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...actor on Grey's Anatomy used the word faggot at the Golden Globe awards in the course of denying that he had used this word about another member of the cast in October. French President Jacques Chirac said it wouldn't be so bad if Iran got a nuclear bomb "or perhaps a second bomb a little later...
...year and half, something vaguely resembling optimism - not a word often used when it comes to U.S. relations with North Korea - surrounds the latest round of the so called six-party talks, which resumed today in Beijing. The talks aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program have gone nowhere since September 2005, when a breakthrough about the terms for a possible grand compromise quickly broke down - in part because of North Korean fury at financial sanctions imposed by Washington. The North then dramatically upped the ante in the long-running showdown by successfully testing a small...
...today's session, North Korea said it was willing to take the initial steps toward dismantling its nuclear arsenal - at least in principle. Lead U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill said, "We hope we can achieve some kind of joint statement here...
...Berlin with his North Korean counterpart, Kim Kye Gwan, and the first signs of a possible thaw became apparent. Hill referred to "good signs" after the meeting, and now diplomats say they hope that at the current round of talks Pyongyang will agree to shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon, which produces the basic fissile material it needs for the bomb. There is also talk that international inspectors may be allowed back into North Korea to visit Yongbyon and perhaps other nuclear sites. In return, the U.S. and its allies in the talks - China, Russia, Japan and South Korea...
...Optimists who believe the talks may actually get somewhere this time say the basic tension underlying the Bush Administration's stance toward North Korea - does it want a nuclear deal with Pyongyang or does it seek to punish it via isolation and sanctions - has been resolved. As a senior Administration official told TIME in mid December, "Our clear priority is reaching an agreement for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula...