2006.06.27

Influential USA Senators Call for Direct DPRK Talks. [VOA] Republican Senator Richard Lugar says direct talks may be the best way to bring a diplomatic solution to the North Koren missile test situation. 2006.06.27

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Japan has ambitious plan to fight warming (AP). Japan hopes to slash greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming with a revolutionary plan to pump carbon dioxide into underground storage reservoirs instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. 2006.06.27

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Blix touts Indonesia as possible mediator in DPRK. [Radio Australia] Former U-N chief weapons inspector Hans Blix suggests a new international player to mediate in the North Korean nuclear & missile crises: Indonesia. 2006.06.27

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Israel-Japan Whaling (Israel21C) Israel, answering U.S. plea, takes on Japan on whaling issue. 2006.06.27

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Japan-Kidnapping (Kyodo) Updated High-profile daughter of famous Tokyo cosmetic surgeon kidnapped and held for ransom is released. Three men, including a Korean and a Chinese, have been arrested this morning. 2006.06.27

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Asia-Tsunami (VOA) Eighteen months after killer tsunami, detection network in Indian and Pacific oceans is expanding. 2006.06.27

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