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09 December 2009 1:47 PM | Tagged: a north koreas nuclear program
A look at North Korea's nuclear program: REACTORS: 5-megawatt facility in Yongbyon capable of producing plutonium, which can be weaponized to make nuclear bombs, was shut down in July 2007 as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal. In April, North Korea

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08 December 2009 9:09 AM | Tagged: adelaide united defender michael marrone join north queensland fury
Adelaide United defender Michael Marrone has signed with North Queensland Fury for the next two seasons.The Reds offered Marrone a contract extension to stay at the club, but the defender has decided his future lies in Townsville; he will join the A

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08 December 2009 6:07 AM | Tagged: us special envoy stephen bosworth heading north korea talks
SEOUL After a year of tensions, President Obama is sending a veteran diplomat to on Tuesday for the highest-profile talks between Pyongyang and Washington since he took office pledging to reach out to America's adversaries.A key question is whethe

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08 December 2009 5:27 AM | Tagged: us envoy heads north korea push nuclear talks
SEOUL - President Barack Obama's first envoy to North Korea flies to Pyongyang Tuesday to try to coax the prickly state back to the nuclear talks it quit a year ago, but without offering it any new incentives. A senior U.S. official said Stephen Bo

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08 December 2009 3:27 AM | Tagged: obama sending envoy north korea
SEOUL, South Korea - After a year of tensions, President Barack Obama is sending a veteran diplomat to North Korea on Tuesday for the highest-profile talks between Pyongyang and Washington since he took office pledging to reach out to America's adve

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08 December 2009 3:19 AM | Tagged: central coast mariners sign north queensland furys daniel mcbreen
The Central Coast Mariners have made a major signing coup, North Queensland Fury striker Daniel McBreen to join the club for two years from the start of next season.

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07 December 2009 9:17 PM | Tagged: north korea grilled rights council
GENEVA - North Korea made a rare appearance before a U.N. human rights organization on Monday, facing accusations of widespread abuses such as forced labor, public executions and torture. The communist state, which also was accused of allowing its p

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06 December 2009 8:19 AM | Tagged: world cup exclusive north koreas yong hak fight place group death
 North Korea midfielder An YongHak is looking forward to facing Portugal, Brazil and the Ivory Coast at the2010 World Cup and has targeted second place.Group G was immediately named TheGroup of Death on Friday after the draw in Cape Town and fe