Archive - Nov 18, 2005

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South Koreans Protest APEC
Several thousand South Koreans, many of them rice farmers, demonstrated at the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacifica Economic Cooperation in Busan. The summit is an attempt to restart talks on free trade agreements in the region. Demonstrators clashed with police who used water cannons to drive the protesters back. Many of the rice farmers say that free trade would be a death blow to their industry and livelihood.

South Korea Partial Withdrawal from Iraq
Meanwhile, the South Korean Defense Minister has announced the country will withdraw about a third of its 3,000 troops now in Iraq by next year.

More Casualties in Iraq