UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The bilateral relationship between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Japan is at its worst stage, Choe Su Hon, Deputy Foreign Minister of the DPRK said Tuesday.
In an interview held at DPRK's UN mission, Choe said that Japan is the source of instability in Asia.
The Japanese authority is challenging the international community with regard to its past crimes, he said, claiming that "the DPRK-Japan relationship is now at the worst stage."
"Japan is now playing a trick to divert the international attention elsewhere by clamoring fictitious kidnapping issue," Choe noted.
Speaking at the general debate of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday morning, Choe severely criticized Japan for its behavior.
"In an open challenge to the denunciation and condemnation of the international community, the Japanese authorities do not hesitate to distort the history far beyond concealing the blood stained past crimes, while turning the 'self defense force' into a regular army with a mandate of preemptive strikes on other countries by changing the 'Peace Constitution' into a war constitution," he said.
"We hope that Japan will truly follow the path of friendship and peace rather than tracing its unsavory past," Choe said, adding Japan will be "futureless" unless it makes thorough liquidation of its past crimes.
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United Russia eyes stable majority in parliament
MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The United Russia party is determined to gain a number of seats in the State Duma that would guarantee it a stable majority, party leader Boris Gryzlov told the media on Tuesday.
United Russia seeks a constitutional majority, Secretary of the United Russia General Council's presidium Vyacheslav Volodin said earlier on Tuesday.
The United Russia will seek a majority, because in that case it will be able to make laws and adopt important decisions and bear responsibility for them.
"The more votes we have, the better the results of our work," he was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.
Talking about President Vladimir Putin's consent to join the list of United Russia candidates as number one, Volodin said that on the one hand the party would find it far more easier to campaign for itself, but on the other, it was aware of a far greater degree of responsibility for "not letting down the president."
Volodin said Putin had been the moral leader and would remain so in the future, because he implemented a national strategy.
On the possibility over 60 governors might appear on the top of the party's regional lists, Volodin said it would be the most correct move.
"Elections are a sort of vote of confidence or no confidence in the governors," he said. "A governor that has assumed such a great responsibility is bound to look into detail into what the life of people in the region is like, bound to work better."
United Russia, the largest parliamentary party in Russia, launched its election campaign on Monday. The election program has been approved and the list of candidates for the December elections in the Fifth State Duma formed at the United Russia congress on Oct. 1 and Oct.2.
This congress is the eighth since the party's founding in 2001 and the longest in its history. After the delegates have approved the election program and the list of candidates for the State Duma elections, the congress is expected to take a break for more than two months.
The congress will meet in the same makeup after the parliamentary elections in order to nominate a party's candidate for the presidential elections, which will be held in March 2008.
United Russia seeks a constitutional majority, Secretary of the United Russia General Council's presidium Vyacheslav Volodin said earlier on Tuesday.
The United Russia will seek a majority, because in that case it will be able to make laws and adopt important decisions and bear responsibility for them.
"The more votes we have, the better the results of our work," he was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.
Talking about President Vladimir Putin's consent to join the list of United Russia candidates as number one, Volodin said that on the one hand the party would find it far more easier to campaign for itself, but on the other, it was aware of a far greater degree of responsibility for "not letting down the president."
Volodin said Putin had been the moral leader and would remain so in the future, because he implemented a national strategy.
On the possibility over 60 governors might appear on the top of the party's regional lists, Volodin said it would be the most correct move.
"Elections are a sort of vote of confidence or no confidence in the governors," he said. "A governor that has assumed such a great responsibility is bound to look into detail into what the life of people in the region is like, bound to work better."
United Russia, the largest parliamentary party in Russia, launched its election campaign on Monday. The election program has been approved and the list of candidates for the December elections in the Fifth State Duma formed at the United Russia congress on Oct. 1 and Oct.2.
This congress is the eighth since the party's founding in 2001 and the longest in its history. After the delegates have approved the election program and the list of candidates for the State Duma elections, the congress is expected to take a break for more than two months.
The congress will meet in the same makeup after the parliamentary elections in order to nominate a party's candidate for the presidential elections, which will be held in March 2008.
U.S. House requires Bush to present eventual troop withdrawal plan from Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to require President George W. Bush to present plans on eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
By a vote of 377 to 46, the House approved the bill requiring President Bush to report to Congress in 60 days, and every 90 days thereafter, on the status of its redeployment plans in Iraq.
The Democratic-led House has passed a sheaf of bills calling for a pullback from Iraq, but without the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto.
As the first compromise made on the Democrats-proposed bill concerning the war policy, Republicans said they agreed to back it up because it encourages Pentagon contingency planning already under way and does not mandate troop withdrawals.
However, Congress is still about to witness another battle with the White House when it votes on the government's request for emergency Iraq funding of 190 billion U.S. dollars.
Earlier in the day, three senior House Democrats proposed a plan to raise taxes to pay for the bill of 150 billion dollars for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008.
"If this war is important enough to fight, then it ought to be important enough to pay for," said David Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee who sponsored the plan.
"By putting together this bill we hope people will stop ignoring what this war is costing American taxpayers and call the president's bluff on fiscal responsibility," he said.
The tax plan requires low- and middle-income taxpayers to add 2percent and wealthier people add a 12 to 15 percent to their tax bill, which incurred opposition from Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican congressmen.
"Just as I have opposed the war from the outset... I am opposed to a war surtax," she said.
The war in Iraq is costing the United States about 10 billion dollars a month, while Afghanistan and other missions run about 2 billion dollars a month, according to official
By a vote of 377 to 46, the House approved the bill requiring President Bush to report to Congress in 60 days, and every 90 days thereafter, on the status of its redeployment plans in Iraq.
The Democratic-led House has passed a sheaf of bills calling for a pullback from Iraq, but without the two-thirds majority required to override a presidential veto.
As the first compromise made on the Democrats-proposed bill concerning the war policy, Republicans said they agreed to back it up because it encourages Pentagon contingency planning already under way and does not mandate troop withdrawals.
However, Congress is still about to witness another battle with the White House when it votes on the government's request for emergency Iraq funding of 190 billion U.S. dollars.
Earlier in the day, three senior House Democrats proposed a plan to raise taxes to pay for the bill of 150 billion dollars for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008.
"If this war is important enough to fight, then it ought to be important enough to pay for," said David Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee who sponsored the plan.
"By putting together this bill we hope people will stop ignoring what this war is costing American taxpayers and call the president's bluff on fiscal responsibility," he said.
The tax plan requires low- and middle-income taxpayers to add 2percent and wealthier people add a 12 to 15 percent to their tax bill, which incurred opposition from Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican congressmen.
"Just as I have opposed the war from the outset... I am opposed to a war surtax," she said.
The war in Iraq is costing the United States about 10 billion dollars a month, while Afghanistan and other missions run about 2 billion dollars a month, according to official
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