Shadow Scottish Secretary Margaret Curran said the phase two route ''doesn't offer enough'' for Scotland.

BBC: Scotland

The goal in the next phase, the assistant secretary of state said, is complete dismantlement, but that could take as long as five years.

CNN: N. Korea to disable nuclear complex

The IT Secretary said that the Andhra Pradesh has reached a critical phase in the terms of growth in the sector and was poised to make a big leap forward in the coming months and years.

BBC: News | SOUTH ASIA | Andhra Pradesh claims huge IT growth

Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan anticipated hundreds of further jobs created during the manufacturing phase.

BBC: General Dynamics: British Army deal secures Oakdale jobs

Last week, Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta said tighter measures would be put in place when Phase II begins, but he did not detail those plans.

CNN: More flights to depart from Reagan National

James Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy at the Department of Defence, later clarified that the final phase of the missile defence programme had been dropped.

BBC: US to boost nuclear missile defence to counter N Korea

On Tuesday the UN secretary general dismissed allegations that the UN covered up a high civilian death toll during the last phase of the Sri Lanka conflict.

BBC: Sri Lanka president thanks allies

Mr Abdin Salih, Secretary of IHP, presented the outcomes of the 20th session of the IHP Intergovernmental Council, and the upcoming eight phase of IHP.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES