Six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme have begun in Singapore.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting with North Korea's foreign minister, Pak Ui-chun, at the highest-level meeting between the two nations in four years. Foreign ministers from China, Russia, Japan and South Korea are also attending the talks. Rice is expected to press Pak Ui-Chun to prove the North's disarmament efforts are serious. Ministers Ministers set for N Korea talks ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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