United States haggles with N.Korea over energy aid
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The United States and North Korea haggled on Monday over energy aid the North would receive in exchange for ending its nuclear arms ambitions as six-party talks looked likely to straggle into an extra day.
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The U.S. and Japan have not discussed providing energy aid to North Korea ahead of talks aimed at getting the isolated communist nation to abandon its nuclear program, officials from the two countries said Tuesday.
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The United States urged North Korea Tuesday to stop boasting about its nuclear weapons capability and return to the negotiating table to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.
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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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North Korea appears committed to a nuclear disarmament deal but remains unwilling to complete two big steps until complaints over aid and U.S. concessions are solved, U.S. experts just back from North Korea said on Saturday.
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In a last-minute nudge to North Korea, the U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "unfortunate" that Pyongyang had not supplied a complete declaration of its nuclear programs before a Monday deadline but signaled it would continue disarmament talks with its allies.
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The U.S. and North Korea are talking again, but will Pyongyang keep its promise to abandon nuclear weapons?
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The United States will not sweeten its aid-for-disarmament offer to North Korea in a bid to end the Stalinist state&#39;s nuclear weapons drive, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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South Korea urged the United States to try talking to North Korea instead of taking a hard line over its nuclear plans, while Pyongyang said it would be "quite possible" to solve the crisis if Washington changed its stance.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing  North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program could move  ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday,  welcoming Pyongyang&#39;s invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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The United States expressed condolences to North Korea's losses of life and homes in widespread flooding and offered to discuss with Kim Jong Il's government provision of "a significant food aid package, including monitoring procedures."
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The United States and North Korea have signed a memorandum under which Pyongyang has agreed to shut down a nuclear reactor in exchange for energy aid, a newspaper said.
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WASHINGTON - The United States has warned that North Korea might have to be brought before the United Nations Security Council if it refuses to take part in six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons drive.
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North Korea has set tough terms for a freeze of one of its nuclear facilities, demanding that the United States exceed commitments made under a Clinton-era deal that the Bush administration previously derided as inadequate.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing North Korea to carry out nuclear disarmament could move ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday, welcoming Pyongyang's invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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Talks and fuel aid aimed at coaxing North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program could move ahead in coming weeks, the U.S. nuclear envoy said on Sunday, welcoming Pyongyang's invitation to U.N. inspectors.
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North Korea&#39;s nuclear aspirations, allies&#39; worries about the US budget deficit and hopes for global trade deals will be on the agenda this weekend as President Bush attends