North Korea delaying multilateral security guarantee: Powell
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North Korea&#39;s reluctance to resume talks to end its nuclear weapons programs will delay a multilateral security guarantee and aid for the Stalinist state, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told AFP in an interview Wednesday.
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North Korea will feel compelled to  announce plans for another nuclear test if a financial dispute  with Washington is not resolved, a source said on Wednesday, a  sign of Pyongyang's impatience with a lack of progress in  talks.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea beginning next week for talks on the stalled effort to end the impasse over North Korea's nuclear program, Iraq, terrorism and other matters, the State Department said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed North Korea on Sunday to return to nuclear disarmament talks even as he branded the communist country a "terrorist state" that has "no respect for human rights."
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A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.
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Preparing to depart for visits to Japan, China, and Korea, US Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged that the Bush administration will continue its multilateral effort to solve the North Korea nuclear problem, even as John Kerry sharply attacked the Bush
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Thursday he would regret a new North Korean missile launch  but it would not change the U.S. diplomatic effort to persuade  Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
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The United States said Wednesday it expected a multilateral agreement with North Korea to be sealed in September requiring Pyongyang to declare and disable its nuclear weapons program by the end of 2007.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged North Korea yesterday to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks if it wants international aid, while South Korea ended a high alert triggered by holes cut into a border fence.
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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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TOKYO, Oct. 23--Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Saturday the United States will not provide &quot;up front&quot; benefits to North Korea if it agrees to dismantle its nuclear programs, rejecting
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The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, initially expected to begin Wednesday, have been postponed, a Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Monday.
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North Korea should avoid setting conditions for joining talks on its nuclear program and raise such issues within the six-nation forum, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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The United States will not accept North Korean demands as &quot;conditions&quot; for the resumption of stalled talks on resolving the Korean nuclear deadlock but Pyongyang is free to raise them if it returns to the table, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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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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TOYKO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, in Asia to prod North Korea to return to talks on ending its nuclear programs, said that while there is still time to resolve the impasse, &quot;there is a sense of urgency.&quot;
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on North Korea after China said Washington must be more flexible to entice the reclusive state back to nuclear arms talks.