A Japanese court sentences cult leader Shoko Asahara to death for the deadly 1995 subway nerve gas attack in Tokyo.
China's envoy to talks in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear program says there remain, in his words, "differences, difficulties and contradictions."
U-S Secretary of State Colin Powell says Haiti's president should carefully consider whether he can effectively carry on as head of the politically troubled Caribbean country.
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