SOUTH AFRICA: PW Botha is dead
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters): Former South African President P.W. Botha, the defiant face of white rule at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle, died at his home yesterday aged 90, the South African Press Association (SAPA) reported.
CHINA: N Korea agrees to relaunch nuke talks - US cautions on policy change
BEIJING (Reuters): North Korea agreed yesterday to return to six-party talks on dismantling its atomic weapons just weeks after staging its first nuclear test, drawing cautious welcome from President George W. Bush and Asian powers.
Kerry, White House trade war criticisms
WASHINGTON (AP): The White House accused Senator John Kerry yesterday of troop-bashing, seizing on a comment the Democrat made to students that those unable to navigate the United States education system "get stuck in Iraq."
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