North Korea nuclear talks poised for accord
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A groundbreaking deal to curtail North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions and draw the isolated regime out of brinksmanship edged toward approval on Tuesday after envoys from six countries settled differences over energy aid.
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UN nuclear inspectors will arrive in North Korea on Tuesday to begin talks with Pyongyang on ways to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear programme, the UN atomic agency chief said.
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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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U.S. and North Korean officials  started talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing  diplomatic ties as part of an agreement under which Pyongyang  has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs in exchange for  aid.
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Delegates to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program agreed to hold further talks on Tuesday, after meeting into the early hours, suggesting a deal may be in the offing.
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Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are poised to resume, with hopes high for some progress.
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North Korea's top nuclear envoy will hold talks with officials in the United States in the coming weeks as part of a deal this month to end Pyongyang's atomic program, the State Department said.
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BEIJING -- International talks on North Korea's nuclear program convene today with a new sense of optimism about the possibility of the first tangible progress on the communist nation's disarmament since negotiations began more than three years ago.
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Six-party talks aimed at dismantling  North Korea's nuclear program start in Beijing on Thursday,  with a Japanese newspaper reporting that the isolated state has  already signed a memorandum with the United States.
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Six countries reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on initial steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament that could usher in the first concrete progress after more than three years of talks marked by delays, deadlock and the communist country's first nuclear test explosion.
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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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BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday on the first steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a potential breakthrough in talks that have faltered repeatedly since 2003.
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North Korea is fully prepared to shut  down its nuclear facilities and allow inspections, a South  Korean official said in New York, where envoys from Pyongyang  and Washington are set to begin rare talks on improving ties.
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The diplomatic drive to halt North Korea's nuclear programme appeared on the brink of a major breakthrough with envoys from six nations set to announce a crucial joint deal.
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Pyongyang will participate in six-party talks aimed at resolving the nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula, a Foreign Office Minister said on Monday.
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The two Koreas agreed to resume stalled high-level talks later this month in Pyongyang, officials said Thursday, amid signs of easing tensions on the divided peninsula after the North signed a breakthrough disarmament agreement.
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North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor