US cool on North Korea overtures
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US officials are cautious at reports that North Korea is ready to rejoin talks on its nuclear weapons programme.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday welcomed nuclear-armed North Korea&#39;s invitation for international inspection for closure of its key atomic plant but cautioned the reclusive state against reneging on its obligations.
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Washington shrugged off harsh verbal attacks from North Korea against US President George W. Bush, saying that the insults would not hinder efforts to end nuclear crisis on the peninsula.
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North Korea on Friday said it would return to six-party nuclear talks and would consider treating the United States as a "friend," shortly after a U.S. congressional concluded talks with the North and said it appeared ready to negotiate.
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US officials met twice last week with North Korean officials in New York to tell them the US was ready to resume nuclear negotiations and wanted to resolve the issue diplomatically, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.
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The United States dismissed as inappropriate North Korea's unusually strong personal attacks on President George W. Bush, but remained confident Pyongyang would attend talks to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.
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WASHINGTON : The United States said it had no objection to North Korea wanting to resume six-party talks on ending the Korean nuclear crisis after the November 2 US presidential elections.
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The White House on Thursday sought to ease concern among conservatives, including at least one key aide to President Bush, that a nuclear disarmament deal with North Korea goes too easy on the communist country.
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BEIJING -- North Korea demanded a bilateral dialogue with the United States yesterday, a day after it declared itself a nuclear power, but the Bush administration quickly rejected the demand and insisted that Pyongyang return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.
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STATE DEPARTMENT A calm response from the Bush administration to claims by North Korean that it has turned the plutonium from eight-thousand spent nuclear fuel rods into nuclear weapons.
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The United States showed some new  flexibility in recent talks with North Korea on the nuclear  issue but Pyongyang was unimpressed and is resisting  participation in a new round of formal six-party negotiations,  U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.
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The United States, taking a step Pyongyang has long desired, will begin normalization talks with North Korea in New York next week but the State Department on Wednesday played down expectations.
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Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday sent North Korea a two-pronged message, insisting the United States has no plans to invade the isolated communist state but stressing it does have a deterrent against hostile actions by Pyongyang.
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Pacific Rim Bureau  - The US government has called on North Korea to stop boasting about its nuclear deterrent and return to talks aimed at resolving the drawn-out crisis sparked by its violations of international agreements.
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MOSCOW -- The US national security adviser sought yesterday to ease Russian concerns about American intentions, saying he did not consider a fiery speech by President Vladimir Putin to have been a sign of confrontation, and reiterating reassurances about US missile defense plans.
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The US says it is not ready to engage broadly with North Korea despite warmer relations recently.
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The United States on Tuesday held out as a model for Iran a deal under which North Korea will take steps toward giving up nuclear arms, and analysts said it might bolster Iranians who favor talks with the West.