2005.03.19

Japan-Aviation [Mainichi ] Turbulence near Narita International Airport injures passengers on Northwest flight from Saipan. 2005.03.19

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Tsunami Meeting Seeks to Plug Aid Gaps, Cut Graft (Reuters). Aid officials and ministers meeting in Manila map out the next phase of recovery operations for tsunami-devastated Asian countries, discuss how to bridge funding gaps and stamp out aid corruption. 2005.03.19

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Asia-Rice (VOA) Before heading to South Korea, the U.S. Secretary of State makes yet another appeal for communist North Korea to return to six-way talks about its nuclear weapons development. 2005.03.19

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Iceland to give Fischer passport. [BBC News ] An Icelandic commission agrees to give citizenship to wanted chess champion Bobby Fischer, now sitting in a Japanese detention facility. 2005.03.19

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Rice to Endorse Japan for U.N. Council (AP). Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pressuring Japan to end a costly boycott on American beef. She is also offering support for Japanese membership in the U.N. Security Council and, as she prepares to visit South Korea, trying to take a less confrontational approach to persuading North Korea to return to international nuclear disarmament talks. 2005.03.19

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