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North Korea to revisit Japan abductions

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from LA Times on Sat, Jun 14 2008

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17 Jun 08 visit Politics › Fukuda expects N Korea to expedite reinvestigation into abductions  »  Japan Today Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday he expects North Korea to act expeditiously in fulfilling its promise to reinvestigate the issue of the past abductions…
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