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By Sam Kim and Kim Eun-jeong

SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's No. 2 leader, Kim Yong-nam, met with a
delegation from the World Council of Churches in Pyongyang on Monday, state media

TOKYO, Oct. 19 Kyodo -
Japan remained elusive Monday on how the Democratic Party of Japan-led
government will review or possibly even alter a 2006 Japan-U.S. accord on the

HIROSHIMA, Oct. 21 Kyodo -
An international nuclear nonproliferation panel currently meeting in Hiroshima

SANA'A, Oct. 19 (Saba) - European
Commission official expressed here on Monday the commission's readiness to support
Yemen's
plans for combating organized crime.

Sana'a, Oct, 18
(Saba)-The Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC) has called
155 employees
at the Customs Authority for investigation.

ASHGABAT, October 19 (Itar-Tass) - A large-scale anti-terrorist
exercise will be held in Russia's southern Krasnodar Territory at the end

VLADIVOSTOK, October 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Vladivostok and the
North Korean city of Wonsan have become sister cities after the heads of

BY AHMAD KAMIL TAHIR

For a man who likes to leave his mark, Peter Costello ended his 19-year
parliamentary career with an uncustomary lack of fanfare.