Posted in Europe on October 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
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VATICAN CITY (Oct. 9) – Visitors to the Vatican soon will be able to descend into an ancient world of the dead, a newly unveiled necropolis that was a burial place for the rich and not-so-affluent during Roman imperial rule.
The necropolis, which was unearthed three years ago during construction of a parking lot, will [...]
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Posted in Asia, China, Europe, European Union, Human Rights, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, UN, USA on October 9, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Defiant North Korea conducts nuclear test | Top News | Reuters.com
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North Korea said it conducted an underground nuclear test on Monday, defying a warning from the U.N. Security Council and opening its crippled economy to the risk of fresh sanctions. South Korea put its troops on heightened alert after the announcement, which came just minutes [...]
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OneFreeKorea | Blog Archive » The Case for Blocking Ban Ki-Moon
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I’m betting on the U.N. to flub it, and I can even tell you how it’s going to happen. The front-runner to replace Kofi Annan is South Korea’s leftist Foreign Minister, Ban Ki-Moon, a man whose record embodies the very worst we’ve come to expect [...]
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