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During their three days of photogenic negotiating in Pyongyang, Carter did not get Kim to address the issue that produced the crisis in the first place: North Korea's refusal to let inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency do their job. Even now the Koreans are portraying as a...
The field's potential has put it at the center of a possibly explosive territorial dispute. Mobil is rushing to sink a well this summer in defiance of a claim by China, which insists that its international waters extend as far as the Blue Dragon site. Beijing meanwhile has granted...
At a White House meeting last Tuesday, Clinton, Moynihan and Republican Senator Robert Packwood debated whether the trigger would bring about universal coverage. Packwood argued that the trigger should not be automatic, that Congress should be required to approve the mandates before they go into effect. At this, Clinton balked...
In Tokyo, Under Secretary of State Peter Tarnoff let it drop that sanctions were not a certainty. "We did not come with a specific proposal," he said. "The purpose is to talk about categories that might be included in the resolution, including sanctions." Russia said it would approve sanctions "if...
Colombia's new President, economist Ernesto Samper, has no plans to take on the kingpins of South America's most formidable cocaine cartel without international help, he declared after winning Sunday's election. Conservative opponent Andres Pastrana, who wanted to push for greater free-market reforms but lost with 48.6...