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...despite this shared goal, Japan and China can't see eye to eye on how to deal with the North. China, together with South Korea, favors compromise, conciliation and economic aid, hoping that such largesse will persuade Pyongyang to give up its nukes. Japan sides with the U.S. in calling for a more hawkish engagement with the North, one that contemplates referring the issue to the U.N. Security Council?a step that could result in economic sanctions being imposed on Pyongyang...
...Leave The TV On? Japanese robot technology is often more spectacle than utility, but the anthropomorphic Nuvo is bridging that gap. By day, the 38-cm robot keeps an eye on the house with a digital camera that transmits images to its owner's mobile phone. It's kind of a webcam on legs?but, oh, what legs! Nuvo dances and plays music at a mere voice command. Price: $5,500-$8,335 each...
...little action as junior Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart’s backup this season for the national champion Trojans, was taken by the New England Patriots in the seventh round in a move that surprised many who predicted that Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick had his eye on Fitzpatrick as a late-round pick...
...quick to respond to de Villepin's remarks, saying he'd received the full backing of the Elysée and had put the dapper Interior Minister "back into place." Though the Prime Minister may have saved face, the fight has left the ruling party with a black eye. "De Villepin is right that Raffarin's gone after the referendum, but saying so may have cost him the job," predicts an official of the ruling conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. "With public opinion as negative as it is, the last thing we needed was a fight...
...Meantime, the media is keeping a close eye on these fragile but game new stars. A few weeks ago the Atlanta Constitution ran a lengthy piece on the Carter-Ford relationship, with Carter proclaiming , "I don't know of any basic philosophical differences between me and President Ford ...Our friendship is warm and enduring." The passage of time obviously increases understanding. Carter and Clinton both criticized Ford for pardoning Nixon in 1974; now both say Ford was right. Secretly, the Bush people chortle that Clinton on many issues has become a Republican...