Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill (R) talks to reportersin Beijing December 9, 2008. (Jason Lee/Reuters)
Nuclear Envoys Haggle Over North Korea
Draft Rules -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Draft Rules -- Yahoo News/Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) – Nuclear disarmament negotiators fell short of agreement on Tuesday on rules about probing North Korea's nuclear activities, with talks in Beijing set to continue with no hints of an impending breakthrough.
North Korea partly disabled its Yongbyon nuclear facility this year in a disarmament-for-aid deal, but the six-party talks have so far failed to agree on a protocol to check the North's declaration of nuclear activities and move disarmament forward.
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