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Wednesday, 29 February 2012

North Korea Pledges New Nuke Freeze

An agreement between the U.S. and North Korea on freezing North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the first diplomatic breakthrough between the two countries since 2007, raised new hopes of broader negotiations on disarmament and peace—along with fears the deal will join others that Pyongyang has broken over the past 20 years.

North Korea agreed to freeze the development of its nuclear-weapons arsenal and long-range missile program and to allow international inspectors to return for the first time since talks last broke down three years ago. Washington, in turn, agreed to distribute 240,000 metric tons of food aid and publicly declared Wednesday that the U.S. isn't seeking to overthrow the government of North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Eun.      Full Read

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