N. Korea to Seize Equipment From Reactors

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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea (news - web sites) will seize equipment and technical data from two nuclear power plants being built there, its government said Thursday, days after a U.S.-led group stopped the $4.6 billion project in retaliation for the communist country's atomic weapons programs.

The tit-for-tat came as North Korea and the United States vied for leverage ahead of six-nation talks being arranged by China to peacefully resolve the yearlong dispute over the North's nuclear weapons ambitions.


The North's Foreign Ministry on Thursday did not revoke its earlier agreement "in principle" to return to the talks, which have been stalled since the nations met in Beijing in August.


But it warned that suspending the reactor project gives the government "a reason strong enough to take the most appropriate measure when necessary." It did not elaborate.

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