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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 02:28 22/10/2007 High-level North Korean official meets Syrian PM in Damascus By The Associated Press A high-level North Korean official held talks in Damascus with Syria's Prime Minister Naji Otari and discussed ways of developing mutual cooperation in different fields, state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said. The visit Sunday by Choe Thae Bok, the speaker of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, comes amid lingering suspicions that North Korea may be providing nuclear assistance to Syria. Israel Air Force planes struck a target in Syria on Sept. 6., and Western news media have quoted unidentified U.S. officials as saying the strike hit some sort of nuclear facility linked to North Korea, which is now in the process of dismantling its nuclear weapons program. Advertisement On Friday, The Washington Post cited American officials as saying the site had characteristics of a small but substantial nuclear reactor similar to North Korea's facility. Syria said an unused military building was hit. 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 or embarking on any nuclear program. The two countries have accused U.S. officials of spreading the allegations for political reasons. SANA said that Choe told Otari during the talks that North Korea stands by Syria in facing the challenges and supports its legitimate efforts to return the occupied Syrian Golan. The strategic Golan Heights were captured by Israel during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The two officials discussed mutual cooperation between the two countries and ways of developing them in the economic, commercial and social fields, SANA said. The meeting came a day after Choe held separate talks in Damascus with Abdullah al-Ahmar and Mohammed Saeed Bkheitan, both assistant heads of the ruling Baath Party command Bookmark to del.icio.us A Palestinian gesture The top PA diplomat in Poland joined his Israeli counterpart on a visit to Auschwitz. Link to Temple found A controversial Temple Mount dig unearthed fragments from the First Temple.   1.   HOW dare the Syrians contradict Johnboy? 08:58  |  PETER S.M. 22/10/07   2.   #1 About what, PETER? 10:52  |  Johnboy 22/10/07   3.   grass into bread 10:58  |  dovale 22/10/07   4.   JOHNBOYThey did NOT just drop munitions inthe sand"c**p" - 11:43  |  PETER S .M. 22/10/07   5.   destroy all monsters 19:59  |  jonny sakko 22/10/07

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