Odd couple: nuclear shadow over North Korea-Ukraine talks

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Ukrainian and North Korean delegations held diplomatic meetings in Kiev, prompting fears of an unofficial nuclear alliance between the two. Ukrainian officials defended the meetings as an expression of an independent foreign policy, and insisted that military matters were not discussed. However, the North Korean delegation did emphasize its ongoing resistance to US pressure on the nuclear issue. North Korea has been reluctant to sign the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and the Ukraine has taken to using its nuclear force as a bargaining chip for national security.

International aspects, Ukraine, North Korea, North Korean foreign relations, Nuclear nonproliferation, Ukrainian foreign relations, Korea, North

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Leap of fate: a tragic fall turns a champion skier's life upside down

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Uzbekistani ski champion Lina Tcheryazova is struggling back from injury amid hardship and deprivation after winning her country's first Olympic gold medal in 1994. She was nearly killed in a training accident last June in the US, after which her sponsors pulled out and the Uzbek Sports Committee ran out of money to pay for medical treatment and safety equipment. She hopes to return to world leadership in her sport of freestyle aerial skiing, though Uzbeki prejudice against ethnic Russians may force her to compete elsewhere.

Behavior, Personalities, Uzbekistan, Freestyle skiing, Tcheryazova, Lina

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Pacific reunion: ethnic Koreans seek return of Siberian 'homeland.'

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Ethnic Koreans deported to Central Asia in the 1930s are seeking the return of their traditional homeland on Siberia's Pacific coast. In the past, ethnic Koreans had been able to live peacefully alongside their Muslim neighbors. However, rising nationalism within the formerSoviet republics has resulted in the abuse of the region's Russian speakers, including many of its 280,000 ethnic Korean residents.

Crimes against, Koreans, Koreans in Soviet Union

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