Monday, May 09, 2005

BEIJING - The United States has asked China to cut off fuel supplies to North Korea to pressure Pyongyang to return to the six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, but the Washington Post reported officials in Beijing rejected the request.

JERUSALEM - Jonathan Pollard, an American imprisoned in the United States for spying for Israel, is seeking to be declared a Prisoner of Zion — a status that would require Israel to do all it can to get him released, his lawyer said Sunday.

As of Sunday, May 8, 2005, at least 1,599 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,216 died as a result of hostile action, according to the Defense Department.

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