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Tokyo - Japanese space agency officials, already forced to temporarily shut down one satellite, said Thursday they had lost contact with a second satellite that may have been affected by an electromagnetic storm caused by the largest solar flare observed in decades. "We have completely lost touch with the Midori 2, and don't know what's going on with it," said Junichi Moriuma, a spokesman for the agency, known as JAXA. Midori 2 was launched in December 2002 and served as an environmental observation satellite. Beijing - China and North Korea agreed "in principle" Thursday to convene a second round of six-country talks on Pyongyang's nuclear program, further evidence of an increased diplomatic role for Beijing in the yearlong dispute. The reports were welcomed by the United States, which said the "multiparty process" offered the best hope of getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions. Atlantic City, N.J. - A five-storey section of a casino parking garage under construction collapsed Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least 20, officials said. Three people were missing. The 2,400-space, 10-storey parking garage flanks an 18-storey hotel tower, also still under construction. "I heard all those floors go. The whole tower shook, like it was a miniature earthquake," said Jim McNeill, 56, a caulker.
