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Guardian: US softens line in North Korea dispute

The US today appeared to soften its stance in a tense standoff with the reclusive North Korean government, offering to restore much-needed energy aid if North Korea abandoned its nuclear programme.
At a meeting with South Korea's president-elect, Roh Moo-hyun, the assistant US secretary of state, James Kelly, today seemed to reverse the US position that it would not reward North Korea for dismantling its nuclear programmes.

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