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Negotiators are struggling with conflicting demands made by the kidnappers, ranging from the release of Taliban prisoners to ransom money. A deadline of noon Friday — the latest of several ultimatums given by the captors — came and went without fresh word of the hostages' fate.

U.N. inspectors verify that North Korea shut down its only nuclear reactor. But Western governments want Pyongyang to give up nuclear weapons. Six-party talks are to resume this week. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill talks with Steve Inskeep.

North Korea is ready to start dismantling its nuclear programs following the shutdown of its sole operating reactor, a North Korean diplomat said Sunday, as long as the United States lifts all sanctions against the communist nation.

Details from financial disclosure forms filed Wednesday by selected members of California's congressional delegation include Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep.

Seung-hui Cho, a South Korean who was a senior at Virginia Tech, has been identified as the shooter in Monday's killings. Cho took his own life after killing 32 other people at the school.

North Korea has agreed to allow U.N. nuclear inspectors to verify that the country is shutting down a nuclear reactor, according to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who led an American delegation on a White House-approved four-day trip to North Korea this week.

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The Host/Interview with Bong Joon Ho

In South Korea, a small group made up mainly of North Korean defectors works to hasten the downfall of Kim Jong Il's regime. They run a radio station in Seoul that broadcasts news into North Korea for an hour a day, hoping to turn North Koreans against Kim Jong Il.

After meeting with South Korean officials in Seoul, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters the United States is open to negotiations with North Korea to "keep the crisis from escalating."