U.S. Envoy Outlines N. Korea Agenda ; Peace Process in Works by '08

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Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill, back in Washington after the first high-level U.S. visit to North Korea in five years, yesterday outlined an ambitious agenda for the rest of the year that includes talks on a permanent peace treaty and the birth of a multinational security organization for Northeast Asia.

Mr. Hill's comments came as the North confirmed it had received $25 million from a previously frozen bank account in Macao - the reason given for delaying the closure of its main nuclear reactor as agreed in a Feb. 13 deal with the U.S. and four other countries.

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U.S. Envoy Outlines N. Korea Agenda ; Peace Process in Works by '08

"If all goes well, we would hope that, by the end of the calendar year '07, we will have the [Yongbyon nuclear] facility shut down and disabled. We would have a pea...

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