NOKOR-US FOOD:
The United Nation's food agency says the first shipment of food aid from the United States has arrived in North Korea.
The World Food Program said today (Monday) the delivery of about 37-thousand tons of wheat to the port of Nampo will help it feed more than five million people.
Officials say the shipment is the first installment of 500-thousand
tons of food the U.S. has promised to send, and that it is not related
to progress in continuing nuclear talks with North Korea.
WFP spokesman Paul Risley says the shipment is the result of an
agreement that will allow for more international aid to flow to people
in parts of North Korea that had been off-limits.SOKOR-US BEEF:
![South Korean protesters shout slogans during a candlelight rally against US beef imports in Seoul, 13 Jun 2008 South Korean protesters shout slogans during a candlelight rally against US beef imports in Seoul, 13 Jun 2008](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090120113507im_/http://www.voanews.com/lao/images/AP_South_Korea_beef_protests_eng_190_13jun08.jpg) |
South Korean protesters shout slogans during a candlelight rally against US beef imports in Seoul, 13 Jun 2008 |
South Korean police have begun to clamp down on protests over U.S. beef
imports, as officials prepare to release some American beef for sale to
consumers.
Police early today (Monday) confiscated materials and documents from
the offices of two groups involved in organizing several weeks of
protests.
Police have vowed to take every necessary measure to track down violent
protesters, and say they have arrested 130 people for illegal
demonstrations over the past several days.![Judges and court officers with the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal attend during a hearing (File) Judges and court officers with the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal attend during a hearing (File)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090120113507im_/http://www.voanews.com/lao/images/AP-Cambodia-UN-backed-genocide-tribunal-eng-190-4feb08.jpg) |
Judges and court officers with the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal attend during a hearing (File) |
CAMBODIA TRIBUNAL: Defense lawyers for a former top official of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
have argued he should be released, or placed under house arrest,
because he is too ill to stand trial.
Hundreds of spectators crowded into the courtroom today (Monday) in
Phnom Penh as Ieng Sary appeared before a U.N.-backed tribunal.
The former deputy prime minister and foreign minister stands accused of
crimes against humanity in connection with the deaths of as many as two
million Cambodians, starved, overworked or executed by the regime in
the late 1970s.
MALAYSIA-ANWAR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar
![Anwar Ibrahim Anwar Ibrahim](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090120113507im_/http://www.voanews.com/lao/images/AP_Malaysia_Anwar_Ibrahim_2103.jpg) |
Anwar Ibrahim |
Ibrahim has left the Turkish Embassy
in Kuala Lumpur where he had been taking refuge following sodomy
accusations against him.
Anwar went to the embassy Sunday, saying he feared the government would try to assassinate him.
He left today (Monday), saying the government has guaranteed his safety.![Heads of state and government pose for a group photo at the international conference centre in Accra, 01 Jul 2007, after the opening of the African Union summit Heads of state and government pose for a group photo at the international conference centre in Accra, 01 Jul 2007, after the opening of the African Union summit](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090120113507im_/http://www.voanews.com/lao/images/afp_ghana_au_summit_heads_of_states_195_eng_01Jul07_1.jpg) |
Heads of state and government pose for a group photo at the international conference centre in Accra, 01 Jul 2007, after the opening of the African Union summit |
AU SUMMIT: The African Union's top diplomat says Africa must "shoulder its
responsibilities" and do everything in its power to resolve the
political conflict in Zimbabwe.
African Union Commissioner Jean Ping spoke today (Monday)
at the opening session of the 11th African Union summit in Sharm
El-Sheikh, Egypt, with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe in attendance.
Mr. Mugabe walked into the main conference hall flanked by other
African leaders, one day after declaring victory in Zimbabwe's one-man
election.
Audio in Lao.