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SUNDAY WORLD HEKALD MAIN NEWS Jl'NEl 2003 13A jra A Sk '4iy6 yS bi 5 iL Ww 1 1 I JI A I PRES Palestinians mourn a 21 year old Hamas activist who was killed Saturday by Israeli troops when he allegedly tried to plant an explosive device along a road in the West Bank Wolfowitz: Pressure Korea economically SINGAPORE (AP) With im poverished North Korea on the brink of collapse the United States wants nations in the re gion to use economic pressure to force it to halt its nuclear ambi tions Deputy Defense Secre tary Paul Wolfowitz said Satur day Wolfowitz spoke on North Ko rea and the global fight against terrorism at the second annual Asia Security Conference a gathering of Asian and Western defense and security chiefs North Korea teetering on the edge of economic Wolfowitz said I believe is a major point of He said Russia China Japan and South Korea should use their aid to the isolated commu nist regime to pressure it Countries of the region that are help i keep North Korea afloat need to send a mes sage to North Korea that not going to con tinue doing that if North Korea continues down the road Wolfowitz said The United States could even tually pursue sanctions against North Korea through the UN Security Council Pyongyang Wolfowitz ft Jb3 has said such a step would amount to a declaration of war A top South Korean official warned that sanctions would only hurt innocent civilians should not cut off eco nomic aid There is a humanitar ian problem: The people in North Korea are said Cho Soon Sung senior adviser to South ruling party Wolfowitz said North Korean leader Kim Jong II was driving the country toward economic meltdown which could send 20 million people flooding into China and South Korea we take a view that North Korea is never going to change that Kim Jong II will continue to rule the country and continue to pursue the insane policies pursuing then hard to see any successful outcome other than that country increasingly heading toward he said in an interview with NHK television Wolfowitz's comments came as the US military said Satur day it would spend an additional $11 billion over the next three years to strengthen its forces in South Korea Gen Leon Laporte com mander of US forces in South Korea said the investment through 2006 would help re gional stability and security The US military currently spends about $3 billion a year to maintain troops in South Korea Palestinians: US OKs cease fire plan JERUSALEM (AP) The United States accepts a Palestin ian plan to persuade militant groups to halt anti Israeli attacks rather than launch an immediate crackdown the Palestinians said Saturday ahead of a three way summit with President Bush Israel has said that for now it would accept a cease fire from the militants though it wants Pal estinian officials to act to disarm and disband the groups as soon as possible The security issue has been a main sticking point in starting the US backed road map to peace a three stage plan aimed at creating a Palestinian state in 2005 ollowing similar meetings with the Israelis US Assistant Secretary of State William Burns met Saturday with Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to haggle over the road first step: declarations by each side recognizing the right to statehood and security US officials want the declara tions ready when Bush meets Ab bas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in a summit Wednesday in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba Palestinian oreign Minister Nabil Shaath said the Americans accepted position that there must first be a cease fire before militant groups can be dismantled Neither Burns nor Abbas made a statement The US Embassy declined to comment Abbas has said that he pre ferred persuasion to stop suicide bombings and other anti Israeli attacks and that within days he could have a cease fire agree ment with Hamas the main group carrying out attacks Meanwhile the militant group Islamic Jihad distributed fliers Saturday saying it has inten tion of attacking the American people and do not consider the American people our a response to a warning the US Embassy posted on its Web site riday saying it had re of plans to kidnap US citi zens in the Gaza Strip Hamas issued a similar state ment riday Two Palestinian militants died Saturday The first a 21 year old Hamas activist identified as Mohammad Shalash was killed by Israeli troops south of the West Bank city of Jenin Palestinian wit nesses said The army said troops fired at two militants who were planting a large explosive device along a road used by Israeli troops hit ting one The other was captured after a short pursuit Hisham Tafesh 22 died Satur day in a Gaza Strip hospital Pal estinian hospital officials said The Israeli army said Tafesh had tried to plant a bomb Thursday near the Jewish settlement of Kfar Darom in Gaza when it ex ploded Another man was killed in stantly Eclipse is partly sunny 3 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The first solar eclipse of 2003 was an annular eclipse in the far Northern 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