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N. Korea OKs Nuclear Inspections

But process may be mired in details until after Bush presidency

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 12, 2008 5:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – North Korean disarmament talks took another halting step today, as the nation agreed in principle to a deal for invasive nuclear inspections, the Washington Post reports. Pyongyang has promised to finish dismantling its Yongbyon reactor by October, and will let inspectors verify that it's down. But negotiators in the six-nation deal failed to hammer out specifics, which means the process may outlive the Bush administration.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, on Friday, June 27, 2008.
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, on Friday, June 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Haorong)
This image from television shows the demolition of the 60-foot-tall cooling tower at its main reactor complex in Yongbyon North Korea Friday June 27, 2008.
This image from television shows the demolition of the 60-foot-tall cooling tower at its main reactor complex in Yongbyon North Korea Friday June 27, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, second from left, shakes hands with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill before a meeting on Korea's nuclear disarmament.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, second from left, shakes hands with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill before a meeting on Korea's nuclear disarmament.   (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, on Friday, June 27, 2008.
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the cooling tower of the Yongbyon nuclear complex is demolished in Yongbyon, North Korea, on Friday, June 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Haorong)
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