North Korea nuclear talks set goals but no deadline
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Talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions on Thursday veered away from setting a deadline for the next phase of disarmament but settled on a set of tasks the United States said could be carried out this year.
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This week's talks between Japan and North  Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party  negotiations on the North's nuclear program are gathering pace,  South Korea's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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North Korea set three conditions on  Friday to be met before it would consider returning to  six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Tuesday Washington would not set a deadline to  reach a deal in six-party talks on North Korea but made clear  next week's negotiations must not be held just for the sake of  talking.
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North Korea set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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Talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions ended in Beijing on Friday with no deadline to disable the country's atomic facilities.
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Six-party talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions enter a third day on Friday after envoys settled on a set of tasks the United States said could be carried out this year, rather than a disarmament timetable.
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North Korea is still committed to an international disarmament-for-aid deal, a U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday, urging patience even though the reclusive state missed a deadline to list its nuclear arms program.
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North Korea has not changed its mind about ending its nuclear programme, leader Kim Jong-il reportedly says.
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Grinding talks to end North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions will shift to technical wrangling over disarmament steps, envoys said on Friday as they prepared to endorse a broad plan lacking a deadline.
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The top U.S. negotiator with North Korea said on Thursday there is reason to believe talks on ending Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions can make progress when they resume next week but said there are no guarantees.
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Chinese officials report that a senior North Korean leader says his country wants to remain on track with six-nation negotiations on its nuclear ambitions.
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Talks on the future of North Korea's nuclear arms program entered a fifth day on Monday with negotiators scrambling for progress after Pyongyang's demands for energy compensation were rejected.
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North Korean and US officials met this week to discuss the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula. It appears they came no closer to resuming multilateral talks on ending Pyongyang&#39;s nuclear weapons programs.
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A fresh round of six-party talks on  ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions may take place in the  next 10 days or so, a senior State Department official said on  Friday.
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North Korea ruled out on Thursday any multi-party talks on its nuclear weapons programs until South Korea's recently disclosed past atomic experiments have been fully explained.
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North Korea says it will not return to stalled talks on its nuclear programme until the US clarifies its position.