Heading to Asia, Powell Says US Firm on North Korea
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Secretary of State Colin Powell travels to Asia next week to try to restart talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons programs. VOA&#39;s Luis Ramirez reports from Beijing, one of the stops on Secretary Powell&#39;s trip.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea beginning next week for talks on the stalled effort to end the impasse over North Korea's nuclear program, Iraq, terrorism and other matters, the State Department said.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in Asia to prod North Korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs, said Sunday that while there is still time to resolve the impasse, "there is a sense of urgency."
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on  Thursday expressed concern after reports that North Korea might  carry out a new missile test but said it would not change the  U.S. effort to persuade Pyongyang through diplomacy to abandon  its nuclear ambitions.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell, making possibly his last official visit to northeast Asia in the shadows of the US presidential election, said yesterday there was a &quot;sense of urgency&quot; in dealing with North Korea&#39;s rogue nuclear program.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell met Monday with China&#39;s foreign minister and the two countries&#39; delegates to six-nation talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear program during a visit that also was expected to include discussions on Taiwan.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed North Korea on Sunday to return to nuclear disarmament talks even as he branded the communist country a &quot;terrorist state&quot; that has &quot;no respect for human rights.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell is about to start his visit to Japan, China and South Korea.
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Four years ago this weekend, then-Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright visited North Korea, in what appeared to be a breakthrough in U.S. relations with the reclusive Stalinist government. Today, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell leaves on what may be his last official visit to East Asia -- hopping through Japan, China and South Korea over three days -- with the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions at the top of his agenda.
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Calling it a matter of urgency, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday North Korea should resume participation in nuclear disarmament talks and set aside its concerns about new "hostile acts" by the United States against the communist government.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a U.S. "reward" before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is paying a brief visit to East Asia, speaking to regional partners about the drive to resolve the North Korean nuclear
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Preparing to depart for visits to Japan, China, and Korea, US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged that the Bush administration will continue its multilateral effort to solve the North Korea nuclear problem, even as John Kerry sharply attacked the Bush
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TOYKO - Secretary of State Colin Powell, in Asia to prod North Korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs, said that while there is still time to resolve the impasse, &quot;there is a sense of urgency.
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Christopher Hill, the US envoy dealing with the scrapping of North Korea's nuclear programs, will travel to Asia at the end of the week, the State Department said Wednesday.
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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's nuclear weapons drive, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Colin Powell said that the U.S. would not provide "up-front" benefits to North Korea if it agreed to dismantle its nuclear programs.