In the News: U.S. to Take North Korea Off Terror List

New Yourk Times today reports: U.S. to Take North Korea Off Terror List
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North Korea took a step on Thursday toward reintegration into the world community and rapprochement with the United States by submitting for outside review a long-delayed declaration of its nuclear program.

The Bush administration almost immediately announced it was preparing to remove the country it once described as part of the “axis of evil” from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism and also lifted some sanctions...

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Only one word today:
rapprochement - 建立或恢复友谊或和睦关系, establishment or state of having cordial relations
(notice the irregular pronounciation: ra-ˌprōsh-ˈmä)