But, according to the Tajik news agency Asia-Plus, the alliance has admitted losing control of a key district in the north to the Taleban.
While Japan and South Korea indicated they might support a regional initiative to sway Pyongyang, China -- a key ally and aid donor to the North -- appeared to remain unconvinced.
Reports about the "body-in-a-bag spy" describe how two experts spent days trying to figure out whether Williams, who was athletic and of medium height, could have contorted himself in such as way as to lock himself into the North Face holdall bag, with a key to the padlock inside.
The ring road around the western city of Caen was also blocked, and more barricades were set up near the northern port of Le Havre, and at a key entry point to the motorway from the north to Paris.
China is potentially a key player in efforts to resolve the nuclear crisis in North Korea, its neighbour and ally.
The outcome of the election is important to the stability of volatile North Africa and the Middle East -- where Egypt is a key player.
Lemerre signed a lucrative two-year contract with the north Africa country, and thinks he has the key to success.
In sum, although North Korea is taking the world down a familiar path, key officials need to ask anew whether the familiar path is still the best one.
The former Falcons academy player, 25, has been a key figure for the Championship side and the new Falcons coach Tait is delighted with his return to the North East.
China, a key player in the negotiations, has called for a "firm, constructive, appropriate but prudent response" to North Korea's action.
For the longer term the economic fundamentals of North America and the eurozone will be the key to investors, with experts predicting a "closing of the gap".
North Highland Forest Trust (NHFT) said the species was important to rare insects and a key component in healthy wild habitats.
Cuba may only be positioned 100 or so miles from Key West, but the US embargo meant an undersea fiber link to North America hasn't been a possibility.
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