Putin Tells of Offer on Rocket Program
From Times Wire Reports
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has offered to abandon his country’s rocket program if other states supply him with rockets to explore space, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin said in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. The United States, which says North Korea is developing missiles that could be aimed at Washington, reacted with skepticism.
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