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headlines 6 oct 1997

SEOUL
Oct 6 `97 (AFP)  About 100 South Korean workers are
working on a North Korean nuclear reactor site (Sinpo) which
started on August 19 with support from the USA.
Sept. 30 there happend an incident
because of the two different
cultures. The South Koreans mishandled in the eyes of the North
Koreans a newspaper picture of their leader Kim Jong-II by
throwing it away. The North is now demanding for apologize what
is refused by the South.
But in spite of the refuse the North made sure again the safety
of the South Korean workers. This is a  positive message as the
South `s Yonhap News Agency explained.




BEIRUT
Oct 6 `97 (AFP) As reaction on the US` accuse to try to
develope atomic weapons the Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal
Kharazi assured that they`ll use their atomic technology only as
an energy source for to be prepared when the gas and oil reserves
will be finished.
On the Iranian territory there are 10 percent of the world`s oil
and nearly 20 percent of the world`s gas reserves.



MELBOURNE
Australia
Oct 6 `97 (AFP)
Already a small number of the missing russian plutonium will be
able to destroy a city like Melbourne.
General Lee Butler who has been the head of the United States`
Strategic Arms Command from 1990 till 1992 feares the enormous
amount of missing plutonium which probably will be selled on the
black market even to countries like North Korea
Libya and Syria.
For to prevent this he` ll meet Australian`s Joint Committee on
Defence in Canberra
Opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman Gareth
Evans and key members of the Opposition this week.











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