U.S. Official Says Time Is Needed for N. Korea Deal

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Six-nation talks on ending North Korea's alleged nuclear weapons program made more progress than expected, a top U.S. delegate said Saturday as the meeting ended. Pyongyang said it would never give up its peaceful nuclear program.

The meeting ended with agreement to hold more negotiations before July and form a lower-level "working group" to handle details of the 16-month-old dispute. Both are steps toward establishing an enduring line of communication between the United States and North Korea, which have no diplomatic relations.

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U.S. Official Says Time Is Needed for N. Korea Deal

The communist North, however, gave no ground on U.S. demands that it compl...

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