N Korea awaits Bush&#39;s new-look team
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North Korea has made clear that it would not return to six-party talks on its nuclear programs until US President George W Bush assembles his new team and decides on his policy toward it.
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The nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea were President Bush&#39;s chief concerns at the 21-nation summit in Santiago, Chile, along with trade and economic issues.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has telephoned newly re-elected George W Bush, the US president, to propose that solving the nuclear crisis involving the isolated communist North be a priority for Bush&#39;s second term in office.
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A US envoy is set to meet a North Korea negotiator face-to-face ahead of new six-party talks on nuclear issues.
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Efforts to get North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons programs are expected to be high on the agenda when President Bush meets with other Asia-Pacific
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The United States and  Japan expect North Korea to keep to an agreement to begin work  on scrapping its nuclear weapons program, U.S. President George  W. Bush said on Wednesday.
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Divisions in President Bush&#39;s first administration gave North Korea valuable time to develop weapons and he needs to put far more on the table to get it to end its nuclear plans, a security group said on Monday.
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President George W. Bush stressed on  Friday that he was pursuing diplomatic efforts to rein in North  Korea, even if the process was &quot;slow and cumbersome,&quot; and  sidestepped questions about whether the United States was  prepared to use military force.
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US allies alienated by President George W. Bush&#39;s first four years in power indicated Wednesday they would seek from Day 1 to get the new White House to listen more to outside opinion.
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North Korea has said an early resumption  of six-party talks on its nuclear arms program will be  difficult, and it wants to see how President Bush deals with  Pyongyang following his re-election, Japanese and Chinese  officials said on Thursday.
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The White House called Sunday for a speedy dispatch of inspectors to oversee the shutdown of North Korea&#39;s nuclear reactor, after US President George W. Bush conferred by telephone with his South Korean counterpart Roh Moo-Hyun.
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With an eye to North Korea and China, Prime Minister Koizumi's Cabinet is set to pass new guidelines.
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When South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun  meets President Bush later this week in Washington, the two  will try to resolve differences in managing North Korea, which  has strained ties between the allies.
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North Korea could return to six-party  talks on its nuclear programs in late January after President  Bush forms his new cabinet, Russian ambassador to Japan  Alexander Losyukov said Monday.
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As President Bush prepares for a  second term, hard-liners are pressing once again for a more  coercive approach if six-party talks make no progress on  resolving the North Korea nuclear issue.
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UN nuclear inspectors prepare for their first visit to North Korea's main nuclear reactor in four years.
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In meetings with Asian leaders, President Bush also attempted to establish a unified front against North Korea.