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N. Korea talks ends without breakthrough

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-12-23 08:01

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (back to camera) shakes hands with international negotiators after making a closing statement at the end of a week of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme in Beijing December 22, 2006. The negotiators are (L-R): Russian Ambassador to China Sergey Razov, US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Japanese chief envoy Kenichiro Sasae, Wu, South Korean chief negotiator Chun Yung-woo and North Korea's Kim Kye-gwan. [Reuters]