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...Korea - have made some significant strides, including agreements from Pyongyang to shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon and to disclose its nuclear activities. But for Japan, the sixth party to the talks, these diplomatic successes are threatening another of its most tenaciously held foreign policy goals: discovering the fate of 17 Japanese civilians abducted by the North between...
...five Japanese citizens were returned to the country after being kidnapped and forced to instruct North Korean agents on Japanese culture and society; Pyongyang at the time said the rest were dead - a claim the victims' families dispute. Since then, the remaining abductees' fate has become a hot-button issue in Japan. "It's a heart-rendering story, and involves issues of sovereignty and human rights," notes Robert Dujarric, director of Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. "The issue has taken on a life of its own." The government has called the kidnappings "acts of terrorism"; former Prime...
...Nick Vier on a three-point attempt, putting the Catamounts guard at the line with 30 seconds remaining. Vier made two of three attempts to put Vermont up by three. And after Housman’s desperation three at the other end failed, the Crimson’s fate was sealed.“We’re down by a lot in the first half and fighting and scrapping our way to the lead, but we weren’t able to execute down the stretch,” Amaker said. “A lot of little things...
...College, whose debate team rose to top levels under the guidance of the soon-to-be-named poet laureate of Liberia, Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington). Three students (Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Nate Parker), each gifted in their own way, work through the national college debate circuit, culminating with a fateful competition against the dear old Crimson.In many ways, the film is a sure thing. In addition to acting, Washington also directs, and the picture is produced by Oprah’s Harpo Productions. Oprah and company decided to release the movie on Christmas Day, a season markedly less frivolous...
...Despite the moral support they lend to those pushing the U.S. to accept stronger action, Gore, Kerry and the rest of the shadow U.S. delegation are ultimately powerless to affect the outcome at Bali - the fate of the negotiations remains in the hands of President Bush and his negotiators. Toward the end of his speech Gore, with his customary taste for the eccentric analogy, invoked the hockey player Bobby Hull, who Gore said was skilled because he sent the puck, not where his teammates were, but where they would be. "You have to look to where we're going...