Report: Russia aids U.S. on N. Korea
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Russia has accepted a U.S. request that a Russian bank help end a stalemate over frozen North Korean funds that has halted progress in the North's nuclear disarmament, a news report said Sunday.
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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 11    WASHINGTON -- The United States is " encouraged" by Russia's willingness to discuss missile defense system, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Sunday.
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Russia is developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, a move that could serve as a signal to the United States as Washington pushes forward with a missile defense system.
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Russia will ask the United States to contribute more toward the costs of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), Agence France Presse reported on Friday citing Vyacheslav Davydenko, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency.
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A U.S. economic aid program to keep Russian scientists from selling weapons information to terrorists apparently funneled much of the money to scientists who never claimed to have a background in nuclear, chemical or biological programs, a congressional report said Friday.
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North Korean funds that have held up a nuclear disarmament pact were in Russia on Saturday but technical problems were delaying final transfer to the country's accounts there, U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said.
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Russia rapped South Korea over its recently disclosed secret nuclear experiments, calling on Seoul to cooperate fully with international experts investigating them.
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Russia agreed on Tuesday to help train South Korea's first astronaut by 2007 -- although it is still not clear whether Seoul's space cadet will make it into orbit that year.
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Russia shrugged off U.S. criticism over nuclear issues Thursday, saying it had made progress in reducing its tactical weapons in Europe and would continue cooperating with Iran's program despite concerns Tehran might be trying to develop atomic weapons.
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A Russian bank says it has transferred $25m to North Korea, removing an obstacle to nuclear disarmament.
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The U.S. is encouraged by Russia's willingness to discuss ways to defend against possible missile attacks from nations armed with nuclear weapons, White House press secretary Tony Snow said Sunday.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to his South Korean counterpart, Roh Moo-hyun, that Russia would help train the first South Korean astronaut for a space flight, local media reported Tuesday.
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Russia said on Friday &quot;certain states&quot;  were hampering efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass  destruction and other armaments, pointing a finger at the  United States over space-based weapons.
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North Korea could return to six-party talks on its nuclear programs in late January after President Bush forms his new cabinet, Russian ambassador to Japan Alexander Losyukov said Monday.
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Russia believes $25 million in unfrozen North Korean funds will arrive in one of its banks on Friday, deputy foreign minister Alexander Losyukov was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying, as part of a nuclear deal.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 7 -- The United States, China and Russia plan to send a team of experts into North Korea next week to survey that nation's nuclear facilities, taking another step toward executing the agreement to disable that nation's nuclear weapons capability, U.S. officials said on Friday.
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Russia has stepped in to try to help with the transfer of funds from a Macau bank to North Korea, said U.S. officials on Monday, who hope an end to the deadlock will quickly revive a stalled disarmament effort.