Syria, N. Korea deny cooperating on nuclear program
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria and North Korea denied yesterday they are cooperating on a Syrian nuclear program, and they accused US officials of spreading the allegations for political reasons - either to back Israel or to block progress on a deal between Washington and Pyongyang.
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A senior North Korean official denied a report that Pyongyang was giving nuclear expertise to Syria, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
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Officials in South Korea continued Friday to try to assure the world that the nation had no nuclear arms program, with its top nuclear researcher saying government scientists
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South Korea insisted Saturday it will never develop nuclear weapons, but North Korea ruled out dismantling its weapons program or resuming negotiations unless U.S. drops its policy of "double standards" on the two countries' activities.
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Syria on Tuesday ruled out a quick withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon, saying a United Nations resolution calling on it to do so was illegal.
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North Korea says it will not abandon its weapons programme after the South admitted nuclear activities.
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North Korea has shown no signs of  shutting down its main nuclear reactor and the source of its  weapons-grade plutonium since last month&#39;s deal calling for it  to be closed, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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North Korea declined a request to resume talks aimed at persuading the communist nation to abandon its nuclear weapons program, Japan&#39;s government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said.
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Syria did not interfere in Lebanon&#39;s recent presidential elections and has no interest in controlling its smaller neighbor, Syria&#39;s foreign minister said Sunday.
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Russia's atomic energy agency declined  to comment on Monday on Japanese news reports that North Korea  had offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium  deposits in exchange for support at six-way talks on  Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.
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North Korea demanded bilateral talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program but Washington quickly rejected the idea on Friday and insisted Pyongyang return to six-party negotiations.
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North Korea's declaration that it possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons state, South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said on Monday.
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DAMASCUS: Syria denied any link Wednesday with a failed unofficial mediation effort seeking the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has decided against providing technical help for Iran in building a nuclear reactor that the United States fears could be used to fuel a weapons program, Western diplomats said today.
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North Korea said on Tuesday recent media reports that it may be providing help to Syria's nuclear activities were groundless conspiracy fabricated by those who oppose the North's improving ties with Washington.
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Syria on Thursday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting al-Qaida-linked insurgents in Iraq. Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan said Wednesday that Iranian and Syrian intelligence agents
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A high-level North Korean official held talks Sunday with Syria's Prime Minister Naji Otari on ways to improve cooperation between the two countries, state media said.