The U.N. World Food Program chief said Thursday he failed to reach an agreement in talks this week with North Korean officials on extending the agency's feeding programs in the impoverished communist country. James Morris, the WFP executive director, said his agency would consider the results of his two days of talks in Pyongyang and planned to have more discussions with the North Korean government over the next few weeks. North Korean officials told Morris they want the WFP to switch its focus to development aid after feeding millions of North Koreans over the past decade....
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Sir Christopher Meyer, Britain's former ambassador to Washington, was repeatedly warned by the head of the Foreign Office that he could not publish his controversial memoirs without submitting the book for his prior approval, letters released yesterday show. Letters over the summer warned him that publication would breach Diplomatic Service regulations. He circumvented FO demands by taking the memoirs to the Cabinet Office. The new cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, said he was disappointed that Sir Christopher was publishing the book, but had no other comment. In a letter dated July 26 the permanent under-secretary at the FO, Sir Michael Jay, wrote to Sir Christopher saying: "Imagine what would happen if the book were published and, however inadvertently, it contained disclosures that were in fact damaging to the international relations of the UK ... This is not a situation that I can allow to arise." He said the FO had taken legal advice "and ...
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| Judge Tosses Illegal Worker Suit |
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a southwest Idaho county's lawsuit against local employers accused of hiring illegal immigrants — an attempt to recoup money the county says it has spent on the workers. The judge said Canyon County's claimed higher expenses for social services such as indigent medical care, schools and jails were simply the costs of being a government entity. The lawsuit marked the first time a government tried to use the federal Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations Act to demand damages from businesses for the costs of allegedly illegal employees. ...
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| Pentagon in global propaganda drive |
The Pentagon is to spend $300m (£170m) planting pro-US messages in media outlets around the world, including those of its allies, without disclosing the US government as their source. The aim is to sway foreign audiences to support US policies by targeting newspapers, websites, radio and television. T-shirts and bumper stickers will also be produced. ...
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| Border Agents Find Three Ground Squirrels in Man's Coat Pockets |
A California man has been cited for bringing three ground squirrels into the United States from Mexico, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. The animals were found inside the man's coat pockets during an inspection at the Santa Teresa port of entry Tuesday. Officers became suspicious of the unidentified man after they found an empty bird cage in his pickup truck but no animals. ...
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| Air marshals to patrol trains, buses |
Federal air marshals are expanding their work beyond airplanes, launching counterterror surveillance at train stations and other mass transit facilities in a three-day test program.As of Wednesday, the Transportation Security Administration said, teams of undercover air marshals and uniformed law enforcement officers were descending on bus stations and transit systems across the country to protect them from potential terrorists."We just want to develop the capability to enhance security outside of aviation," said air marshal spokesman David Adams.Air marshals stepped outside of their usual role of flying undercover on airliners after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. They were sent to keep order at Louis Armstrong International Airport, where thousands of evacuees converged after the levees were breached....
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