Bush offers North Korea chance for peace deal
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U.S. President George W. Bush said on Friday that the United States would consider a peace treaty with North Korea if it gave up nuclear arms, underlining Washington's shift away from a hard line on the communist state.
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North Korea replies to President Bush's letter to Kim Jong-il, vowing to honour its pledge on a nuclear deal.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, with Washington saying it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States and Japan expect North Korea to keep to an agreement to begin work on scrapping its nuclear weapons program, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday.
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SYDNEY, Australia  -- In a testy public exchange Friday with South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, President Bush said the United States would formally end the Korean War only when North Korea halts its nuclear weapons program.
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US President George Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun have agreed to accelerate efforts to end the crisis over North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons programs.
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President Bush, meeting with Asian-Pacific leaders, is seeking more international backing to both persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions and to take concrete steps to cripple terrorist networks around the world.
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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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President Bush defended a landmark nuclear agreement reached Tuesday with North Korea, calling it "the best opportunity" for diplomacy to succeed in ridding the Pyongyang government of all atomic weapons and capabilities.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she is cautiously optimistic that it may be possible to begin carrying out a September 2005 agreement on ending North Korea's nuclear programs.
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The six-nation deal to shut down North Korea's nuclear facility, four months after Pyongyang conducted its first nuclear test, was reached yesterday largely because President Bush was willing to give U.S. negotiators new flexibility to reach an agreement, U.S. officials and Asian diplomats said...
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President Bush said Thursday that the United States is seeking a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea, but cautioned that diplomacy will take time.
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President Bush plans to urge allies  at an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile this weekend to press North  Korea to return to stalled talks over its nuclear weapons  program, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- President Bush is trying to build international pressure on North Korea to return to high-stakes nuclear talks at the same time he reassures Asian leaders about the tough US approach.
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Bush singles out Iran and North Korea, and says he has won pledges from Asian allies to pressure North Korea to restart talks.
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North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, while Washington has said it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.
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President Bush plans to urge allies at an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile this weekend to press North Korea to return to stalled talks over its nuclear weapons program, senior US officials said on Wednesday.