Pyongyang, U.S. face off over nuclear program; Government claims it met Bush administration demands.(WORLD)

Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The United States and North Korea headed for a new showdown yesterday over ridding the North of its nuclear weapons program - with Pyongyang insisting it has submitted a required declaration of all its materials and capabilities, and Washington saying exactly the opposite.

Even though U.S. and Asian officials said the current disagreement is not likely to jeopardize last year's deal on scrapping the North's program, the Bush administration dispatched chief negotiator Christopher Hill to the region a month after his last trip ...

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