US rattles sabre at North Korea
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Choose between nuclear weapons and a future The US has warned North Korea that it can have nuclear weapons or it can have a future - "but it cannot have them both", the BBC reports.â¦
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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 US presidential election.
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North Korea threatened today 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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BEIJING -- North Korea demanded a bilateral dialogue with the United States yesterday, a day after it declared itself a nuclear power, but the Bush administration quickly rejected the demand and insisted that Pyongyang return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.
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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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WASHINGTON--North Korea may be bluffing, but it appears ready to launch one or more Rodong ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan anytime it wants, according to a senior US official.
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North Korea fired up to two short-range missiles off its west coast on Thursday, Yonhap news agency quoted government officials as saying, the second launch in as many weeks, drawing quick criticism from the United States.
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North Korea is accusing the United States of applying &quot;double standards&quot; in its role as one of the mediators in six-party nuclear nonproliferation talks on the Korean peninsula.
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The United States has assumed since  the mid-1990s that North Korea could make nuclear weapons,  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday, playing down  a dramatic announcement from Pyongyang.
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Analysis: More tough talk, another provocation. What's behind Pyongyang's threat to test a nuclear weapon?
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North Korea has described US President George W. Bush as a tyrannical political imbecile. who put Adolf Hitler in the shade and said Pyongyang could see no justification for talks with his administration.
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North Korea's military calls for direct talks with the US, to discuss security on the Korean peninsula.
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As the United States and North Korea prepare to discuss normalizing diplomatic relations on Monday, many pitfalls threaten the process, including U.S. promises to discuss lifting sanctions and removing Pyongyang from the U.S. terrorism list.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is acknowledging that US intelligence experts do not know how far along North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons program is and may not be able to find out.
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US President George W Bush has issued a blunt message to North Korea, saying it must abandon its reported nuclear weapons programme.
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The US agrees to stagger a troop withdrawal from South Korea, due to fears about the North.
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North Korea called Wednesday for direct talks with the United States over a potential missile test, but the Bush administration rejected the overture, saying threats aren&#039;t the way to seek dialogue.