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North Korea agrees to investigate abductions of Japanese

The agreement says North Korea would share information on those it kidnapped decades ago to help train spies. In turn, Japan would ease travel restrictions between the countries. ... ...full story at LA Times

from LA Times on Wed, Aug 13 2008

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