(Not the best story for the New Year, but still have 3 hours left here!)
North Korea: U.S. Policy Could Spark War
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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea (news - web sites) issued a New Year's message on Saturday telling its impoverished people that U.S. actions on the Korea peninsula could lead to war.
A joint editorial carried by North Korea's Rodong Sinmun and two other major state-run newspapers said that "the U.S. moves against the DPRK have become more pronounced and they are increasing the danger of a war on the Korean Peninsula."
North Korea traditionally marks New Year's Day with a joint editorial by the country's three major newspapers representing its communist party, military and youth militia force.
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The United States, the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia have held three rounds of talks since last year to find a way of ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions. But no breakthroughs were reported. A fourth round scheduled for September never took place because the North refused to attend, accusing Washington of plotting to invade it.
Washington wants an immediate end to all the North's nuclear activities. North Korea insists that it needed a nuclear "deterrent" to guard against U.S. invasion, and says it will abandon it only if the United States provides economic compensation and security guarantees.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=731&e=1&u=/ap/20050101/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_us