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WASHINGTON – Bush administration efforts to achieve nuclear disarmament in North Korea (search) are not working and should be reconsidered, Senate Foreign Relations Committee members said Tuesday. “The administration policy has been a failure,” said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, the ranking Democrat. “Obviously, we’ve not seen progress …

WATERTOWN, N.Y. – A convicted rapist became a foster parent for several children even after disclosing his past sex crimes on his application, officials said Wednesday. The disclosure did not raise any flags, and Nicholas A. Chaney (search) became a foster parent in 2001 along with his wife after moving …

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea (search) called Vice President Dick Cheney a “bloodthirsty beast” and said Thursday his recent remarks labeling ruler Kim Jong Il (search) irresponsible are another reason for it to stay away from six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. “What Cheney uttered at a time when the issue …