2005.03.20

Kyushu-Quake (VOA) UPDATED A 75-year-old woman hit by a falling concrete block is the first known fatality from this morning's 7.0 Richter quake in southern Japan. More than 400 people are reported to have been injured. 2005.03.20

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USA Says Can't Wait Forever for DPRK Talks (Reuters). The U.S. Secretary of State says Washington and regional powers will intensify efforts to restart stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions but delays cannot go on forever. 2005.03.20

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Kyushu-Quake (AFP) UPDATED At least 340 people injured in powerful earthquake in Kyushu. 2005.03.20

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Japan-Aum (VOA) Japan is marking the 10th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. 2005.03.20

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Rice Tours Command Center in ROK (AP). From inside a mountainside bunker, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sees firsthand what a war with North Korea might look like. Rice became the most senior American official to tour a command center for U.S. and South Korean troops that would be the battle headquarters in the event of fighting with the communist North. 2005.03.20

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Top donors Japan, US to coordinate foreign aid (AFP). Japan and the United States, the world's two largest donors, pledged to coordinate their foreign aid to help focus the impact of assistance to the developing world. 2005.03.20

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Japan-NHK Scandals [Mainichi] Scandal-plauged quasi-official broadcaster mistakenly reports on its news site the collapse of a major rail terminal. 2005.03.20

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Pirates free Indonesia hostages. [BBC News ] Pirates release two Indonesian sailors held hostage, but three crew of a Japanese tug are missing. 2005.03.20

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