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CHINA
BEIJING - North Korea appears keen to improve ties with the United States and its neighbors in Asia and perhaps rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, China’s premier said yesterday, urging fellow leaders not to let the opportunity slip away. “We need to seize the opportunity and make the most of it,’’ Premier Wen Jiabao told a news conference after a meeting with leaders from Japan and South Korea. (AP)ARGENTINA
President signs media legislation
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina’s Senate overwhelmingly approved yesterday a law that will transform the nation’s media landscape, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it. The law marks the end of dictatorship-era rules that enabled a few companies to dominate Argentine media. Opponents say it will give the government too much power and will curtail freedom of speech. The new law preserves two-thirds of the radio and TV spectrum for noncommercial stations, and requires channels to use more Argentine content. It also forces the Grupo Clarin media company to sell off many of its properties. (AP) IRELAND
Green Party votes to stay in coalition
DUBLIN - Members of Ireland’s environmentalist Green Party have voted to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and a banking crisis. Defeat for the Green Party leadership in yesterday’s special conference would have torpedoed Cowen’s 2-year-old coalition and forced Ireland into an early parliamentary election. (AP) HAITI
Copters reach site of plane crash
FONDS-PARISIEN - UN helicopters yesterday reached the remote site of a plane crash that killed 11 peacekeepers when a surveillance flight slammed into an eastern mountain. All onboard died after the aircraft went down Friday afternoon. The cause of the crash was not determined. (AP)
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