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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci

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Re: US - North Korea Discss MIA Searches

Date: December 12, 2000

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and North Korean officials will open discussions in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday about next year's schedule of joint searches for the remains of American troops missing from the Korean War, the Pentagon (news - web sites) said on Tuesday.

``We have had considerable success in the last year with recovering remains from North Korea (news - web sites), and we are meeting to set up a schedule for the next year,'' Defense Department spokesman Ken Bacon told reporters.

Five joint recovery operations in 2000 found 65 sets of suspected U.S. remains, which were sent back to the United States for positive identification. Forty-two sets were found from 1996 to 1999.

More than 8,000 U.S. troops are still missing from the Korean War, fought between 1950 and 1953. "

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