TOKYO: Washington's point man on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, said Tuesday he would consider visiting Pyongyang in a bid to revive stalled talks on dismantling the communist regime's nuclear programme.Asked about a possible trip to Pyongyang, Bosworth told reporters in Tokyo that ‘this is something we will be considering over the next few weeks.’ But the envoy, wrapping up a tour of countries involved in the negotiations aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programme, said it was too early to say when any visit could happen. "That of course does not depend entirely on us," he added."I think I will go back to Washington now and we will have consultations there... and then probably be in touch with our partners out here in Asia." Bosworth said the United States was prepared to hold bilateral talks with Pyongyang, reiterating the foreign policy of US President Barack Obama.The North vowed to permanently quit the six-way talks after the UN Security Council condemned the launch, and has also threatened to conduct a new nuclear test.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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