2005.01.14

DPRK Ready to Return to Nuclear Talks (AP). North Korea says it will return to six-party nuclear talks and consider treating the United States as a "friend." 2005.01.14

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Tsunami-Orphans (Washington Post) American missionary group says it is dropping plan to put Muslim tsunami orphans into Christian homes. 2005.01.14

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DPRK-Nukes (Yonhap) A U.S. Congressman, who just visited Pyongyang, says North Korea is ready to resume multi-lateral talks about its nuclear weapons development in a "matter of weeks." 2005.01.14

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Thai tsunami trauma sparks rash of foreign ghost sightings (AFP). A second surge of tsunami terror is hitting southern Thailand, but this time it is a wave of foreign ghosts terrifying locals in what health experts described as an outpouring of delayed mass trauma. 2005.01.14

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Economics-Asia (USA Today) U.S. National Intelligence Council states the obvious: China and India will eventually become economic powers. 2005.01.14

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Push to improve Russia-Japan ties. [BBC News ] Japan's foreign minister visits Russia for talks aimed at improving ties damaged by the Kuril Islands dispute. 2005.01.14

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Malaria Threat Emerges in Tsunami Zone (AP). Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with mosquito-killing spray guns beginning today to head off a looming threat that one expert says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria. 2005.01.14

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CBC assembles Canada For Asia, historic prime time disaster relief special (CP). The cream of Canadian show business, the arts and sports assembled at the CBC broadcasting centre Thursday evening to take part in Canada For Asia, a three-hour, history-making live telecast in support of relief efforts for the tsunami victims of South Asia. 2005.01.14

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Crisis lifts Sri Lankan Marxists. [Christian Science Monitor ] Leftists give tsunami relief in Sri Lanka, filling a vacuum left by the government. 2005.01.14

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UN asks Indonesia not to impose deadline on foreign military relief aid (AFP). An appeal to Indonesia not to impose a deadline on foreign troops providing relief assistance in strife-torn Aceh province after the tsunami disaster. 2005.01.14

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Military Escorts Ordered for Aid Workers (AP). Indonesia orders foreign aid workers in tsunami-devastated Aceh province to have military escorts in areas facing violence by insurgents, even as the vice president welcomes a cease-fire offer by the rebels. 2005.01.14

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Britons hope for tourists' return. [BBC News ] Britons reliant on Thailand's tourism industry hope for better future as they try to recover from the tsunami. 2005.01.14

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Blog 1: Arriving in Tamil Nadu. [Radio Free Asia] Reporter Pema Ngodup had a hard time getting to the coastal area hit by the tidal wave. 2005.01.14

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