North Korea insists on use of `peaceful nuclear energy'

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A final push was under way yesterday to save North Korean disarmament talks from failure after the Stalinist state insisted it must retain the right to operate nuclear programs for peaceful purposes.
The contentious issue has deadlocked six-nation negotiations that also involve China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the US, forcing them into an 11th day.

The US and North Korea met again yesterday morning, sources said, after the North's chief delegate Kim Kye-gwan told reporters that "all nations in the world should have the right to undertake peaceful nuclear activities."

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