Albright Kim talks ease North Korea tensions
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il held six hours of talks in Pyongyang aimed at restraining long range missiles and reducing decades of enmity. Albright said progress was made and a broader path toward normalizing relations could emerge, with lower level talks on missiles planned next week and a possible Clinton visit to follow.
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Sharon invited to join coalition amid renewed Israeli clashes
Israeli Prime Minister Barak pursued talks with opposition leader Sharon to form a unity government as fighting raged in Hebron and Gaza. Palestinian casualties rose with a 55-year-old man killed in Hebron and a 13-year-old boy dying in Gaza, while Beit Jalla endured renewed shelling near Jerusalem.
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Romanian ex-official to face trial for Aiud deaths
Alexandru Salca, imprisoned anti-communist fighter, on his deathbed, urges truth about Romania's Aiud prison abuses. Col. Gheorghe Craciun, 87, accused of killing 216 prisoners and missing attorney, delays trial as defense is appointed. Survivors seek truth, not vengeance, amid decades of repression and a 50 mile Black Sea Canal link.
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Kostunica admits Kosovo killings in interview
Yugoslav president Vojislav Kostunica acknowledged in a CBS interview that Yugoslav army and police forces committed killings in Kosovo last year. He said he would accept guilt for those killed, while noting crimes occurred on both sides amid the region's decade of conflict.
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