| Obama says US won't be cowed by N Korea's threats | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Seeking a world free of atomic arms, President Barack Obama today asserted that the US and others will not "be cowed" by North Korea's threats to step up its nuclear programme and will advance the goal of securing all of the world's "vulnerable" material within four years. |
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| Myanmar, North Korea feature at ASEAN summit | 24-OCT-09 |
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| Southeast Asian leaders, having launched the region's first human rights watchdog, called today on military-ruled Myanmar to conduct free and fair elections next year but refrained from criticising one of the world's worst human rights offenders. |
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| N Korean ship detained off Kerala coast | 05-OCT-09 |
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| A North Korean ship, sailing from Colombo to a Pakistani port, has been detained by the Coast Guard and the Navy after it was found anchored in Indian territorial waters off Vatakara coast without mandatory permission. |
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| US proposes nuclear resolution at UN | 12-SEP-09 |
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| The United States today circulated a draft resolution in the UN calling for stepped up efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and freeze nuclear testing and wants it to be adopted by world leaders at a meeting later this month chaired by President Barack Obama. |
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| US encourages dialogue between North and South Korea | 27-AUG-09 |
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| The Obama Administration has said that it encourages dialogue between North and South Korea with the objective of bringing lasting peace in the Korean peninsula, while maintaining that denuclearisation remains its main goal for the region. |
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| US supports dialogue between North and South Korea | 25-AUG-09 |
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| Stating that Washington would welcome meaningful steps that lead to a reduction of tension on the Korean Peninsula, the United States has said it supports dialogue between North and South Korea. |
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| North Korea prepared to have dialogue with US: Richardson | 20-AUG-09 |
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| A former US Ambassador to the United Nations today said that he sees a possible thaw in relationship between the US and North Korea and a signal from the latter to engage in diplomatic talks with the Obama Administration. |
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| Ball in North Korean court now: US | 20-AUG-09 |
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| Against the backdrop of two diplomats from North Korea meeting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, the Obama Administration today insisted that its goal is to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and the ball in this regard is in Pyongyang's court. |
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| Now resume dialogue on Korean denuclearisation: Kerry | 05-AUG-09 |
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| Buoyed by the diplomatic success of former US president Bill Clinton in securing the release of two American journalists from North Korea, a top Senator has asked Pyongyang and Washington to now resume dialogue on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula. |
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| Bill Clinton on surprise visit to NKorea | 04-AUG-09 |
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| Former US President Bill Clinton today made a surprise trip to North Korea amid an international standoff over the country's nuclear programme and concerns about two US reporters imprisoned in Pyongyang since March. |
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| US rules out any direct talks with North Korea | 31-JUL-09 |
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| Ruling out any direct talks with North Korea on nuclear disarmament negotiations, the US today said Pyongyang can only be engaged multilaterally through the six-party mechanism. |
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| US, Japan to hold 'official' talks on nuclear umbrella | 08-JUL-09 |
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| The US and Japan are making efforts to hold official talks on a range of security issues including the US nuclear umbrella, a topic usually off the agenda, later this month , US-Japan relations sources said. |
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