North Korea resists Dec 31 declaration deadline
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The United States is still struggling to get North Korea to disclose its nuclear programs, a challenge in a society so tight-lipped that it would keep even clothing sizes secret, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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In a last-minute nudge to North Korea, the U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "unfortunate" that Pyongyang had not supplied a complete declaration of its nuclear programs before a Monday deadline but signaled it would continue disarmament talks with its allies.
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North Korea's 2-year-old nuclear crisis has taxed the world's patience, the chief U.N. nuclear regulator said Wednesday, urging communist Pyongyang to return to its disarmament treaty obligations.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday Washington would not set a deadline to reach a deal in six-party talks on North Korea but made clear next week's negotiations must not be held just for the sake of talking.
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Japan decided Friday to delay imposing economic sanctions on North Korea, a move the isolated communist nation had said it would consider a declaration of war.
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North Korea threatened on Saturday to double the size of its nuclear deterrent and the United States rejected its conditions for a resumption of talks, leaving the two nations in a dangerous stalemate.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Tuesday Washington would not set a deadline to  reach a deal in six-party talks on North Korea but made clear  next week's negotiations must not be held just for the sake of  talking.
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The United States said on Saturday  it has not set a deadline resumption of six-country talks on  North Korea's nuclear program despite a seven month deadlock  that has persuaded some officials negotiations are failing.
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea&#39;s  nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as  they tried to reach agreement on a deadline for disabling the  North&#39;s atomic facilities.
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North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to declare its nuclear activities needs to be confronted with patience and perseverance, a senior U.S. envoy said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON A top Bush administration official says North Korea is stalling talks on its nuclear weapons program until after the November elections.
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The United States on Friday disputed North Korean claims that Pyongyang had handed over a list of its nuclear programs ahead of a year-end disarmament deadline. Despite the North's charges of U.S. obstruction, the State Department expressed confidence that the process was moving ahead.
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North Korea is committed to holding  six-party talks aimed at ending the nuclear weapons crisis, but  with the U.S. election looming, it has not indicated when, a  top British official said on Tuesday.
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The United States urged North Korea on Friday to give a full declaration of its nuclear activities after Pyongyang missed an end-2007 deadline for presenting the inventory under a disarmament-for-aid deal.
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China on Thursday played down North Korea's failure to meet a year-end deadline to declare its nuclear programmes but called on the reclusive state to honour its commitments on disarmament.
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North Korea's government said Monday it would not attend working meetings ahead of six-party talks on its nuclear program and blasted the United States for demands that the North fully disclose its nuclear activities.
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China, host of six-party talks aimed at  reining in North Korea's nuclear program, on Thursday described  North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to account for its  nuclear activities as a natural delay.