Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country’s nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be a violation of the restrictions, according to senior American officials.

Article continues in the New-York Times

Questions : 

• May Kim Jong-Il have his new ipod now ?
• Who will complain first when UN resolutions will not be followed and respected by most of its members ?  

Further reading :

• United Nation Resolution 1718 : Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, but barring automatic military enforcement of its demands under the Charter’s Article 41, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1718 (2006), which prevents a range of goods from entering or leaving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and imposes an asset freeze and travel ban on persons related to the nuclear-weapon programme…continues

• Leading by Example: How We Learn About Leadership, a Paper Presented at the NEIA Annual Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho - June 9-13, 2004. (NEIA = National Executive Institute Associates, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Major County Sheriff's Association).

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US commerce secretary Carlos Gutierrez is banning the export of Segways, iPods, and other luxury goods to North Korea in response to Kim Jong Il 's apparent nuclear test last month.

The action is line with UN Security Council Resolution 1718 imposing sanctions on North Korea. The US is banning exports of luxury goods to the country.

Oooohhhhh it's a very strong and scary threat no ? Who will check Kim at the border when back from shopping in China or Russia, US Customs ?

Source: The Register 

 

 

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The HTC "Excalibur" S620 is on the european market for only few weeks now and according SoloPalmari, HTC is already presenting its successor. 

Both smartphones looks similar but the CPU will be twice faster than the actual Omap 850, a 2.0 MB pixel camera will replace the actual 1.3 and UMTS & HSDPA communication protocols will jump on board.

ETA : Q1 2007 ?  

HTC Cavalier

HTC Excalibur (S620)

Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 CPU: Samsung SC 2442 at 400 MHz Memory 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM Integrated Keyboard Control-pad JOGGR Camera : 2.0 megapixel Display: 2,4", resolution 320 x 240 TFT, 64k colors Phone Module: quadband, GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA Interface: Wi-fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 Expansion: slot MicroSD Audio: speaker mono (loudspeaker), stereo headset (miniUSB), etc.. Battery: 1050 mAh Dimensions: n.d

Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 CPU: TI OMAP 850 at 200 MHz Memory: 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM Integrated Keyboard Control-pad JOGGR Camera 1.3 megapixel Display: 2,4", resolution 320 x 240 TFT, 64k colors Phone Module: quadband, GPRS/EDGE Interface: Wi-fi, Bluetooth 2.0, miniUSB Expansion: slot MicroSD Audio: speaker mono (loudspeaker), stereo headset (miniUSB), etc.. Battery: 960 mAh Dimensions: 111,5 x 62,5 x 12,8

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