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...plutonium reactor at Yongbyon. Pyongyang has also agreed to account for and eliminate its stockpiles of nuclear weapons and weapons-making material the North may have accumulated in the years since Kim kicked out IAEA inspectors in 2002. Compliance brings immediate benefits to Kim's government. In return for shutting down Yongbyon, which diplomats hope will occur as early as next month, the North will receive 50,000 tons of fuel oil from the U.S. and the other participants in the six-party talks: South Korea, China, Japan and Russia...
...after that things are likely to get complicated again. In return for eliminating all its nuclear materials-in a time frame left ominously unspecified in the agreement-the North is to receive further economic aid (including nearly one million tons of additional fuel oil or its equivalent to power its electricity grid) as well as a long-sought diplomatic concession: direct negotiations with Washington that could eventually lead, according to the agreement, to normalization of ties between the U.S. and North Korea. As a signal to Pyongyang that the Bush Administration means what it says about establishing diplomatic ties, Hill...
...year!” Their disbelief grew deeper when I assured them that even students who attend college only a few miles away from their homes seldom see their parents. Many Israeli college students, even those who are in their mid-twenties who have already served in the army, return to their parents’ house weekly, appreciating home cooking and, generally much less interested in blazing their own trails...
...Iraqi command post in the middle of Baqubah, was less optimistic. An Iraqi general said that he was pretty certain that the al-Qaeda leadership had slipped away, north to Tikrit and Samarra, and that many of the fighters were burying their equipment before they left town, hoping to return - as always - when the Americans left. In the days that followed, it became clear that almost all of al-Qaeda's fighters had gotten out. In a guerrilla war, only the stupidest guerrillas allow themselves to be lured into set-piece battles against a superior force...
...even the optimists agree, it is not enough. Some Arab diplomats point to Olmert's poor track record when it comes to fulfilling agreements, expressing skepticism that he will deliver his summit promises of money and prisoner releases much less a return to serious peace negotiations. "Let's wait and see what's going to happen," says a senior Arab diplomat. "God knows whether it will get implemented or not." Without real progress in the peace process, he points out, Hamas will regain political support at Abbas' expense...