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China to beef up inspections at NKorean border
China will step up inspections along its border with North Korea during the Olympics to try to reduce the growing number of North Korean migrants, an official of South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday.  US offers nuclear proposal to North KoreaThe United States has proposed a mechanism for verifying North Korea's claims about its nuclear past, Washington's top envoy to the nuclear talks said Monday.  Court silences Pakistan nuclear scientistA court silenced the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program on Monday, weeks after he implicated President Pervez Musharraf in the delivery of nuclear technology to North Korea.
Rice shrugs at meeting with top NKorean envoy
The United States and North Korea are about to have their highest-level face-to-face contact in four years, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it's no big deal.  Iran calls nuclear talks positiveIran's Foreign Minister said Friday that forthcoming nuclear talks in Geneva and the participation of a U.S. diplomat for the first time look positive and he expects progress.
US picks compromise over confrontation with Iran
For now, the Bush administration has chosen compromise over confrontation in dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear program with a dramatic gesture intended to demonstrate commitment to a negotiated solution.  North Korea rejects probe into shooting deathThe main South Korean investor in North Korea failed to persuade the communist nation to cooperate in an investigation into the killing of a South Korean tourist at a northern mountain resort, the firm's head said Tuesday.  SKorea says it will recall ambassador from JapanSouth Korea said Monday it will recall its ambassador from Japan over a rekindled debate about disputed islands between the countries, as the new Seoul government seeks to lift its sagging popularity at home with an appeal to nationalism.
South Korea proposes talks with North Korea
A ruling party leader in South Korea proposed Monday holding parliamentary talks with North Korea to resolve tension caused by the shooting death of a tourist near a mountain resort in the North.
Japan to test missile interceptor in US
Japan will conduct its first test-firing of a land-to-air missile interceptor in the United States in September to ensure that a missile shield for the Japanese capital will function properly if it falls under attack, the Defense Ministry said.
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