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Thu Mar 1, 2012, 04:53 PM Mar 2012

The Tedious U.S.-North Korean Nuclear Wrangle

North Korea has agreed to a nuclear and missile moratorium and to allow IAEA inspectors back into the country, the U.S. State Department triumphantly announced following talks with North Korea. But this is just the latest episode in this endless and tedious soap opera.

Washington traditionally resumes its dance with Pyongyang in the run-up to presidential elections, swapping humanitarian aid for North Korea’s pledge to suspend its nuclear program. As before, Pyongyang has not agreed to destroy its nuclear arsenal.

http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20120301/171673998.html

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