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...Shut Up! A curious case may mean that debt collectors can't threaten to sue their targets unless they really mean...
...time in office, North Korea has been merely a pest, one that the President insisted on dealing with exclusively in concert with China, South Korea, Japan and Russia in six-party talks. But since late last summer, when all the parties agreed in principle that North Korea would shut down its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees, the North has refused to show up for meetings. Now that Kim has ignored warnings--from the U.S., Russia and China--not to test his missile capability and is threatening more tests in the immediate future, the question for the Administration...
...Administration has also had some success in cutting off North Korea's access to the international banking system. For the past year, the Treasury Department has put intense pressure on international banks doing business with North Korea. Last year it helped shut down dozens of accounts at the Macao-based Banco Delta Asia, which was suspected of counterfeiting and laundering money for Pyongyang. Some diplomats in Beijing, in fact, suspect that the financial pressure the U.S. has been applying was the main reason for Pyongyang's defiant missile launch...
...yarn from threads. Elsewhere, designers, chefs, moviemakers--even preachers--are turning to reality TV to show their stuff. Think of these series as American Idol goes to trade school competitions not for neophyte performers looking to get famous but for professionals to advance their careers long after the cameras shut off. In the summer of America's Got Talent--which might more aptly be called America Can Balance a Sword on Its Face--these shows are out to prove that America's also got creativity...
...Shut Up! A curious case may mean that debt collectors can't threaten to sue their targets unless they really mean...