7 Jan From the section Sport Share this with Digg Facebook Google LinkedIn Reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Copy this link http://www.bbc.com/sport/46786572 Read more about sharing. A World Anti-Doping Agency team will access the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's laboratory in Moscow on Wednesday, nine days after an initial deadline.Wada's inspection team were denied full access to data after Rusada was set a 31 December deadline to comply.A three-year Wada suspension of Russian athletes was ended in September.Wada president Sir Craig Reedie says access "will break a long impasse and will potentially lead to many cases being actioned".Russia's failure to provide full access to the laboratory and data led to 16 national anti-doping bodies (Nados) and Wada's athlete committee to call for the country to be suspended.The issue will be debated when Wada's compliance review committee (CRC), an independent … [Read more...] about World Anti-Doping Agency to gain access to Russian laboratory nine days after deadline
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Korean War remains returned by North Korea could take years to identify, Pentagon says
Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY Published 8:33 p.m. UTC Aug 2, 2018 WASHINGTON – It will likely take months or years to identify the remains of what are believed to be fallen U.S. troops in 55 boxes recently turned over by North Korea, Pentagon officials said Thursday. The initial inspection of the remains could not determine the how many individuals remains were in the boxes, said John Byrd, chief scientist for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Remains from one person could be in different boxes. "It's too early to tell," he said. Many of the remains, Byrd said, are consistent with those of American troops previously returned by the North Koreans. The boxes held artifacts, including one identification tag, and the family of that missing service member has been notified, Byrd said. The return of the remains follows talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Trump also thanked Kim Thursday for his … [Read more...] about Korean War remains returned by North Korea could take years to identify, Pentagon says
Presumed US Korean War remains begin journey home from South Korea
Presumed US Korean War remains begin journey home from South Korea BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Decades after the end of the Korean War, the remains of dozens of presumed US war dead have begun their journey home following a repatriation ceremony in South Korea. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/presumed-us-korean-war-remains-begin-journey-home-from-south-korea-37175082.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/article37175076.ece/590d3/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_cf190119-7fc0-46d0-adf3-3be6dbe00419_1 Email Decades after the end of the Korean War, the remains of dozens of presumed US war dead have begun their journey home following a repatriation ceremony in South Korea. North Korea handed over the remains in 55 boxes last week and allowed a US military transport plane to move them to the US Osan Air Base near Seoul in South Korea. While it was an apparent goodwill gesture by North Korea towards the United States, the return comes amid growing scepticism … [Read more...] about Presumed US Korean War remains begin journey home from South Korea
North Korea to transfer remains of U.S. soldiers from Korean War on Friday
North Korea will transfer the remains of an unspecified number of soldiers killed in the Korean War on Friday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, after accepting about 100 wooden caskets sent by the United States, Reuters reports. The repatriation of remains of U.S. soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War was one of the agreements reached during a landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. U.S. Forces Korea said later last month they had moved 100 wooden temporary transit cases into the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas to receive and transport the remains. Yonhap, citing an unidentified diplomatic source, said on Thursday North Korea had accepted the caskets, which were carried in two trucks, and was expected to transfer the remains on Friday. The planned transfer would coincide with the 65th anniversary of the 1953 armistice agreement that ended fighting. A U.S. military transport plane … [Read more...] about North Korea to transfer remains of U.S. soldiers from Korean War on Friday
North Korea ‘still making infrastructure improvements’ at nuclear test site
Despite pledging to denuclearize North Korea is 'rapidly' continuing improvement works at its Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre, new satellite pictures show. They have emerged just weeks after Donald Trump's historic summit with leader Kim Jong Un, in which the US President said "total denuclearisation" was "already taking place". Several new buildings, including an engineering office and entrance to an area containing a nuclear reactor, can be seen in the images published by North Korea monitor 38 North . It claimed the work was being under taken at "rapid pace" but added: "Continued work at the Yongbyon facility should not be seen as having any relationship to North Korea's pledge to denuclearise. The North's nuclear cadre can be expected to proceed with business as usual until specific orders are issued from Pyongyang." US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis and Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe met to discuss pushing North Korea forward on its promise made in Singapore, as … [Read more...] about North Korea ‘still making infrastructure improvements’ at nuclear test site