US rebuffs N Korea on terror list
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A top US official says delisting North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism depends on its moves to disarm.
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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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SEOUL : North Korea says it will not return to international talks on its nuclear weapons programme until the lineup of a new US administration emerges and Washington drops its &quot;hostile policy&quot; toward the communist state.
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North Korea dismissed Secretary of State Colin Powell's Asian trip as pre-U.S. election trickery Saturday and warned it will double its nuclear deterrent force if Washington persists in challenging the North's nuclear weapons programs.
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North Korea blamed the United States on  Monday for blocking six-country talks on scrapping its nuclear  programs, denying it had stalled the talks itself to await the  outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
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The United States said that its warnings to North Korea against conducting a nuclear weapons test were &quot;not a lethal threat&quot; and denied seeking the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang.
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The U.S. announces a list of luxury items banned from export in an attempt to pressure the North Korean regime
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North Korea said on Monday the United States had agreed to remove it from its list of countries that support terrorism, a move Pyongyang has long sought to receive more aid and hopefully end its status as a global pariah.
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The US rejects the UN's nuclear watchdog's call for a "timeout" over Iran's nuclear programme.
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The US says it is not ready to engage broadly with North Korea despite warmer relations recently.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that the United States would not provide &quot;up-front&quot; benefits to North Korea if it agreed to dismantle its nuclear programs, rejecting
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The United States will not live with a nuclear-armed North Korea, Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill said on Wednesday.
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The United States will not live with  a nuclear-armed North Korea, assistant secretary of State Chris  Hill said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday rejected demands by North Korea of a US ''reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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The United States on Thursday played down an earlier warning to North Korea over its plans for a nuclear test, saying it was not threatening Pyongyang with "lethal" action.
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North Korea said on Monday the United  States has agreed to remove it from its list of countries that  support terrorism, a move long-sought by Pyongyang to better  its status with the outside world.
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SYDNEY, Australia  -- North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington decided to remove the designation.