Hatoyama vows efforts to get back abduction victims

TOKYO, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R), the mother of Megumi Yokota who was abducted by North Korea, answers questions from reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2009. At left is Shigeo Iizuka, brother of kidnap victim Yaeko Taguchi and head of the group of relatives of abduction victims.

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