Little progress in Beijing as tensions rise on Korean Peninsula
Top story: The United States and China wrapped up two days of meetings in Beijing with some small agreements on economic and environmental issues, but no substantive agreement on a way forward for dealing with North Korea. “We expect to be working together with China in responding to North Korea’s provocative action and promoting stability in the region,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, giving no indication that a U.N. Security Council Resolution condemning North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean navy ship would be forthcoming.
South Korea, meanwhile, continued to escalate its rhetoric, relisting North Korea as its "principal enemy" on Tuesday -- a designation dropped after a thaw in relations in 2004 -- and resuming propaganda broadcasts across the border. North Korea has reportedly ordered its 1.2 million troop military to prepare for combat.
In the first U.S. military response to North Korea's latest provocation, the Pentagon announced that the U.S. Navy will hold joint anti-submarine exercises with South Korean forces in the near future.
Milestone: For the first time since 2003, more U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan than Iraq.
Oil spill: BP's next attempt to plug the Gulf oil spill will involve a "top kill," the injection of drilling mud into the leaking well.
South Korea, meanwhile, continued to escalate its rhetoric, relisting North Korea as its "principal enemy" on Tuesday -- a designation dropped after a thaw in relations in 2004 -- and resuming propaganda broadcasts across the border. North Korea has reportedly ordered its 1.2 million troop military to prepare for combat.
In the first U.S. military response to North Korea's latest provocation, the Pentagon announced that the U.S. Navy will hold joint anti-submarine exercises with South Korean forces in the near future.
Milestone: For the first time since 2003, more U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan than Iraq.
Oil spill: BP's next attempt to plug the Gulf oil spill will involve a "top kill," the injection of drilling mud into the leaking well.
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