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Dissident North Korean plays "Amazing Grace" in U.S. (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081006/people_nm/us_korea_north_usa_pianist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081006/2008_10_06t153649_300x450_us_korea_north_usa_pianist.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=TdrkBIAUAXzKp5ZeAUAgcA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Kim Cheol-woong, the pianist who defected from North Korea, speaks to Reuters before a rehearsal of his performance in Seoul March 13, 2006. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A dissident North Korean pianist played "Amazing Grace" at the U.S. State Department on Monday at a recital designed to dramatize North Korean human rights abuses without upsetting delicate nuclear negotiations.</p><br clear="all"/>