2005.10.21

Russian official 'spied' in Tokyo. [BBC News] Japan accuses a Russian trade official of buying secret documents that could be used for military purposes. 2005.10.21

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USA Drawing Down Troop Levels in ROK (AP). Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, in an interview with American reporters says the South Korean government is eager to bear more of the burden of defending itself. 2005.10.21

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NM governor meets DPRK's #2  (AFP) New Mexico's governor, Bill Richardson, on a visit to North Korea to discuss the nuclear standoff, has held talks with Kim Yong-Nam, the Stalinist country's number two. 2005.10.21

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Infected e-mail raps Koizumi's Yasukuni visits (Japan Times). If you get an e-mail from Japan's Foreign Ministry today criticizing the prime minister's war shrine visit, don't open the attachment. 2005.10.21

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