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  • June 2008

    • Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 12:36 PM CDT

      Bush's North Korea Deal Is 'Total Intellectual Collapse'

      (Newser) - The latest US deal with North Korea—taking the North off its state terror list in exchange for a nuclear declaration—is a travesty and intellectual capitulation in pursuit of burnishing President Bush's legacy, former UN ambassador John Bolton writes in a predictably scathing piece in the Wall Street Journal . It’s a final sign that the administration's toughness is history, argues Bolton, a longstanding hardliner on North Korea—and awful policy to boot. More »

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      George W. Bush  • North Korea  • nuclear facilities  • John Bolton  • state sponsors of terror list

    • N. Korea Blows Up Nuclear Tower

      CNN  |  Jun 27, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      N. Korea Blows Up Nuclear Tower

      (Newser) - North Korea demolished the biggest symbol of its nuclear program today, destroying the water tower of its Yongbyon plutonium facility, which had been used to extract plutonium to build nuclear weapons until it was decommissioned last year. But the huge implosion wasn’t just symbolic—the tower would take at least a year to rebuild, and without it the facility is useless. More »

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      North Korea  • nuclear disarmament  • Yongbyon  • six party talks  • plutonium  • state sponsors of terror list

    • Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      The Washington Note  |  Jun 25, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      (Newser) - President Bush will ask Congress tomorrow to remove North Korea from the “terrorist watch list,” reports Steve Clemons in the Washington Note, a move meant to build confidence with Kim Jong-Il and China in the quest to bring the North back from its nuclear pariah status. In return, reports the Age, Pyongyang is today to list all its nuclear activities and permanently disable its nuclear reactor. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Dick Cheney  • North Korea  • Robert Gates  • John Negroponte  • state sponsors of terror list

  • March 2008

    • Recovered Data Links Venezuela to FARC Rebels

      Reuters  |  Mar 12, 08 8:50 PM CDT

      Recovered Data Links Venezuela to FARC Rebels

      (Newser) - Possible links between Hugo Chavez’ Venezuelan government and the Colombian FARC guerrilla group concern Washington, but US officials aren't yet saying the nation will be declared a state sponsor of terrorism, Reuters reports. Colombia said computers seized in a March 1 raid on a FARC base in Ecuador contain evidence that proves Venezuela is aiding the leftist group. More »

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      terrorism  • Colombia  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Ecuador  • state sponsors of terror list

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