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UN Security Council Faces Economic Sanctions Against North Korea

The United Nations Security Council is set to discuss economic sanctions against North Korea after a letter from the International Atomic Energy Agency's director, Hans Blix, concluded that North Korea has diverted nuclear materials. Blix's letter stated that nuclear safeguards had been violated, making it impossible

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IAEA Offers North Korea Three Options to Break Inspection Deadlock

The International Atomic Energy Agency has offered North Korea three options to break the deadlock on international inspection of Pyongyang's spent nuclear fuel, in an effort to defuse a potential crisis. The options, sent to North Korea's Atomic Energy Department, were forwarded by the United Nations