North Korea Offers to Dismantle Missile Program for Satellite Launches
North Korea reaffirmed to Russia via confidential letters that it would drop its intercontinental ballistic missile program if other nations would fund two to three satellite launches a year for Pyongyang. Putin relayed the offer after a Pyongyang visit, amid Western confusion over its meaning.
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Vieques Navy drills amid protests and detentions
In Puerto Rico four activists were detained inside the Vieques range as the USS Harry S. Truman Battle Group conducted a second round of bombing exercises. Independent Sen Manuel Rodriguez Orellana and Rep Victor Garcia San Inocencio, Rev Luis Acevedo, and mayoral candidate Jaime Negron were to be taken to a Navy base to appear before a U S magistrate. Local protesters intensify coverage as naval maneuvers proceed.
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