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At a Glance
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Compensation demand
KOREA: North Korea, in its first response to a US proposal to resume contact, said on Monday that talks should begin with discussion of economic losses Pyongyang blames on Washington.
Stronghold visited
PHILIPPINES: For the first time in a three-week-old hostage crisis, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visited a Muslim rebel stronghold on Monday and said the military would continue to attack the guerrillas, despite strong indications they have killed one of their American captives.
Fewer refugees
MACEDONIA: The number of ethnic Albanians fleeing Macedonia has dropped dramatically, with just over 500 people arriving in Kosovo on Monday, the UN refugee agency said yesterday.
Curfew strengthened
INDIA: A shoot-on-sight curfew was strengthened in the Indian state of Manipur yesterday, following riots that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee insisted had been sparked by misunderstandings.
High level meeting
JAPAN: Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka met US President George W Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday, as she shrugged off a media storm sparked by her reported disquiet over US plans for a missile defence system.
Tanaka's visit to Washington was scheduled partly to prepare for the crucial first summit between Bush and new Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on June 30.
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