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North Korea Set to Miss Key Nuclear Deadline

As China Confidential predicted, North Korea seemed set Monday to miss a year-end deadline to disable a key nuclear reactor and declare all its nuclear programs under the terms of the six-nation nuclear disarmament accord.The Stalinist/Kimist country... ...full story at China Confidential

from China Confidential on Mon, Dec 31 2007

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