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| N Korea 'wants nuclear seals off' | |
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| North Korea has asked the UN nuclear watchdog to remove its seals from a key atomic facility, the organisation says. | |
| Pyongyang had said it would reactivate the Yongbyon plant amid disputes over a disarmament-for-aid deal. | Pyongyang had said it would reactivate the Yongbyon plant amid disputes over a disarmament-for-aid deal. |
| North Korea said Washington had not taken it off a list of state sponsors of terrorism, as promised. | |
| The removal of similar seals in December 2002 sparked a long-running crisis which resulted in Pyongyang testing an atomic weapon in 2006. | The removal of similar seals in December 2002 sparked a long-running crisis which resulted in Pyongyang testing an atomic weapon in 2006. |
| The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed El Baradei, told reporters that North Korea asked inspectors to remove the agency's seals and surveillance cameras on Monday morning. | |
| Mr ElBaradei said this was "to enable them to carry out tests at the reprocessing plant, which they say will not involve nuclear material". | |
| A senior diplomat close to the IAEA told Reuters that the seals had been removed. | |
| Pyongyang was expecting to be removed from the US terror list after finally submitting a long-delayed account of its nuclear facilities to the six-party talks in June, in accordance with the disarmament deal it signed in 2007. | Pyongyang was expecting to be removed from the US terror list after finally submitting a long-delayed account of its nuclear facilities to the six-party talks in June, in accordance with the disarmament deal it signed in 2007. |
| It also blew up the main cooling tower at Yongbyon in a symbolic gesture of its commitment to the process. | It also blew up the main cooling tower at Yongbyon in a symbolic gesture of its commitment to the process. |
| But the North now says it no longer wants US incentives and will push ahead with plans to resume operations at Yongbyon. | But the North now says it no longer wants US incentives and will push ahead with plans to resume operations at Yongbyon. |