2003.11.16

Solar Flares (AP) Japan's beleagured space agency, JAXA, which lost two satellites during last month's punch from the sun, braces for possible damage to other inadequately shielded satellites from more expected solar ejections in the next couple of weeks.   2003.11.16

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DPRK-Nukes (VOA) UPDATING North Korea says it is ready to abandon its nuclear program if the United States drops its "hostile policy".   2003.11.16

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Okinawa Bases (Kyodo) UPDATING U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld gets an earful from Okinawa's governor in a televised public session regarding the American bases on the southern Japanese island.   2003.11.16

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Help Wanted: Yakuza (Mainichi) Japan's largest organized crime family is recruiting. Here is your chance to loose a pinkie finger or two.     2003.11.16

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Korea to deport illegal workers. [BBC News ] Thousands of illegal foreign workers have gone into hiding in South Korea to avoid being deported in a new clampdown.   2003.11.16

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