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...irrespective of the diplomatic state of play. After all, it's logical to assume that those countries currently talking to North Korea in the hope of stopping it going nuclear aren't going to turn their backs on Pyongyang once it demonstrates an actual nuclear capability by testing a weapon. The North Koreans have certainly given the Bush administration every reason to doubt their bona fides...
...Beijing talks are more likely to produce a protracted stalemate. Pyongyang, might continue racing ahead with its nuclear program and eventually testing a weapon. The U.S. meanwhile is instituting plans to intercept North Korean shipping on the high seas in order to choke off the export of drugs and missiles that are estimated to earn Pyongyang up to $1 billion a year. Washington is also pressing Beijing to accept the construction of large, U.S.-funded refugee camps along its border with North Korea, designed to speed the collapse of Pyongyang's regime. But the North Koreans have warned that they...
...cases, Lakhani's is both more surprising (it happened on U.S. soil) and less menacing (he never came close to either a terrorist or a weapon). According to a criminal complaint filed in Newark federal court last week, Lakhani first came to the FBI's attention in 2001 when an informant posing as the representative of a Somali terrorist group asked about getting a shoulder-fired missile. Lakhani's response: "It can be done." In July, after the FBI had wired $86,500 to Lakhani's alleged suppliers, he met in Moscow with two Russians who inserted themselves into...
...leather-upholstered airline seat, right, in Virgin Atlantic's new Upper Class Suite needs a little more prompting (you actually have to push a button), but then it does a pretty nifty trick of its own, flipping over to become an 80in. foam-mattress bed. It's the latest weapon in the seat wars airlines are waging for coveted business-class passengers. Each of the aisle-only chairs comes with a customizable lumbar support--and an ottoman, just in case you need to conduct an onboard staff meeting or order up an in-flight beauty-therapy treatment. Virgin is spending...
...Pyongyang says it needs nukes to protect itself from American warmongers. But its defensive weapon of choice is destabilizing to Asia. It risks touching off an arms race as technologically advanced countries, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, hasten to build nuclear equalizers of their own. Pyongyang is under immense pressure to deal, and a look around the region offers a snapshot of how stressful life will be for the Kim regime if this week's talks founder. Russia, an old cold war ally, is currently staging a massive military exercise near the North Korean border, together with...