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North Korea's delegation rejected a U.S. proposal to keep currentnuclear negotiationsalive and instead returned to Pyongyang today. Talks broke down over the issue of replacing North Korea's gas-graphite reactor with light-water models manufactured by South Korea. The plan offends North Korea's sense of propriety explainsTIME Diplomatic correspondent J.F.O. McAllister: "This may be their typical tactic of going back on an agreement or they may really be drawing a line in the sand." It is not yet clear whether North Korea will abandon its stand-still agreement with the U.S. andresume nuclear weapons development...
...hope he can crack the embargo with the help of American business. He has seen how its lobbying opened up U.S. relations with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam and even North Korea; a trade mission headed by retired admiral Elmo Zumwalt and his son is visiting Pyongyang this week. So Castro is promising Yankee investors they will make a lot of money in Cuba if they will pressure Washington to end the blockade. He has made some modest gestures in recent months to underscore his appetite for American investment: shaking the hand of Vice President Al Gore...
...Korean Peninsula. "That would involve the deployment of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops, and that would involve a full-scale -- full-scale -- war," Perry said. Christopher assured the senators that the nuclear agreement -- which trades U.S. oil and Asian nuclear reactors for an end to Pyongyang's own nuclear program -- left no room for trust: "This is not going to be a relaxed situation for many years to come...
...first round of interviews after returning from 13 days of captivity in North Korea, downed Army helicopter pilot Bobby Hall said that his crossing into the Communist country's airspace was "accidental" and that Pyongyang authorities forced a signed "confession" from him. Hall said that his helicopter was shot down, and crashed into a mountainside; fellow pilot and Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon "was thrown from the aircraft and died on the spot." As for his written statement, given in captivity, which indicated the flight path was no accident, Hall said: "It was all what they dictated me to write...
...helicopter pilot who survived last Saturday's downing in North Korea, might be released this weekend, according to Rep. Bill Richardson, who's serving as a U.S. envoy to Pyongyang. Though North Korea has said only that Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Hall would be sent home "very soon" after being detained during a probe of the incident. Richardson, Democrat from New Mexico, said Hall was "in good shape and I think he'll be home before Christmas." Earlier Thursday, Richardson accompanied the casket carrying the body of the pilot killed in the incident, Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon...