow, confused The News & Observer | LONDON -- Britain needs a U.S.-style national security adviser to report to Prime Minister Gordon Brown on terrorist threats, a committee of lawmakers said Tuesday in a report that made unusually sharp criticisms of the country's approach to securi...
Mexican mayor fears massacre of 16 was random The News & Observer | CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The mayor of a violent Mexican border city said Monday he fears a shooting that killed 16 people in a working class neighborhood may have been random because many of the victims were "good kids" with no apparent ties to dru...
Judge denies feng shui master Wang fortune The News & Observer | HONG KONG -- A bartender-turned-fortune teller who had an affair with the pig-tailed Hong Kong tycoon who was Asia's richest woman lost his bid for her multibillion-dollar estate Tuesday when a court deemed his will a forgery. | The legal battle ov...
Samsung, Sharp agree on cross-licencing deal m&c | Seoul - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said Monday it concluded a cross-licencing deal with its Japanese competitor Sharp Corp, ending patent disputes in liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. | Samsung, the world's largest maker of LCDs and televisions said both parties agreed Friday to share patents over LCD panel and module technology,...
Kyodo news summary -6-+ Breitbart TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—---------- Hatoyama approves Ozawa's remaining as DPJ's No. 2 | TOKYO - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is also president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Monday he approved DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's decision to remain in the ruling party's No. 2 post despite a fund scandal for which he acknowle...
