U.S. looks beyond initial N.Korea deal
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The United States said Tuesday it wants North Korea to move beyond an initial agreement to shut down its main plutonium-producing nuclear reactor and "come clean" about any program the communist nation has to enrich uranium.
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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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By acknowledging doubts about what  it knows of North Korea's uranium enrichment program, the  United States aims to set the record straight and ease  resolution of an issue that has been a key obstacle to a  nuclear agreement since 2002, U.S. officials and experts say.
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The White House tried to convince  conservatives, including a top aide, on Thursday that a  breakthrough deal with North Korea would not free Pyongyang  anytime soon from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
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The north's invitation to nuclear inspectors is welcomed, but the US and S. Korea say more steps are needed to comply with February's six-party accord.
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The United States said Friday it was "still waiting" for North Korea's full account of its nuclear programs, after Pyongyang said it fulfilled a disarmament deal by declaring them in November.
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Talks on disarming North Korea aim to lay out a roadmap for disabling the country's nuclear programmes, the U.S. envoy said on Friday, but conceded there was not yet agreement on even defining the term.
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A U.S. diplomat will visit Pyongyang this week to try to advance a multilateral deal under which North Korea agreed to disclose its nuclear programs and ultimately to abandon them, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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Prospects for an initial agreement on ending North Korea's nuclear arms program were clouded on Sunday as talks entered a fourth day without an accord on how to compensate Pyongyang for moving to disarm.
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The planned resumption next week of six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear programs has fanned speculation about a U.S.-North Korean trade-off that is making both supporters and skeptics of a potential deal uneasy.
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North Korea threatened on Saturday to  double the size of its nuclear deterrent if the United States  did not drop what Pyongyang sees as a confrontational policy  aimed at unseating the communist leadership.
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The United States has seen signs in recent days that North Korea is preparing to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear complex as called for under a six-country agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, but other officials were more cautious.
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The United States and its negotiating partners are ready to resume talks with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program but North Korea has not agreed, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.
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The Bush administration called a deal to begin dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program a breakthrough, but the North's history of broken promises kept the celebrations to a minimum.
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SEOUL/TOKYO  - 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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North Korea appears committed to a nuclear disarmament deal but remains unwilling to complete two big steps until complaints over aid and U.S. concessions are solved, U.S. experts just back from North Korea said on Saturday.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she does not anticipate that the six parties seeking a solution to the North Korean nuclear issue will meet when Asian leaders gather later this week at a security forum in Malaysia.