2006.04.08

DPRK Negotiator Indicates Desire for Nuke Talks Progress. [VOA] North Korean vice foreign minister Kim Kye Gwan, officially in Tokyo to attend privately organized forum on N.E. Asian security issues, drops hints at desire to return to formal talks on the Stalinist state's rogue nuclear weapons development program. Meanwhile, another North Korean official is quoted as warning that a pre-emptive strike is no longer a monopoly of the United States. 2006.04.08

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Okinawa-US Marines (Kyodo) Updated Okinawa's governor throws last-minute monkey wrench into deal between Japan and United States over relocation of U.S. Marines' heliport. 2006.04.08

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UBS to Settle Copper-Trading Dispute (AP). A Swiss banking company has agreed to pay about $86 million to settle a long-standing legal dispute with Sumitomo over copper trading. 2006.04.08

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Peru's detained Fujimori in long-distance wedding (AP). Despite being jailed in Chile, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori marries his Japanese girlfriend. 2006.04.08

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