2003.11.21

[COMDEX] Samsung to Launch Windows-Based Handsets for US Market [Nikkei BP AsiaBizTech] Microsoft has showcased cell phones equipped with Windows Mobile -- including a Korean-made model.       2003.11.21

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Imperial Army Gas (Mainichi) Environment Agency probe reveals scope of poison gas from Imperial Army still buried in Japan.     2003.11.21

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Nations Set to Suspend N. Korea Project (AP). The United States, South Korea, Japan and the European Union are poised to suspend work today on two light water nuclear reactors under construction in North Korea.   2003.11.21

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Japan-Markets Nikkei drops 38 points in the opening minute of Friday trading.     2003.11.21

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Iraq Won't Siphon U.S. Troops from Korea, Rumsfeld Says [U.S. Department of State] The United States has no plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces in South Korea to meet the demands in Iraq, says the U.S. Secretary of Defense. But Donald Rumsfeld, in a November 19 interview with the Yonhap News in the Republic of Korea, said technical advancements in defense systems in the future will permit the United States to maintain or even increase its military capability on the Korean peninsula with fewer military personnel in place there.   2003.11.21

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Japan-Headlines (Kyodo) Here are the Friday morning headlines in major Japanese newspapers.   2003.11.21

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