U.N. human rights chief vows to highlight abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour (L) shakes hands with Shigeru Yokota, father of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 26. On the right is Yokota's wife Sakie. (Kyodo)

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