US President George Bush today backed Pacific Rim leaders in demanding that the communist regime abandon its nuclear weapons programme.

New DNA testing has identified human remains recovered years ago from the World Trade Center wreckage to be those of a flight attendant and passenger from American Airlines Flight 11, the first hijacked plane to crash into a tower on September 11, 2001.

Workers have recovered more human remains from several manholes as New York began a new search for September 11 victims.