Optimism as North Korea readies for nuclear talks
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North Korea heads into talks with the region's main powers this week with signs the impoverished state may be ready to agree to an initial deal over demands it stop building a nuclear arsenal in exchange for aid.
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Six-party negotiations on closing Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program resumed on Thursday, with hopes raised for agreement on first steps after milestone talks between U.S. and North Korean envoys in Berlin last month.
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The US envoy negotiating with North Korea says he hopes talks on its nuclear programme will start soon.
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Six-party negotiations on winding up Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program resume on Thursday, with hopes raised for progress on at least the first steps after milestone talks between U.S. and North Korean envoys last month.
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The US and China say they are confident North Korea will return to six-party talks to end the nuclear stand-off.
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North Korea set three conditions Friday  to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks  on its nuclear programs.
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Top North Korea and US envoys meet to discuss reviving six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear plans.
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UN General Assembly chairman Jean Ping believes North Korea is &quot;very positive&quot; about resuming six-party talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons drive, officials said Wednesday.
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North Korea is prepared to return to  six-country talks on its nuclear weapons program at any time  now that it has "completed defensive steps" with a nuclear  test, a senior envoy of the communist state said on Tuesday.
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The prospect of initial steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms program brightened a little on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at a nuclear plant within two months.
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The United States&#39; top negotiator with North Korea said Friday he is optimistic of a deal within a month over frozen funds that have blocked an agreement to end Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear weapons programme.
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U.N. nuclear officials arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to negotiate terms for inspectors to confirm the shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear reactor and source of bomb-grade plutonium.
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Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are to continue, with China proposing a draft agreement.
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Six-party talks aimed at reining in North Korea1s nuclear program began with cautious optimism as Pyongyang1s envoy said he was ready to discuss initial steps towards disarming
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The United States welcomed the prospect of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program on the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting next week, as momentum appeared to gather for seizing the opportunity.
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Prospects of ending North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions brightened a little on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend activities at a nuclear plant as a first step to dismantlement.
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There is an air of optimism about the Kashmir talks to be held during Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz&#39;s forthcoming visit to Delhi.