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NorthKoreaTimes.com Tuesday 9th February 2010 Issue 2119
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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$£€ United States, Dollar Euro North Korea, Won South Korea, Won China, Yuan Renminbi
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North Korea's Kim pledges to remove nuclear weapons
2ND LD: N. Korea's Kim reiterates call for denuclearization of peninsula+
N. Korea's top nuclear negotiators in Beijing+
North Korea repeats disarmament pledge

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Japanese beer companies drift apart
Japanese bank lending subsides with capital expenditure
Japan Airlines will stick with American Airlines

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Beijing's surprising 'surplus of confidence' in the world
Perak MB
Student loses phones and computer
Good family governance the Quran way

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N Korea threatens Seoul
Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament...

North Korea repeats calls for denuclearization
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has reiterated that his country is willing to continue efforts toward the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the Xinhua news agency said Tuesday. Xinhua cited...
North Korea reiterates disarmament pledge
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reiterated his country's pledge to achieve a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula when he met a senior Chinese envoy, Beijing's official...
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US warned to beware terror incidents overseasUS warned to beware terror incidents overseas
Al-Qaeda has made another threat toward the...

Mogadishu residents flee impending fightMogadishu residents flee impending fight
There have been more terror attacks linked to rebel and government forces in Mogadishu,...
Terror attack averted in Pakistan
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Toyota's president is due to brief the Japanese government on the Prius...

More nuclear power for ArgentinaMore nuclear power for Argentina
Argentina has decided to build a third nuclear plant by end of the...
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Greece will institute tax reforms to urgently boost government...
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A US missionary arrived here Saturday after being released by North Korea, which had detained him for crossing into its territory on Christmas Day.

Robert Park, 28, landed at the Beijing International Airport and was awaiting transfer to a plane bound for the US, according to US embassy spokeswoman Susan Stevenson.

He did not want to make a comment to the media at this time, she said.

North Korea's state-run Korea Central News Agency announced Friday that the government had decided to 'leniently forgive and release him, taking his admission and sincere repentance of his wrongdoings into consideration'.

Park was detained by North Korea while wandering across the border with China on a religious mission. He announced beforehand that he intended to be arrested to provoke public interest in the human rights situation in North Korea.


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