Monday, September 03, 2007

US rebuffs N Korea on terror list

BBC

A top US official has rejected North Korea's claim that Washington has agreed to remove it from a list of countries that support terrorism.

Nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said that such a move would depend on progress by Pyongyang towards ending its nuclear programme.

On Monday North Korea said that the US had agreed to the move at bilateral talks in Geneva at the weekend.

In return, it would disable its nuclear facilities by year-end, it said.

North Korea wants to be delisted to improve its international standing.

It was blacklisted in January 1988, following the bombing of a South Korean airliner. All 115 passengers on board were killed......

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