IAEA due in N.Korea for start of nuclear shutdown
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Senior U.N. inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to agree steps in verifying a promised shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
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North Korea said Friday it is willing to shut down its main nuclear reactor as soon as it receives an initial shipment of energy aid promised as a reward for closing the facility.
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Senior U.N. inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to agree steps in verifying a promised shutdown of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme, the  International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday.
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North Korea will allow a team of U.N. nuclear watchdog officials to visit the Yongbyon reactor it has agreed to shut down under a disarmament-for-aid deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body on Monday authorized the dispatch of monitors to North Korea to verify a promised shutdown of its atom bomb program, diplomats said.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body agreed on Monday to send monitors to North Korea to verify a shutdown of its atomic bomb program, launching what is likely to be a long and arduous disarmament process.
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North Korea has agreed to wide-ranging U.N. measures to verify a shutdown of its atom bomb program, nuclear inspectors said on Tuesday, but doubts arose about when disarmament would begin.
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UN inspectors are expected Thursday to visit the reactor at the centre of North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme in their first on-site inspection in nearly five years, the head of the team said.
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SEOUL -- North Korea seemed ready yesterday to take a first step toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program, perhaps this weekend, as UN inspectors prepared to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.
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The U.N. nuclear monitoring agency agreed today to send experts to North Korea as part of a process that is intended to lead to the closure of the countryâs nuclear facility.
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North Korea was poised to take its first step in nearly five years toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program with U.N. inspectors en route to the North Friday to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency's governing body is expected on Monday to authorize the dispatch of U.N. monitors to North Korea to verify the shutdown of its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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Efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear program moved ahead Friday, with the chief U.S. envoy saying he wants the North's reactor completely disabled by year's end and U.N. inspectors heading to Pyongyang to supervise the shutdown.
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SEOUL -- United Nations inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its sole functioning nuclear reactor, the chief of the watchdog agency said today, confirming the isolated country had taken its first step in nearly five years to halt production of atomic weapons. South Korea sent more oil to the North today to reward its compliance with an ...
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A tanker carrying fuel oil docked at a North Korean port on Saturday as a team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency headed for the country ahead of a planned shutdown of its atomic reactor under a disarmament deal.
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VIENNA -- A United Nations team left for North Korea yesterday to supervise the shutdown of the plutonium-producing nuclear reactor that is the key component of the reclusive communist nation's atomic weapons program.