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The US will lead talks on North Korea's nuclear program with at
least nine countries attending a regional forum in Malaysia,
including Japan and China.
Six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis entered a
second day today after the US and the North broke the ice with a
face-to-face meeting but reported little concrete progress.
The US said yesterday it had not put forward economic incentives
for North Korea to end its nuclear programme, as it huddled with
Japan and South Korea to prepare for crisis talks in Beijing.
China said today South Korea and Japan could be included in talks
over the North Korea nuclear issue if there was no objection from
North Korea and the US.
With the top US civilian administrators for Iraq recalled to
Washington, a senior replacement arrived in the region accompanied
by one of the highest-ranking US military generals.