Thursday's news...
-North Korea has handed over a long-awaited account of its nuclear program to China. The declaration, which is six months overdue, is expected to detail North Korea's plutonium enrichment efforts. But analysts say it is not expected to mention its alleged and separate uranium enrichment programme or any details of its nuclear arsenal. As a result of the release of information, President Bush will remove the country from his list of terrorits. Yes...even though they are a county which really does have weapons of mass destruction.
-The AIDS epidemic in some countries is so severe that it should be classified as a disaster, the Red Cross has warned. The crisis fits the UN definition of a disaster as an event beyond the scope of any single society to cope with, the group said.
-Militants in northwest Pakistan have burned down much of a hotel in the country's only ski resort. The night time attack follows sporadic clashes this week between militants and security forces.
-NBC has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who killed himself when confronted with cameras for the TV show To Catch a Predator. "The matter has been amicably resolved to the satisfaction of both parties," NBC spokeswoman Jenny Tartikoff said in a statement. The network did not release monetary details.
