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Articles in Dec 27, 2005, issue of Asian Political News

• Rice calls for early resumption of 6-party talks
• 2ND LD: H.K. Legislative Council vetoes political reform package
• LEAD: Court hands Cambodia opposition leader 18-month jail sentence
• Koizumi hopes Japan-N. Korea will make progress
• Japanese editorial excerpts
• S. Korea proposes holding informal six-party talks in January
• China remains opposed to Japan joining UNSC despite talks
• U.S. has no doubts about N. Korea counterfeiting dollars: Hill
• U.S. urges S. Korea to reduce economic aid to N. Korea
• 3RD LD: Foreign Minister Aso calls China 'considerable threat'
• 2ND LD: Japan, N. Korea set for talks as delegations arrive in Beijing
• LEAD: Indonesia commemorates 1st anniversary of tsunami disaster
• N. Korea denies Jenkin's claim about Malaysians held in Pyongyang
• LEAD: Philippine prosecutors file rape charges against 4 U.S. Marines
• Putin to visit China in March for 'Year of Russia'
• FEATURE: Son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg opposes death penalty
• Nepal rebels announce plans to disrupt Feb. municipal elections
• Japanese abductee kin urges gov't not to abandon abduction issue
• Sri Lanka marks 1st anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami
• LEAD: Japan-N. Korea to meet as planned regardless of 6-nation talks
• S. Korea offers no new assistance to abused protestors in H.K
• LEAD: Pilot sentenced to 14 yrs for killing rights activist
• Asian editorial excerpts
• LEAD: Japan, N. Korea set to agree on 3 groups in bilateral talks: Aso
• Japan, N. Korea set for talks, may agree on negotiation format
• 6TH LD: Japan, N. Korea fall short of conclusion on 1st day of talks
• Thailand marks 1st anniversary of tsunami disaster
• E. Timor president meets former pro-Jakarta militia leader
• Asian editorial excerpts
• H.K. Legislative Council vetoes 1st of 2 political reform proposals
• Pressure on Australian gov't as Japanese whaling vessel seeks help
• Japan-S. Korea history group to hold 2nd round of talks in Jan
• Taiwan's cross-strait negotiator mourns death of China counterpart
• LEAD: N. Korea reports contents of agreement with Japan
• U.S. editorial excerpts -2-
• Taiwan arms bill unexpectedly placed on legislative agenda
• 3 judges, 2 prosecutors get jail terms in bribery case
• 20 Baluch tribesmen killed in army operation
• 2ND LD: Japan won't normalize ties with N. Korea unless abductions resolved
• Indonesia to dispatch 15 battalions of troops to Aceh
• 15 naval personnel killed in mine blasts in Sri Lanka
• LEAD: Ex-rebels in Aceh hand over last of their weapons
• LEAD: Chinese police stop event for gays, lesbians
• Chen loses lawsuit, ordered to apologize to opposition leaders
• LDP's Yamasaki to visit China, S.E. Asia Jan. 7-12
• Last 8 N. Koreans in Japanese Embassy in Beijing leave China
• Sri Lankan lawmaker shot dead at Christmas mass
• Japan lawyers' group warns ministry over violating Kurds' human rights
• 2ND LD: Foreign protesters charged in H.K. for anti-WTO protest
• Cheney pledges continued support for Pakistan quake victims
• 5TH LD: Japan, N. Korea to hold talks in Beijing on abductions
• LEAD: China slams Aso's remarks, opposes bilateral meeting
• N. Korea may offer solution to abductions: Japan security report
• Chronology of Japan-North Korea events related to abductions
• Pakistan, India to hold 3rd round of peace talks in Jan
• Bush admits, defends domestic eavesdropping without court orders
• Nepal's king-led gov't rejects peace pact of parties, rebels
• Pakistan, India agree to begin new bus services
• Soga talks to Thai abductee's kin, group meets Foreign Minister Aso
• Kin, supporters of Japanese abductees seek help at White House
• LEAD: N. Korea to work to settle past, solve issues to normalize Japan ties
• Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh dissolve armed wing
• S. Korea asks Japan to improve rights of ethnic Koreans in Japan
• North Korean vice premier to visit China Dec. 24-27
• 5TH LD: Japan, N. Korea agree to hold talks under new format in January
• Myanmar's NLD wants ASEAN envoy to see Suu Kyi 'without fail'
• China's Tang sees need for Japan-China ministers' meeting
• CORRECTED: Kin, supporters of Japanese abductees seek help at White House
• Mine blast kills 10 soldiers in Sri Lanka