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Show . r. ftitey, Febniary S, AS HERALD DAILY 2007 N.Korea nuclear talks resume with signs of possible agreement Burt Herman mantle the facility following construction there of two light-watnuclear reactors for BEIJING a type more diffiTalks on North electricity Korea's nuclear programs cult to divert for weapons use. resumed on a positive note However, that deal fell apart in late 2002 after Washington Thursday, with the Chinese hosts distributing a draft accused North Korea of a secret uranium enrichment agreement and the North agreeing in principle to initial program. The North expelled international inspectors and steps to disarm. Envoys from six nations are restarted its reactor, and is e ed to have amassed enough trying to agree on steps to implement a September 2005 deal radiuacU, e material for at least bombs. in which North Korea pledged a in talks to disarm in exchange for The aid and security guarantees. The 2005 deal the only one to emerge since negotiations began in 2003 was a broad statement of principles that did not outline any concrete steps for dismantling North Korea's nuclear program. The main U.S. envoy, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, said the new proposal would be "a set of actions that would have to be taken in a finite amount of time." He declined to give specifics, but said moves would occur in a matter of weeks. "The delegations are coalescing around some of the themes that we believe should be the basis for a first step in implementing" the 2005 agreement, Hill said. "The first step of a journey is often the most difficult step, and this effort is in fact proving that." A South Korean official, speaking early Friday on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing diplomacy, said China circulated a draft proposal. The official gave no details, but other delegates said earlier that the agreement would outline initial steps for implementing the 2005 accord. Such an agreement would set the stage for the first tangible steps in more than three years of negotiations. Secretary of State Condo-leezz- a Rice said in Washington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS volving China, Japan, Russia, the US and the two Koreas began in August 2003, but the North has twice boycotted Mm ""ITT "fYH 1 1 them for more than a year. The latest was over a US decision to blacklist a Macau bank where the North held accounts, saying it was complicit in the regime's alleged counterfeiting and money laundering. be-li- half-doze- n n " I Associated Press reporters Jae-soo- n and Hiroko contributed to this Chang Tabuchi - Delegates take part in the opening ceremony of the program on Thursday in Beijing. report. 1 - Press WONGAssociated ANDREW talks on North Korea's nuclear y you're at home "UK & savings s values on our entire inventory, even our newest collections J " LAST 3 DAYS "' i , 'T-- 5 ' you deserve a "tax break We'- - We're offering you a special discount equal to the amount of sales tax on regular- - and she was "cautiously optimistic" that the implementation of the agreement could begin. At the last round of talks in December, in the wake of North Korea's Oct. 9 underground nuclear test, the communist nation refused even to talk about its nuclear programs. Instead, Pyongyang demanded the U.S. lift financial restrictions targeting alleged North Korean counterfeiting and money laundering. Since thentJthe U.S. and North Korean nuclear envoys held an unusual meeting in Germany last month where differences between the sides were apparently discussed, although no details of any concessions have been made public. Pyongyang and Washington held separate talks in Beijing late January on the financial issue, although it has yet to be resolved.; Unlike in the December talks, negotiators Thursday "were able to make progress in discussing denuclearization," items from our furniture, area d rug and mattress departments when you use your Macy's Card. This offer valid through Sunday, February 11, 2007. 'Excludes Lauren Ralph Lauren and Martha Stewart. The purchase price will be reduced by a percentage equal to the applicable sales tax rate. Applicable sales tax will be added to the reduced purchase price, in accordance with applicable laws. 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American experts who visited Kim in Pyongyang last week said NortH Korea would propose a freeze of its main nuclear reactor and a resumption of international inspections in exchange for energy aid and a normalization of relations with Washington. The North, which suffers from chronic power shortages, is also seeking electricity supply or an annual import of at least half a million tons of the amount heavy fuel oil it had been promised under a Clinton-er- a denuclearization deal with the US. North Korea and the US. ' agreed in 1994 for Pyongyang to freeze its plutonium-basenuclear reactor in exchange for energy aid. The North promised to eventually dis n & -- YOUR MACY'S CARD . '. i ' I" li i 1'--,-- ft I S ) - , . .... t ' FURNITURE ON SALE AREA RUGS ON SALE MATTRESSES ON SALE d macys K fURNITURL AMA U6 0 MATTKCSS WPARTMtKT LOCATIONS. UU. 1400 4i MAOi. 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