Powell wins backing for new NKorea pressure, but hears call for flexibility
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell wrapped up a three-nation tour of Asia after winning pledges from Japan, China and South Korea to press North Korea to resume stalled talks on its nuclear weapons programs.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has ended his tour of East Asia by urging North Korea to resume nuclear talks. Speaking in Seoul, Mr Powell said Pyongyang&#39;s ongoing nuclear programme was preventing the US from helping ordinary North Korean people.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought  South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on  Pyongyang's nuclear programs as Seoul stepped up security along  its border with North Korea due to a suspected infiltration.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Thursday that U.N. plans to help with the upcoming election  in Iraq appeared to be on track, despite months of pressure for  the world body to increase its staff.
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WASHINGTON -- Outgoing Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday he doesn't regret being the public face for the Bush administration's international call to war in Iraq. He also believes diplomacy is making headway in containing nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea, he said in an interview.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to urge China to place more pressure on Pyongyang to revive negotiations on North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons plans.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a U.S. "reward" before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said on October 21, âWe will not enter direct negotiationsâ with North Korea regarding the nuclear programs and added, âNo remuneration in any form will be given until the US is positive that North Korea
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On a trip to East Asia, Secretary of State Colin Powell intends to work out a strategy with Japan, China and South Korea on how to convince North Korea it is not under threat of attack.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on Pyongyang's nuclear programs as Seoul stepped up security along its border with North Korea due to a suspected infiltration.
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WASHINGTON : US Secretary of State Colin Powell left here for a three-nation tour of north Asia focused on resolving the North Korean nuclear deadlock, China and Taiwan and the presence of US troops in Japan and South Korea.
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The United States will not accept North Korean demands as &quot;conditions&quot; for the resumption of stalled talks on resolving the Korean nuclear deadlock but Pyongyang is free to raise them if it returns to the table, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell will  try to revive talks to scrap North Korea's nuclear programs on  a trip to Asia starting on Saturday but his chances are limited  by uncertainty over the outcome of the U.S. election.
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SEOUL -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday sought to fend off complaints from key partners in the effort to end North Korea's nuclear programs that the Bush administration has not been sufficiently creative or willing to compromise in the negotiations.
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A Japanese-backed draft resolution to sanction North Korea for its series of missile launches has &quot;broad and deep support,&quot; despite some differences in the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Thursday.
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SECRETARY OF State Colin Powell&#39;s visits this week to Japan, China, and South Korea were needed to limit the damage done by the Bush administration to relations with key American allies and clients in Northeast Asia.
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The United States will not sweeten its aid-for-disarmament offer to North Korea in a bid to end the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons drive, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.