National and International News-Tuesday, Oct. 17th

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The chief U-S nuclear envoy says North Korea must be made to realize there's a price to pay for its "reckless behavior" in conducting a nuclear test. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill commented today as he arrived in South Korea amid concerns about a second test.

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - A terror detainee bill setting up rules for questioning and trials of top terror suspects will be signed today by President Bush. The president has sought to make this bill a major campaign issue -- saying the "no" votes of Democrats in Congress show the party's gone soft on terrorism.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U-N General Assembly tries again today to fill a seat on the Security Council which the anti-U-S administration of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez wants badly. Washington backs Guatemala, which leads the voting. Venezuela blames fierce U-S lobbying for its failure to win the rotating seat.

ROME (AP) - At least one person is reported dead in a subway accident in Italy. Authorities say two trains collided during Rome's morning rush hour. Officials report that the body of a woman has been pulled from the wreckage. Another 60 people were injured, ten of them seriously.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein's genocide trial has resumed in Baghdad, a day after the chief prosecutor's brother was gunned down. Saddam faces the death penalty if convicted of genocide against Iraqi Kurds. He has predicted that militants will soon drive U-S-led forces out of Iraq.