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...remains unclear exactly what factors led Fonda to withdraw the bulk of donation, but plans for the center and for filling the chair were moving slower than planned...
...from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty early this month. But after three days of marathon sessions, negotiators struggled to find wording for a final joint communiqué. Officials acknowledged that they had failed to make headway in getting Pyongyang to address the international community's concerns about its decision to withdraw from the nonproliferation pact, an accord that blocked it from developing nukes. But Seoul said that it would push ahead with efforts to end the crisis peacefully, announcing that it would send high-level envoys to Pyongyang this week. South Korea's President-elect Roh Moo-hyun said he would...
...bold initiative" to provide energy and food to the country - the first time Washington has signaled its willingness to engage Pyongyang. A belligerent response, however, indicated that North Korea is not interested in retreating from the brinkmanship that has led it to kick out international nuclear inspectors and withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Bush's "loudmouthed supply of energy and food aid are like pie in the sky, as they are possible only after [North Korea] is totally disarmed." Meanwhile, diplomats shuttled around the region trying to find a way to get talks...
...several stories, he described the burden of being an immigrant’s son and an outsider. After announcing his candidacy for student body president in high school in the 1930s, for example, the vice-principal asked Lee to withdraw. In spite of his not having “a Chinaman’s chance,” according to the administrator, he won the presidency...
...Taking their cue from International Development Secretary Clare Short, many British political commentators have sputtered at the thought of the captain of England, Nasser Hussain, shaking hands with Mugabe before the game. Even Prime Minister Tony Blair weighed in, calling on the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to withdraw from the Harare game: "In the light of the deteriorating political and humanitarian situation in the country, ministers have made clear that if the decision were for them, England should not play in Zimbabwe." His Australian counterpart, John Howard, appealed to the International Cricket Council, the sport's governing body...