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...Carter brought peace in our time? The standoff with North Korea seems to have genuinely cooled off in the wake of his talks with the late Kim Il Sung. An American invasion of Haiti was averted partly because of his last ditch efforts...
North Korea and the U.S. resumed talks in Geneva aimed at ending the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program. The talks are expected to last a week and focus on a specific issue: getting North Korea to allow inspections of two sites suspected by the U.S. to be nuclear waste dumps...
Cuban authorities are locked in a standoff with 700 would-be emigres who took over an oil tanker in the port of Mariel, intent on reaching U.S. soil. The Cubans reportedly took advantage of a security lapse and rushed aboard the Maltese-registered vessel Sunday. The number of Cubans fleeing is rising as the Communist country's economy disintegrates without Soviet aid. The U.S. Coast Guard helped 371 Cubans to shore over the weekend, the biggest three-day total since the Mariel boatlift...
Pyongyang and Washington will resume talks to end the nuclear standoff on Aug. 5, officials from both countries said. The discussion had been suspended after the death of North Korean President Kim Il Sung on July...
...North Korea agreed to resume talks to end the 16-month nuclear standoff. The move should calm some fears about the new President, Kim Jong Il. He apparently intends to keep open the diplomatic lines to the West. No date for the talks has been announced...