ozawa is the ruler of the democratic party, accused of falsifying political funding reports. he is charged with conspiring with aides to conceal the use of $500 million. they accuse him of lending money to his funding group to purchase land in tokyo in 2004. he pled not guilty in his first hearing this past october at tokyo district court. he said none of his actions constituted fraud and denied conspiring with aides. he has given conflicting accounts of the source of the funds. he initially described them as political funds, then called them bank loans, later said they were personal assets. ozawa's statement in two days of questioning are expected to have alarming influence on the ruling. >>> the leaders of south korea and china have agreed to monitor north korea's moves as the new leadership establishes itself. south korean president and chinese president hu jintao held a summit monday in beijing. officials from the south korean presidential office said the leaders agreed to work together toward a peaceful, stable and nuclear free korean peninsula, but agreed it would be di