U.S. Seeks Help on N.Korea Talks; Pyongyang Says No
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South Korea joined China on Tuesday in  pressuring Washington to give more concessions to entice North  Korea to resume talks on its nuclear programs but Secretary of  State Colin Powell rebuffed the appeals.
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While talks between the U.S. and North Korea seem to be progressing, Tokyo and Pyongyang are at an impasse
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A U.S. Congressional delegation met North Korean officials Thursday in an effort to persuade the communist regime to rejoin six-party talks over halting its nuclear weapons programs.
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Washington urged North Korea on Monday to stop haggling and seal a deal on ending its nuclear arms ambitions after six-party talks snagged on Pyongyang's demand for energy aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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U.S. and North Korean officials  started talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing  diplomatic ties as part of an agreement under which Pyongyang  has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs in exchange for  aid.
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U.S. and North Korean diplomats met face-to-face Tuesday to discuss international efforts to get the communist regime to give up its nuclear arms program and the North's demand for Washington to stop trying to freeze it out of the global banking system.
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North Korea on Friday spurned appeals to join talks on its nuclear and missile programs, saying the United States should drop financial sanctions before any negotiations occur. A U.S. envoy said the communist nation was sinking deeper into isolation.
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The United States on Friday rejected  North Korea's demands for direct talks over its nuclear weapons  program and insisted on six-party negotiations.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a US &quot;reward&quot; before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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North Korean and U.S. officials met this week in New York but made no progress on restarting six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
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Six-party talks on winding up North Korea's nuclear weapons program resume on Thursday, with Pyongyang pressing the United States to "abandon its hostile policy" as they negotiate first steps.
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The United States and North Korea haggled on Monday over energy aid the North would receive in exchange for ending its nuclear arms ambitions as six-party talks looked likely to straggle into an extra day.
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South Korea urged the United States to try talking to North Korea instead of taking a hard line over its nuclear plans, while Pyongyang said it would be &quot;quite possible&quot; to solve the crisis if Washington changed its stance.
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The United States demanded on Tuesday that North Korea offer real steps to nuclear disarmament at six-country negotiations, which China announced would resume on February 8 in Beijing.
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North Korea ruled out Monday attending proposed six-way working-level talks on its nuclear arms programs and questioned the entire negotiating process, blaming hostile U.S. policy for Pyongyang's tougher stance.
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North Korea was reluctant to accept a United States plan to give up its nuclear program but would probably attend the next round of talks on the impasse, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said after a brief visit to Pyongyang.
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The United States and its allies are looking for &quot;the proper way&quot; to proceed with diplomatic efforts to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs, the White House said.