North Korea said Tuesday it found the U.N.Security Council condemnation of its missile launch an unbearable insult, and said it was withdrawing from the Chinese-sponsored six-party talks on its nuclear program and moving to reopen nuclear facilities shut down under aid-for-disarmament commitments.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14

Still,the situation calmed enough this week for the government to announce that schools and universities will reopen next week.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

She also said Arab moderates should reopen trade offices and make other confidence-building gestures toward Israel to show Israelis that peace would actually end the Jewish state's regional isolation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30