2005.01.16

DPRK-Japan (Kyodo) Japanese fishermen catch a big one -- a North Korean cargo ship. 2005.01.16

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Prayers for Dead, But Many Not Laid to Rest (Reuters). Three weeks after the Asian tsunami, people near and far pause to remember the dead but hundreds of bodies rotting by the sea show how much still has to be done to make life bearable for survivors. 2005.01.16

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Australia, NZ mourn tsunami victims. [BBC News ] Australia and New Zealand observe a day of national mourning for victims of the Asian tsunami. 2005.01.16

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War of words erupts over NHK show on WWII sex slavery (AFP). Allegations that Japan's public television network was pressured by politicians to soft-pedal a program on Japan's legacy of sexual enslavement during World War II has pitted liberal Japanese media against their conservative counterparts. 2005.01.16

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DPRK Overture Boosts Hopes For Nuclear Talks. [Radio Free Asia] A sudden change in rhetoric from North Korea has boosted hopes of progress in six-nation talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. 2005.01.16

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Deaths From Indian Ocean Quake, Tsunami UPDATED (AP). At least 157,705 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast from an earthquake and massive tsunami that smashed coastlines on Dec. 26. 2005.01.16

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Canadian soldiers set up ferry service for tsunami survivors (CP). Canadian soldiers hit the beach but it is no holiday. They inflate three five-metre zodiac-like boats to ferry people and goods across scenic Arugam Bay. 2005.01.16

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Outbreaks concern tsunami relief officials as US seeks quick exit (AFP). Aid officials express alarm about outbreaks of sickness in the area worst hit by last month's Asian tsunami disaster as the United States says it wants to scale down its military relief work. 2005.01.16

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Tremors fan superstitions in Andaman islands (Reuters). The planet hasn't stopped shaking in the tsunami-battered Andaman and Nicobar islands because a giant boar-like animal that slept below has been turning on its sides. 2005.01.16

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Pacific-USN Sub Accident (New York Times) U.S. Navy submarine in fatal Pacific Ocean accident might have been traveling too fast in inaccurately charted territory. 2005.01.16

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US Visitors Suggest 6-Way N.Korea Parliament Seminar (Reuters). A delegation of U.S. congressmen proposes parliamentary talks in North Korea among the six countries involved in diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs. 2005.01.16

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