1. The truant's return.
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation on nuclear nonproliferation , *DIPLOMATIC negotiations in international disputes , *INTERNATIONAL arbitration , *PEACEFUL settlement of international disputes , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *NUCLEAR arms control - Abstract
The article discusses international relations with North Korea. America's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, expressed a measured amount of optimism after North Korea agreed to end a boycott and resume talks on its nuclear programs sometime in the week of July 25, 2005. After its chief negotiator met with his American counterpart, North Korea said it would "do its utmost", no doubt encouraged by a South Korean promise of 500,000 tons of food aid and future energy supplies, to make the talks succeed. Officially the aim of the negotiations, which also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia, is to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. South Korea privately presented North Korea's boss, Kim Jong Il, with its new proposal: large dollops of food aid and, once the North dismantles its nuclear capability.
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- 2005