North Korea says agreement on some issues
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North Korea's delegate to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program said on Friday there had been agreement on some issues with the United States.
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North Korea is willing to take initial steps toward ending its nuclear arms program, South Korean officials said after six-party talks opened on Thursday, hinting at rare progress in talks which have ended in stalemate for years.
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Top negotiators from the United States and North Korea said on Saturday they had made progress on the first day of talks meant to advance an international effort to end Pyongyang's nuclear program.
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North Korea agreed to take steps toward nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck on Tuesday that will bring the impoverished communist state more than $300 million worth of aid.
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North and South Korea held talks on  Thursday to mend fences broken by Pyongyang's missile and  nuclear tests, buoyed by an energy-for-disarmament deal that  President Bush defended as a "good first step."
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North Korea and the United States appeared closer to a deal today that could, within weeks, start the process of shutting down the Northâs nuclear weapons program.
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BEIJING -- Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early today 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 set three conditions on Friday to be met before it would consider returning to six-party talks on its nuclear programs.
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Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are extended amid signs that a deal may be close.
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NEW YORK -- The United States said it had "very good" talks with North Korea yesterday and it appeared that a deal on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions was on track for now.
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North Korea appears increasingly willing to bargain over the terms of ending its nuclear programs, prompting cautious optimism that some sort of agreement may be reached when the six-nation disarmament talks reconvene next week in Beijing, U.S. and Asian officials close to the talks said.
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Key differences over a deal to unravel North Korea's nuclear arms program were settled in six-country talks early on Tuesday after days of haggling over a huge package of energy aid for the reclusive communist state.
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North Korea agreed in weekend talks with  the United States to fully account for and disable its nuclear  programs by the end of this year, negotiators said on Sunday.
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North Korea and Japan briefly resumed talks Thursday as part of a deal aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programme, a day after they nearly collapsed over the North's abductions of Japanese citizens.
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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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South Korea has said it wants a binding written agreement to emerge from next week's six-nation talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
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North Korea is willing to take initial  steps toward ending its nuclear arms program, South Korean  officials said after six-party talks opened on Thursday,  hinting at rare progress in talks which have ended in stalemate  for years.