Bank tussle over, but North Korea still slams U.S.
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North Korea lashed the United States on Friday for conducting an arms race and, far from announcing plans to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, warned that it would "bolster its deterrent for self-defence."
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The transfer of North Korean funds in a  Macau bank, whose delay has stalled a nuclear disarmament deal,  should be completed this week, Yonhap news agency on Wednesday  quoted a senior South Korean official as saying.
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Criticism grows over the Government's rescue of Northern Rock and its savers even as the run on the bank seems to have eased.
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North Korea accused the US of acting as the international judge for human rights and trying to use the issue to bring down the regime in the communist country.
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North Korea lashed out Tuesday at ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills and warned that it could take retaliatory action amid renewed concern that the communist nation may be preparing to test a nuclear bomb.
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TOKYO : Japan is enraged at North Korea for allegedly lying about the deaths of two of its citziens the Stalinist state kidnapped, with commentators warning the deception has set back the chances of reconcilation with the outside world.
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North Korea says it can "never dismantle" its nuclear arsenal while US policy towards it remains hostile.
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While talks between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be progressing, Tokyo and Pyongyang are at an impasse
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The United States in its starkest warning so far said on Wednesday it would not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, while Japan and other neighbors hardened their responses after the reclusive state announced it planned a nuclear test.
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China and the United States are confident North Korea remains committed to a disarmament agreement but the issue of North Korean funds languishing in a Macau bank needs to be resolved, a U.S. envoy said on Wednesday.
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North Korea rejected the United Statesâ demand for a more thorough account on whether it has tried to enrich uranium for atomic weapons.
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Washington expects North Korea will meet  a commitment to shut down its nuclear facilities this month  after it has received funds still frozen in a Macau bank, U.S.  envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday.
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North Korea accused the United States of applying a double standard on the Korean Peninsula and warned Wednesday of a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia following the revelation that South Korean scientists enriched a tiny amount of uranium in 2000.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Recent missteps by a Canadian bank&#39;s incursion into US territory aren&#39;t dampening the momentum of an invasion from the North.
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For the second straight day, North Korea yesterday hurled unusually personal criticism at President Bush, calling him a &quot;fascist tyrant&quot; and &quot;human trash.
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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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North Korea wants the United States to free its overseas bank accounts and for countries to drop sanctions imposed after Pyongyang tested a nuclear weapon, South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Wednesday quoted its envoy as saying.