Official says US general hints at talks on extension of SKorean missile rangeSEOUL, South Korea — The United States is open to talks on the possibility of South Korea developing ballistic missiles capable of striking all of North Korea, a South Korean Defense Ministry official said Tuesday. Prosecutors say no perjury charges for Illinois Sen. Burris; political future uncertainSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Roland Burris won’t face a perjury charge over statements he made to state lawmakers investigating how he got his job, but the junior senator still faces the task of salvaging his political future and shaking the stigma of his link to the disgraced former governor who put him in office. N. Korea may carry out more nuke tests, says Moscow-based diplomatMOSCOW - A senior North Korean diplomat in Moscow, Russia, has said that his country may carry out more nuclear tests unless the United States ends its “intimidation.”he official was quoted by Russia’s ITAR-TASS news agency as saying today that North Korea cannot rule out “the possibility of carrying out new nuclear tests,” adding that this would take place “if the United States and its allies continue their policy of intimidation of North Korea.” Obama envoy warns NKorea new nuclear test would have ‘consequences,’ urges dialogue with USSEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama’s top envoy for North Korea warned of “consequences” if the regime pushes ahead with a threatened atomic test and urged Pyongyang to instead return to dialogue with Washington to defuse nuclear tensions. Nepal kings’ arch-enemy returns after 100 yearsKATHMANDU - When he died in 1877, Bal Narsingh Kunwar had irretrievably changed the course of Nepal’s history, reducing the mighty Shah kings to figureheads while his clan wielded the real power. Nepal Maoists seek to recruit over 12,000 new fightersKATHMANDU - Angered by the army’s refusal to halt recruitment, Nepal’s ruling Maoist party began to hire new fighters in its guerrilla army Tuesday, a move that is bound to rock the fragile peace process and draw the disapproval of the international community. |
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