N.Korea leader 'receives letter from Obama'

Sunday, December 20, 2009

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was given a letter from Barack Obama during a trip by the US president's envoy last week, state media said Friday.

This undated picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in late November shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting a fruit farm in suburban Pyongyang. Kim Jong-Il was given a letter from Barack Obama during a trip by the US president's envoy last week, state media said.

Obama's personal letter was delivered when US envoy Stephen Bosworth met North Korea's first vice foreign minister Kang Sok-Ju on December 9, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch.

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Climate talks reach deal

COPENHAGEN: World leaders have reached a "meaningful" climate accord but it is not sufficient to combat the threat of global warming, President Barack Obama said on Friday.

_{An official said that President Obama reached a deal after talks with the leaders of emerging economies China, India and South Africa. It was expected to be presented to other delegations at a 194-nation summit.}

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