2005.03.25

Japan-PRC (VOA) Japanese researchers set course for Okinotori-shima, a voyage certain to make waves all the way to Beijing. 2005.03.25

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DPRK Premier Visits Shanghai (AP). North Korea's premier, on a tour of sites highlighting China's economic reforms, does not respond  to appeals from Pyongyang's closest ally for the DPRK  to return to nuclear disarmament talks. 2005.03.25

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Tokyo NewsPod-MAR25 The Tokyo News Pod for March 25, 2005. 2005.03.25

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Freed chess legend Bobby Fischer arrives in Iceland (AFP). Chess legend turned terrorism supporter Bobby Fischer arrived in Iceland, where he is to make his home after spending eight months in a Japanese prison with the threat of extradition to the United States still hanging over his head. 2005.03.25

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Japan reiterates concerns on EU arms to PRC ahead of Chirac visit (AFP). Japan, on the eve of a visit by French President Jacques Chirac, says lifting of the EU arms embargo on China being pushed by France would be a "big problem" for Asian stability. 2005.03.25

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USA Team Says DPRK Suppresses Religion (Reuters).  A U.S. agency says North Korea represses religion and has an official ideology that is a form of secular humanism. 2005.03.25

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Fischer Set to Enjoy Freedom in Iceland (AP). Sitting in the first-class cabin whisking him away from nine months detention in Japan, chess icon Bobby Fischer launched a rambling diatribe against the United States, calling it "an illegitimate country" that should be given back to the American Indians. 2005.03.25

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