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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 21:39 13/10/2007 Report: High level N. Korean official leaves for visit to Syria By The Associated Press A high level North Korean official left on Saturday for an overseas trip including a visit to Syria, the North's state media reported, amid suspicions the two countries might be cooperating on a secret nuclear program. Choe Thae Bok, speaker of the North's rubber-stamp parliament, will also visit Italy during the trip, the North's Korean Central News Agency said in a brief one-sentence dispatch that gave no further details. The trip comes amid lingering suspicions that North Korea may be providing nuclear assistance to Damascus and foreign media reports that an Israeli air strike on Syria early last month targeted a nuclear installation built with Pyongyang's assistance. Advertisement North Korea provides missile technology to Syria, but has strongly denied accusations that it spreads its nuclear expertise beyond its borders. Syria also has denied receiving any North Korean nuclear help. The two countries accused U.S. officials of spreading the allegations for political reasons. Andrew Semmel, acting U.S. deputy assistant secretary for nuclear nonproliferation policy, said in September that North Korean personnel were in Syria, and that Damascus may have had contacts with secret suppliers to obtain nuclear equipment. Last month, a high-level Syrian delegation visited Pyongyang. North Korea, which conducted its first-ever nuclear test last October, has been compliant in international talks aimed at dismantling its nuclear program. In July, Pyongyang shut down its sole operating nuclear reactor and pledged earlier this month to disable it by year's end. Bookmark to del.icio.us An exclusive drink We are more familiar with its stepson, gin, but jenever truly 'makes the heart rejoice'. Citizens unite Azulai's vital book focuses on photography in the contexts of occupation and exploitation.   1.   THE AXIS OF INCREDIBLE EVIL AND LIES 18:59  |  Bud Pong 13/10/07   2.   Pong 19:11  |  Connie B 13/10/07   3.   Connie #2 20:21  |  Sabra 13/10/07   4.   Syria 21:41  |  alan 13/10/07   5.   Only Crazy will believe that they are 21:44  |  cristo 13/10/07   6.   Would you buy... 00:08  |  Motic 14/10/07

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