4:53 pm: Powell Embarks on Asia Tour With North Korea at Top of ...
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WASHINGTON _ Four years ago this weekend, then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited North Korea, in what appeared to be a breakthrough in US relations with the reclusive Stalinist government.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell joined  South Korea on Tuesday in pushing to restart talks on North  Korea's nuclear ambitions right after the U.S. elections, but  Pyongyang said U.S. hostile policy made a meeting impossible.
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SANTIAGO : US Secretary of State Colin Powell raised hopes of a negotiated solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis as he goaded the Asia-Pacific axis to unite in the US-led &quot;war on terror.
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The New York's Philharmonic Orchestra's historic North Korea concert is to be televised.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell ends  his tour of Asia by once again asking North Korea to resume nuclear talks.
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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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Pakistan&#39;s prime minister departed Monday on a mission to promote regional cooperation in South Asia, starting a four-day tour of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, officials said.
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, is in China for talks expected to focus on the deadlock over North Korea&#39;s nuclear programme.
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South Korean and U.S. officials are  discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell  to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just  two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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SANTIAGO : Asia-Pacific power brokers, starring US Secretary of State Colin Powell, convene here Wednesday determined to suppress terrorism, free up world trade and thwart North Korean nuclear ambitions.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell travels to Asia next week to try to restart talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons programs. VOA&#39;s Luis Ramirez reports from Beijing, one of the stops on Secretary Powell&#39;s trip.
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North Korea dismissed Secretary of State Colin Powell (website - news - bio) &#39;s Asian trip as pre-US election trickery Saturday and warned it will double its nuclear deterrent force if Washington persists in challenging the
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How to verify that North Korea is shutting down its main nuclear reactor will dominate the agenda for a rare U.N. visit this week to the communist nation, a senior nuclear monitor said Monday.
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Four years ago this weekend, then-Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright visited North Korea, in what appeared to be a breakthrough in U.S. relations with the reclusive Stalinist government. Today, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell leaves on what may be his last official visit to East Asia -- hopping through Japan, China and South Korea over three days -- with the crisis over North Korea's nuclear ambitions at the top of his agenda.
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Washington (VNA) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell will discuss the Korean nuclear issue and the six-party talks with leaders of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) when he visits the three countries this week, State Department spokesman
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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Seoul today for a two-day visit, after rejecting a North Korean overture to resume the six-party nuclear talks if the US rewards it for freezing its nuclear activities.