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Seoul, South Korea - South Korea and North Korea argued Wednesday over how to end the crisis over the North's atomic weapons programs, a day after the North agreed to resume six-country talks on the standoff. North Korea says it would freeze its nuclear programs as a first step in resolving the dispute, only if the United States provides economic aid and other concessions. Washington demands that North Korea first start dismantling its nuclear facilities. Pasadena, Calif. - NASA awakened its Mars rover Spirit early Wednesday and started the delicate process of cleaning old files out of its memory to cure it of the problems that have delayed its search for signs that the planet was once a wetter place. The process did not begin until after four days of tests. The six-wheeled vehicle was ordered to conserve power before being awakened. Two hours later it began the four-hour process of reformatting its flash memory, which involves erasing all the contents. Bangkok, Thailand - Asia's human death toll from bird flu rose to 15 Wednesday while China addressed its broadening zone of infected poultry with a new bird flu headquarters and Singaporeans turned in pet chickens for slaughter. Health experts say the wide range of the bird flu striking Asia boosts chances that the virus could mutate into a global menace, but say it is "nowhere close" to being declared a pandemic.
