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...axis of evil appeared ready to sue for peace last week. Saddam was still having "Is it live or is it Memorex?" moments, but his government was gone from Iraq. North Korea suddenly agreed to the American demand for multilateral talks about ending its nuclear-weapons program (even though Pyongyang promptly announced the program was proceeding). Even proud Iran was making conciliatory noises. The newspapers in Tehran were hot with argument over a proposed public referendum on whether to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Great Satan. The idea was floated by former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the cleverest...
...arrogated that right to itself. And yet it may also have made viewers more sophisticated, if less trusting. Jordan has made several trips to North Korea, as he did to Iraq, and says he has not cut deals for access there either. Yet the next time CNN reports from Pyongyang, the audience will be straining to see past the edge of the screen, looking for the man who - metaphorically or not - is holding...
There was a collective sigh earlier this month when Pyongyang finally agreed to sit down with the U.S. and China to negotiate a possible end to North Korea's nuclear program. Finally, it seemed, the threat posed by unstable dictator Kim Jong Il holding his finger over the button was about to be defused. This week, however, North Korea reminded the world how perilous Dear Leader dealings were by announcing it had begun reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods into weapons-grade plutonium...
...Dumisa Ntsebeza, now counsel for an Apartheid Claims Task Force set up to represent victims filing lawsuits against some companies, said Mbeki's attitude was "completely misguided." The first court hearings will start in New York City next month, Ntsebeza said. - By Peter Hawthorne/Cape Town Nuclear Games NORTH KOREA Pyongyang's surprise agreement to take part in talks with Washington and Beijing this week raised hopes of a peaceful resolution to the long standoff over its nuclear program. But evidence emerged that 20 scientists and military defectors may have been smuggled out of North Korea over the past six months...
...handled with a rare mix of tact and humility, the nuclear crisis spurred by Pyongyang could redeem American diplomatic relations with Russia and China, foster improved regional security and fuel the starved North Korean economy...