1.
Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was instrumental in allowing North Korea to access assets in Macao's Banco Delta Asia, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Last week, the U.S. Treasury designated the Macao bank as a financial institution that was helping Pyongyang profit from drugs, missiles and other illegal trades worldwide. As a result, Treasury not only froze the regime's account worth about $25 million, but also banned any U.S. company or citizen doing business with the bank.
The Financial Times reported, however, that chief U.S. negotiator with North Korea Christopher Hill persuaded the secretary of state that the United States should allow Pyongyang to access the funds in order to achieve the broader goal of denuclearizing the regime. The London daily added that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agreed to overrule his department's terrorist financing division and instead follow the State Department's suggestion.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Security Industry Stories | |
BAGHDAD, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Iran has been plundering oil from southern Iraq, a theft on a grand scale that's helping Tehran withstand sanctions aimed at throttling its oil exports.
|
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 10 (UPI) --
The United States and Israel have flight tested the Arrow Weapon System to evaluate and verify the missile system's Block 4configuration.
|
Local markets will probably not be swamped by waves of foreclosures following the multi-state mortgage settlement announced yesterday. Rather, the huge inventory of one to two million foreclosures will enter markets gradually....
|
Doubts about the euro are not subsiding, new leadership or not, rescue plan or not.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
