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China-Japan-Koreas
New US-NKorea nuclear talks raise hopes for breakthrough
2008-03-12
Top North Korean and US nuclear negotiators will hold one-on-one talks in Geneva this week to seek a breakthrough in stalled disarmament talks, officials said Tuesday.

The scheduling of the talks could mean that North Korea is ready to respond to a proposed compromise that China has reportedly crafted as host of ongoing six-nation negotiations on the North's nuclear disarmament.

US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill and North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in Washington. McCormack said the talks were expected to last a day, but could go longer.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the football. SD retards.
Posted by: Alaska Paul in Thorne Bay, AK   2008-03-12 17:00  

#9  Hope springs eternal.
Posted by: KBK   2008-03-12 14:34  

#8  I've seen this story before; waddya mean the writer's strike is over and this is not a re-run???????
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2008-03-12 14:30  

#7  Breakthroughs my ass. I'm increasingly convinced that they're just waiting until the North Korean artillery pointed at Seoul collapse into nonfunctional lumps of rust.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2008-03-12 14:17  

#6  I'm not holding my breath.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-03-12 09:25  

#5  HAHAHAHA! Oh wait, this isn't ScrappleFace. The prose did seem a little dry.
Posted by: SteveS   2008-03-12 08:10  

#4  I don't know why I click on these stories, but I do. Perhaps it's just to see who is foolish enough to get sucked in again.
Posted by: gorb   2008-03-12 04:45  

#3  ION, TAIPEITIMES > CHINA-TAIWAN > PENTAGON REPORTS SHOWS PLA COULD NOT TAKE TAIWAN.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-03-12 01:48  

#2  "Raise hopes"? After the last 8 bazillion Nork reneges? Only a USSD hack, or a total moron, (but I repeat myself) could have "raised hopes."
Posted by: PBMcL   2008-03-12 01:28  

#1  TOPIX > THE NORTH'S SMALLER MISSLES [TacMis]. Mobile, not FIXED, and NOKORS are steadily dev ability to fit a [compact?]NUCLEAR WARHEAD ON A BALLISTIC MISSLE; + JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT CHINA'S NAVAL BUILDUP IN INDIAN OCEAN.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-03-12 00:07  

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