2005.02.11

Report: DPRK Demands Talks With USA (AP). North Korea demands bilateral talks with the United States to defuse tension created by its announcement that it is a nuclear power. 2005.02.11

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American Samoa lawmaker demands new study of French nuclear test fallout (AFP). A lawmaker from American Samoa calls on the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog to conduct a comprehensive new study on the health and environmental effects of France's 30-year nuclear testing program in the South Pacific. 2005.02.11

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Top 10 Reasons North Korea Thursday Pulled Out of Six-Way Talks and Declared Itself a Nuclear Power 10. Didn’t like Condi Rice calling it an “outpost of tyranny.” Insists on being called “headquarters of tyranny. 9. Figures George Bush will confuse North and South Korea and bomb Seoul instead 8. Didn’t like the condiments on the hexagonal negotiating table in Beijing 7. Like what’s the U.N. going to do, impose sanctions? Hah, we eat sanctions for breakfast. 6.Wants Japan to have something else to worry about than the fate of the missing abductees. 5. Believes Donald Rumsfeld will try to cross the DMZ with only 628 troops because that’s all the Pentagon boss believes will be needed to get the job done. 4. Plans to follow Monday with a clarification, “never mind, we’ll be at the talks next month -- we were trying to see if we could give Dick Cheney a heart attack.” 3. Knows that Bush’s coalition of the willing this time will only include Fiji, Gabon and the Kurds. 2. Decided to adopt Ronald Reagan’s refrain: “If not now, when? If not us, who?” 1. Kim Jong Il woke up with a wicked hangover after watching North Korea lose to Japan, 2-1, in the World Cup qualifier. © Buzz’s Pipe LLC, 2005 2005.02.11

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Tsunami Bomb (New Zealand Herald) Allies tried to perfect a "tsunami bomb" during World War II. 2005.02.11

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Patriot Act strikes Marshall Islands bank (AFP). Residents of the Marshall Islands will be unable to use their credit cards from next week after the Pacific nation's leading bank is cut off from a U.S. partner by the anti-terrorist Patriot Act. 2005.02.11

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DPRK-Nuclear Crisis (The Australian) Nuclear North Korea is the "crisis from hell." 2005.02.11

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USA Warns DPRK Faces Isolation (AP). The Bush administration, chafing under North Korea's retreat from multilateral talks on nuclear disarmament, seeks to push the communist country back to the bargaining table and warns that it faces increasing international isolation. 2005.02.11

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DPRK-Nukes [Donga Ilbo] Why North Korea changed its position on nuclear weapons disclosure. 2005.02.11

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IOC moves to oust Korean official. [BBC News ] The IOC recommends Kim Un-yong be expelled following his imprisonment on corruption charges. 2005.02.11

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