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| Jan.14 |
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US cool on North Korea overtures
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| Feb.9 |
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N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks| North Korea publicly admitted for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and suspending participation in talks | | |
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| Feb.10 |
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Shockwaves after NK nuclear claim
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US urges N Korea to resume talks
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| Feb.11 |
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N. Korea demands direct U.S. talks
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| Feb.12 |
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North Korea rallies support for Kim |
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| Feb.13 |
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China to push for N. Korean talks |
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| Feb.19 |
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N. Korea 'rejects nuclear talks' An unnamed North Korean spokesman: North Korea is not ready to return to 6-party nuclear disarmament talks
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| Feb.21 |
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N Korea hints at return to talks Kim Jong-il is is saying his country was ready to return to 6-party talks but the US must show 'trustworthy sincerity'
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| Mar.17 |
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IAEA chief: N Korea bigger threat |
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| Mar.18 |
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US urges N Korea to re-join talk Condoleezza Rice has called on N. Korea to return to talks aimed at halting its nuclear weapons program
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| Mar.20 |
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Rice presses China on North Korea U.S. Secretary of State has met China's top leaders on the final leg of her six-nation Asian tour
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| Mar.27 |
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N.Korea confirms bird flu outbreak Officials for the first time have acknowledged that avian flu has broken out
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| Apr.1 |
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N. Korea works to contain bird flu North Korea, which has culled tens of thousands of chickens, may be able to contain its first suspected outbreaks
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| May.1 |
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N. Korea apparently tests missile
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| May.6 |
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World 'must stop N Korea testing' The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog ElBaradei: The world must show zero tolerance to North Korea
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| May.9 |
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N. Korea 'may have 5 or 6 nukes' |
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| May.11 |
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N. Korea 'boosts nuclear arsenal' North Korea says it has finished extracting 8,000 fuel rods from its reactor, which it shut down a month ago
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| May.20 |
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Stem cells tailored to patients Scientists have made stem cells tailored to match the individual for the first time
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| May.25 |
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US stops North Korea work on MIAs |
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| Jun.3 |
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N. Korea demands U.S. apology Vice President Cheney called Kim Jong Il 'one of the world's most irresponsible leaders'
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| Jun.9 |
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Bush, S. Korean president to meet |
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| Jun.13 |
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Fugitive Daewoo boss surrenders |
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| Jun.16 |
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Kim meets South Korean official |
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| Jun.18 |
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8 troops die in rampage
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| Jun.19 |
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Pro-whaling bloc loses first vote
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| Jun.21 |
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Japan bid to end whale sanctuary
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| Jun.22 |
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US pledges North Korean food aid World Food Program said 50,000 tonnes of food was not enough to meet the 'desperate' need of North Korea
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| Jun.23 |
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Koreas agree to end of nuclear standoff
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| Jul.9 |
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N Korea to rejoin nuclear talks
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| Jul.11 |
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Seoul boosts food aid to N. Korea South agreed to provide the North with 500,000 tons in rice aid as the countries vowed to boost economic ties
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| Jul.21 |
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N Korea calls for US peace treaty Pyongyang said that a full treaty replacing the armistice signed at the end of the Korean War in 1953 was needed
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| Jul.24 |
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U.S., N. Korean envoys to meet
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| Jul.25 |
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North Korea nuclear talks resume Diplomats from the US, N. Korea, S. Korea, China, Russia and Japan have sat down together
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| Aug.6 |
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Stalled nuclear talks take recess After meeting for 13 straight days, diplomats from 6 powers decided to take a recess from talks
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| Aug.9 |
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U.S.: North Korea deal 'uncertain'
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| Aug.13 |
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Divided Koreas mark 1945 freedom
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Pyongyang hints at compromise
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| Aug.24 |
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Khan 'gave centrifuges to N Korea'
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| Sep.12 |
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NK nuclear talks return to table
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| Sep.13 |
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NK: Right to peaceful nuke program
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Hu, Bush discuss NK's nuclear plan
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| Sep.16 |
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China seeks N Korea breakthrough
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| Sep.18 |
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Agreement in N. Korea talks| The U.S. Embassy said the 6 parties involved in talks have reached an agreement | |
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| Sep.19 |
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N Korea puts terms on arms deal| North Korea will not give up its nuclear arms program until it gets a civilian nuclear reactor | |
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| Sep.20 |
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U.S., Russia reject N Korea demand
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| Sep.22 |
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N Korea: U.S. reactors 'essential'
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North Korea rejects UN food aid
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| Oct.3 |
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Concert stampede kills 11 More than 5,000 people stampeded at a public-holiday music concert, killing 11 and injuring more than 50 others
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| Oct.13 |
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Samsung in price fixing admission
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| Oct.18 |
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S Korea snubs Japan in shrine row
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| Oct.27 |
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China's Hu arrives in N Korea
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| Nov.1 |
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Koreas 'to unify Olympics teams' |
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| Nov.16 |
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Bush seeks Asian unity on N. Korea U.S. President is looking for a show of unity to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program
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| Nov.17 |
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APEC leaders gather amid protests Bush and leaders of 20 countries convene with trade, terrorism, bird flu and N. Korea ambitions on the agenda
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Trade issues top Pacific summit
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| Nov.18 |
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APEC ups trade pressure on Europe
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| Nov.24 |
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Cloning pioneer disgraced
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| Dec.22 |
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Cloning research was fake| Research into cloning stem cells, hailed as a breakthrough earlier this year, was fabricated | | |
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