 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill talks to journalists in his hotel in Beijing early Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005. Hill said Tuesday that talks on North Korea's nuclear program were nearing their conclusion, possibly within days, with the delegates from six countries set to submit final comments Wednesday on a draft proposed by host China for a statement of principles to guide future arms negotiations. click to open  |
 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill talks to journalists in his hotel in Beijing early Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005. Hill said Tuesday that talks on North Korea's nuclear program were nearing their conclusion, possibly within days, with the delegates from six countries set to submit final comments Wednesday on a draft proposed by host China for a statement of principles to guide future arms negotiations. click to open |
 | U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill walks through his hotel before a ninth day of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program, in Beijing early Wednesday Aug. 3, 2005. Hill said Tuesday that the talks were nearing their conclusion, possibly within days, with the delegates from six countries set to submit final comments Wednesday on a draft proposed by host China for a statement of principles to guide future arms negotiations. click to open |
 | A South Korean protester holds a sign at an anti-North Korea protest in Seoul August 3, 2005. China made a last-ditch effort in Beijing on Wednesday to rescue six-party talks on the Korean nuclear crisis, deadlocked after more than a week of wrangling over ways of ending Pyongyang's weapons programmes. click to open |
 | A South Korean protester holds a sign at an anti-North Korea protest in Seoul August 3, 2005. China made a last-ditch effort in Beijing on Wednesday to rescue six-party talks on the Korean nuclear crisis, deadlocked after more than a week of wrangling over ways of ending Pyongyang's weapons programme. click to open |
 | Kim Kye-gwan (C), North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister and head of the country's delegation to the six-party talks, speaks to reporters in front of the North Korean embassy in Beijing August 2, 2005. China made a last-ditch effort on Wednesday to save six-party talks on the Korean nuclear crisis, deadlocked after more than a week of wrangling over ways of ending Pyongyang's weapons programs. click to open |
 | Kenichiro Sasae (R), director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and top negotiator for the six-party talks, accompanied by his deputy Akitaka Saiki, speaks to journalists at a hotel in Beijing August 1, 2005. China proposed a fresh draft declaration on Monday at talks on curbing North Korea's nuclear ambitions after intense weekend discussions failed to agree a text setting out basic principles for resolving the crisis. click to open |
 | Chinese paramilitary officers stand on duty near fences at the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. China has proposed a new draft of a statement by negotiators at the ongoing talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the U.S. envoy said Monday after weekend discussions were snarled by the North's demands for what it should receive in exchange for disarming. click to open |
 | A Chinese paramilitary officer checks his document at the guard post to the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. China has proposed a new draft of a statement by negotiators at the ongoing talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the U.S. envoy said Monday after weekend discussions were snarled by the North's demands for what it should receive in exchange for disarming. click to open |
 | Chinese paramilitary officers march past portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, top right, and his late father Kim Il Sung outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug. 1, 2005. China has proposed a new draft of a statement by negotiators at the ongoing talks on North Korea's nuclear program, the U.S. envoy said Monday after weekend discussions were snarled by the North's demands for what it should receive in exchange for disarming. click to open |
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