Cops: Canadian teacher hiding out in Bangkok
Reuters Oct 16, 07 9:30 AM CDT
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Interpol has identified a suspected serial pedophile who posted altered photos of himself with as many as 12 boys he apparently molested in Vietnam and Cambodia, reports Reuters. Agents identified Christopher Paul Neil, a Canadian English teacher who has taught at Asian schools, after Interpol released digitally unscrambled photos from the internet in a rare appeal to the public for help.
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'E-sport' competitors hope to break geeky stereotypes
Reuters Oct 7, 07 7:02 PM CDT
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The 700 gamers in Seattle this weekend aren’t lonely basement-dwellers, say World Cyber Games planners: They're gifted athletes competing in “e-sports.” Organizers hope that such sportsmen will claw into the mainstream and bypass other fringe athletes like poker players and competitive eaters. “The goal is to one day be recognized as on par with the Olympics or the World Cup,” says one.
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South Korean military ordered to reinstate female helicopter pilot
Los Angeles Times Oct 7, 07 8:47 AM CDT
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A South Korean court has ordered the military to reinstate a female helicopter pilot who was bounced from her job after she had a double mastectomy to treat breast cancer. Regulations require personnel to be discharged if they're missing body parts. The case has been a flashpoint for feminists and cancer groups.
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Statement promises to work on peace accord, economic projects
New York Times Oct 4, 07 3:55 AM CDT
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In the culmination of the second summit ever in the history of their two nations, the leaders of South and North Korea signed a statement early today pledging to work toward a formal peace accord and join forces on economic projects. The South pledged to help develop a new highway and freight train service in the North, as well as provide aid to an enterprise zone.
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South rejects North's offer to
extend chilly talks
Reuters Oct 3, 07 6:44 AM CDT
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Saying that he felt a "wall of mistrust" in talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, the South Korean president, Roh Moo-hyu, has rejected Kim's invitation to extend the two leaders' summit, Reuters reports. News of the impasse comes as the US and North Korea, in separate talks, near an agreement on disabling North Korea's nuclear program.
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Chilly Kim greets Roh in second summit ever
Reuters Oct 2, 07 4:40 AM CDT
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun crossed the border to be met by cheering crowds and grim-faced North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang today for the second summit ever between the two countries. Roh hopes to make progress toward a permanent truce between the nations but won't broach the touchy topic of nuclear disarmament, which will be left to six-party talks.
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Delegates head home to talk 'nuts and bolts' with their governments
Reuters Sep 30, 07 2:47 PM CDT
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North Korea’s nuclear disarmament seems near at hand. Delegates from six-party negotiations returned home today to walk their governments through the plan's “nuts and bolts.” The talks fleshed out Korea’s February pledge to disarm for fuel aid. “Assuming we go forward with this, it lays out an entire roadmap through the end of the year,” said the US envoy.
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Near-record crude prices outweigh
fears of US skid
Bloomberg Sep 11, 07 4:14 AM CDT
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Crude climbed within 50 cents of a record today, and that meant Asian stock indexes were climbing as well with the Nikkei rising 0.3% and the Asia-Pacific index up 0.1% after big losses Friday. Steel joined oil as a big mover when South Korean producers announced a price increase. Those prices, coupled with demand from China, are outweighing fears about a US slowdown.
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Bush and Roh spar about closure on 50-year-old conflict
Associated Press Sep 7, 07 12:50 PM CDT
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President Bush got into an unusually undiplomatic tiff with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Sidney today when the latter urged the US to declare a formal end to the Korean War that concluded with a truce—but no treaty—50 years ago. Bush said the US position is to wait until North Korea's Kim Jong Il gets rid of his nuclear program. Roh either didn't understand or didn't like the answer, and asked for clarification.
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Move could lead to friendlier relations with US
BBC Sep 2, 07 1:49 PM CDT
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North Korea has promised to disable all of its nuclear facilities by the end of this year, the BBC reports, possibly paving the way for warmer relations between the US and a country it now lists as a supporter of terror. After meeting with representatives from the North, US negotiator Christopher Hill called the talks “very good and very substantive.”
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They're sorry for 'causing trouble'
BBC Sep 2, 07 8:12 AM CDT
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Nineteen relieved Christian aid workers returned home to South Korea yesterday after Taliban kidnapers released them from six weeks of captivity. They sank into the grateful arms of family and apologized to the public for "causing trouble." Korean officials had warned the church group not to travel to Afghanistan. The government denies paying ransom for the hostages' release.
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Christian aid workers out of Taliban hands after 6 weeks
CNN Aug 30, 07 1:34 PM CDT
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Taliban militants in Afghanistan freed the remaining seven South Korean hostages today, CNN reports, ending an episode that began July 19 with the abduction of 23 Christian aid workers. After two were executed, the remaining hostages were gradually released as the South Korean government negotiated with the captors, promising to halt missionary work in Afghanistan and proceed with troop withdrawal.
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Last Koreans
also scheduled
for release
Associated Press Aug 30, 07 10:17 AM CDT
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Taliban militants released four of their remaining seven South Korean hostages today. The two men and two women were released to Red Cross officials on a road in central Afghanistan, the AP reports. The Red Cross is on its way to pick up the three remaining hostages from the original 23. None of the freed hostages, held for six weeks, has talked to reporters yet.
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