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| N Korea agrees to nuclear checks | |
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| Negotiators from six-nation talks in China have agreed steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament. | Negotiators from six-nation talks in China have agreed steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament. |
| Officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas, agreed Pyongyang would finish disabling its main nuclear facility by October. | Officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas, agreed Pyongyang would finish disabling its main nuclear facility by October. |
| The other nations will complete deliveries of fuel and economic aid ahead of visits by verification teams. | The other nations will complete deliveries of fuel and economic aid ahead of visits by verification teams. |
| The deal comes after South Korea's leader proposed reviving direct talks with the North in a major policy shift. | The deal comes after South Korea's leader proposed reviving direct talks with the North in a major policy shift. |
| President Lee Myung-bak told parliament on Friday he was willing to carry out previous bilateral summit accords and provide the impoverished North with food aid. | President Lee Myung-bak told parliament on Friday he was willing to carry out previous bilateral summit accords and provide the impoverished North with food aid. |
| Last month, North Korea demolished the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, in a symbol of its commitment to talks on ending its nuclear programme. | |
| The reactor was shut a year ago as part of a six-party agreement reached 16 months ago, when the North said it would scrap its nuclear ambitions in return for aid and diplomatic concessions. | |
| The BBC's James Reynolds, in Beijing, says the latest agreement that could allow outside monitors into the country is an important issue for the US. | |
| He says the Bush administration does not trust North Korea enough to take it as its word and will only be satisfied with proper independent verification. | |
| The precise details of the verification process are still to be decided. |