SEOUL, South Korea — Talks between the two Koreas were held up Friday after North Korea insisted that tours to its scenic Diamond Mountain resort be resumed before reunions of divided families can be held there, South Korea’s Red Cross said.

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Federal contractor charged with leaking top secret North Korea intel to Fox News

Federal contractor charged with leaking secrets

With ex-President Carter in North Korea, Kim Jong Il slips over to China

Jimmy Carter arrives in Pyongyang; ex-president seeking to bring home jailed American

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

SKorea: NKorea deploying troops, weapons near Pyongyang ahead of key national events

NKorea deploying troops, weapons near Pyongyang

AP sources: Former President Jimmy Carter going to NKorea to free American imprisoned there

SKorean police raid house of religious activist detained after making illegal trip to NKorea

South Korea arrests religious activist for making illegal trip to North Korea

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US Navy reports robbery of 4 commercial ships near Iraq’s southern oil hub of Basra

US Navy says 4 ships robbed off Iraqi coast

A little public humiliation not always a bad thing in sports these days

Some humiliation not always a bad thing

LeBron James has left Las Vegas, though tales still exist on the Internet of the good times he had in Sin City. Turns out what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there.

Japanese prime minister hopeful visit by ex-North Korean spy will help resolve abductee issue

Ex-North Korean spy who blew up jetliner arrives in Japan to meet abductee families

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Computers blamed for outages on SKorea, US websites last year repeat attacks but do no damage

Repeat of SKorea, US cyberattacks does no damage

Rooney, Ronaldo, now Messi _ soccer’s biggest stars misfire at World Cup

Rooney, Ronaldo, now Messi - stars misfire in Cup

AP Exclusive: North Korean defector killed for going back with 20 bibles to spread Gospel

AP Exclusive: NKorean killed for spreading Gospel

South Korean court sentences 2 North Koreans to prison for plot to kill prominent defector

2 NKoreans get prison terms for assassination plot

US says sinking of SKorean warship is not terrorism; Will not put NKorea back on blacklist

US: Sinking of SKorean warship not terrorism

South Korean prosecutors seek prison terms for North Koreans in alleged plot to kill defector

SKorea seeks jail for NKoreans in defector plot

Somali cook gives guns to hostage crew who kill pirate captors, but where is Ahmed now?

Somali pirate cook saves hostages, then disappears

Lizards leap no more: Annie, a female ‘Huck Finn,’ fades from comics _ her fate uncertain

Annie comic ends, but the redhead’s fate uncertain

China says North Korean border guard shot and killed 3 Chinese last week, wounded another

China says NKorean border guard killed 3 Chinese

China says North Korean border guard shot and killed 3 Chinese last week

China says NKorean guard killed 3 Chinese

BEIJING — China said Tuesday that a North Korean border guard shot and killed three people and wounded a fourth on the countries’ border last week, prompting a formal complaint from Beijing.