Japan Wants Asylum Seekers Returned. Japan demanded today that China return five suspected North Korean asylum seekers seized from the Japanese consulate. [NYTimes]
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Credit Rating of WorldCom Is Cut to Junk. WorldCom, the nation's second-largest long-distance carrier, averted a cash crunch by securing a waiver from lenders to gain access to a borrowing program. [NYTimes]
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