71.   The report follows an American report last month that Iraq had restarted its missile program.

72.   The State Department further concluded that the lessons learned by the P.R.C. are inherently applicable to their missile program.

73.   The United States, Japan and other countries have long been concerned by the North Korean missile program.

74.   The United States has been demanding that North Korea abandon its missile development program, whose extent is not fully known.

75.   The United States has held periodic talks with North Korea, trying to work out an agreement under which the North would curb its missiles program.

76.   This unauthorized assistance by the U.S. companies prompted a criminal investigation by the Justice Department into whether the companies improved the Chinese missile program.

77.   U.S. officials insisted this week that their concerns over the missile program did not constitute a major breach with South Korea.

78.   Under heavy pressure from Washington not to sell missiles to Pakistan, China reportedly provided financing instead to North Korea for the creation of a Pakistani missile program.

79.   With his expensive platform of tax cuts, Social Security overhaul and a national missile defense program suddenly looking more affordable, Bush could have been forgiven a smirk.

80.   Perry arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for talks meant to persuade it to abandon its suspected nuclear arms and missile development programs.