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 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill speaks to journalists in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, August 17, 2007. Hill, the U.S. envoy to talks on how North Korea will go about scrapping its nuclear weapons programme, said on Thursday he was hopeful of agreement in coming weeks after a "business-like" first day of a two-day meeting. click to open  |  | Chief U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill, left, speaks to the media before he heads for a second day of the 2nd working group meeting of denuclearization of North Korean at the Liaoning Friendship Convention Center in Shenyang, China, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Technical talks on shutting down North Korea's nuclear program have made progress, a U.S. negotiator said Friday ahead of a second day of meetings in northeast China. click to open |  | Chief U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill, right, and China's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Dawei, left, shows the way to North Korean delegate Ri Gun upon arrival to the Imperial Palace Museum after a second day of talks aimed at shutting down North Korea's nuclear program, in Shenyang, northeastern China, Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. Technical talks on shutting down North Korea's nuclear program have made progress, Hill said Friday ahead of a second day of meetings in northeast China. click to open |  | Top Japanese envoy Kenichiro Sasae, standing in second row, arrives for the resumption of Six-Party Talks as China's Deputy Foreign Mminister Wu Dawei , seated at right, gathers his notes ahead of round-table discussions at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Monday, Dec 18th 2006 click to open |  | Top U.S. envoy Christopher Hill, right, has a word with Clark Randt, left, U.S. Ambassador to China, during round-table discussions at the resumption of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Monday December 18, 2006. Negotiators gathered to discuss how to implement a September 2005 agreement, the only accord ever reached at the six-nation talks, following the North's atomic test in October. click to open |  | Top U.S. envoy Christopher Hill arrives to meet China's Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and other top envoys at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, ahead of a dinner on the eve of the resumption of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme December 17, 2006. The United States and Japan demanded real progress when talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resume this week, warning Pyongyang on Sunday that sanctions and isolation were its only alternative. click to open |  | Japan's envoy Kenichiro Sasae, left, meets with China's Deputy Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, right, as top envoys gather for a dinner on the eve of the resumption of Six-Party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006. The talks, which involve the two Koreas, host China, the United States, Japan and Russia, started in 2003 in an effort to stop the DPRK acquiring nuclear weapons. click to open |  | Chinese tourists cruise along the waterfront at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, northeastern China, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test 'a clear threat to international peace and security.' click to open |  | A North Korean man gets his haircut along the waterfront at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, northeastern China, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test 'a clear threat to international peace and security.' click to open |  | A North Korean man works on a boat along the waterfront at the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, northeastern China, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test 'a clear threat to international peace and security.' click to open |
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