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Two-day Pyongyang talks start with demand for abductee info

BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan reiterated its demand Wednesday that North Korea come clean on its agents' abductions of Japanese nationals, as envoys from the two countries met for their first formal talks in nine months. North Korea plans to state its position... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Wed, Jun 11 2008

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