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US mulls calls to restore N. Korea to terror list

February 15, 2013 16:00
The United States has not decided whether to put North Korea back on a blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, but its status is regularly reviewed, a top US official said Friday. The comments came as the US House of Representatives Friday overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning North Korea's nuclear test earlier this week, and urging the administration to apply all available sanctions to Pyongyang. North Korea will also likely be raised in talks next week in Washington between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Barack Obama.

UPDATE 2-Some U.S. diplomatic posts violating security standards -report

February 7, 2013 21:00
(Adds State Department comment, paragraphs 6-7) By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Some U.S. diplomatic posts are violating security standards for overseas buildings and the State Department is not keeping track of the exemptions to the rules it does grant, the department's inspector general's office said in a review released after the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi.

Some U.S. diplomatic posts violating security standards -report

February 7, 2013 20:15
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Some U.S. diplomatic posts are violating security standards for overseas buildings and the State Department is not keeping track of the exemptions to the rules it does grant, the department's inspector general said in a review released after the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. "Inspectors ... found conditions of noncompliance with security standards for which posts had not sought exceptions or waivers," the report by Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel said.
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