North Korea to suspend nuclear disablement
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal.
Nations:North Korea South Korea Russia Japan People:Lee Myung-Bak Hu Jintao Condoleezza Rice Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-26
Gymnasts' parents 'indignant' over age questions
BEIJING - The parents of the Chinese gymnasts are indignant, the International Olympic Committee sounds satisfied and the Beijing Games are almost over. Yet questions persisted Friday about the ages of China's gold-medal women's gymnastics team.
Nations:North Korea Romania People:He Kexin Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(AP)
2008-08-22
Bush mixes sports and politics at Olympics
BEIJING - President Bush pressed his Olympic hosts Sunday to permit greater political and religious freedom, warning Chinese leaders they can expect to hear similar blunt talk from his successor.
Nations:Russia North Korea People:George W. Bush Nicolas Sarkozy Laura Bush Michael Phelps Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S.
2008-08-10
In China, Bush pushes freedom of speech, religion
BEIJING (Reuters) - President George W. Bush wasted no time on Friday raising the touchy issues of religious freedom and free speech in China, hours before he was to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Nations:China North Korea People:Henry Kissinger George W. Bush Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-08
Bush arrives in Beijing for Summer Olympics
BEIJING - President Bush is eagerly awaiting the start of the Summer Olympics, making history as the first president to attend this world athletic competition on foreign soil.
Nations:Thailand North Korea People:Kevin Rudd Laura Bush Yang Jiechi Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-08-07
World leaders quash qualms, go to Olympic opening
PARIS - To go or not to go -- world leaders invited to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics faced a choice riddled with risks.
Nations:Australia Brazil France U.K. North Korea Zimbabwe People:Dalai Lama Kevin Rudd Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Wu Poh-hsiung Angela Merkel Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-08-06
Bush: China must end detentions, ensure freedoms
BANGKOK, Thailand - The same day of his arrival in Beijing for the Olympics, President Bush is carrying a message of "deep concerns" about the state of human rights in China and urging the communist nation to allow political freedoms for its citizens.
Nations:North Korea Thailand South Korea Russia Japan People:Lee Myung-Bak Hu Jintao Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics China-U.S.
2008-08-06
Torch tours quake zone, next stop Beijing
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Crowds wildly cheered the parading of the Olympic flame through China's quake-ravaged southwest on Tuesday, as Beijing tries to choreograph a happy ending to its troubled international tour.
Nations:North Korea Japan China People:George W. Bush Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch Source:(Reuters)
2008-08-05
Seoul probes civilian `massacres' by US
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean investigators, matching once-secret documents to eyewitness accounts, are concluding that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War.
Nations:North Korea South Korea People:Joseph Biden Activities:South Korea-U.S. Korean War Source:(AP)
2008-08-03
China, protesters may play cat-and-mouse during Olympics
BEIJING — Activists savor the chance to steal the spotlight during the Olympic Games and air their grievances. They'd like to unfurl banners, streak across playing fields and hack into stadium screens.
Nations:Mexico North Korea Zimbabwe China Australia Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Source:(McClatchy)
2008-07-29
Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes
SINGAPORE - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries held cabinet-level talks for the first time in four years.
Nations:North Korea Russia Japan People:Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
North Korean nuclear talks lead to agreement
BEIJING - Negotiators from six nations agreed Saturday on steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament, opening the final phase in tortuous efforts to rid the North of nuclear weapons.
Nations:Russia Japan South Korea North Korea People:Christopher Hill George W. Bush Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-12
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