This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the newly-built Mt. Myohyang Recreation Ground in North Pyongan province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the newly-built Mt. Myohyang Recreation Ground in North Pyongan province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement.

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  1. North Korean soldiers stand guard as Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not pictured) visits the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from the South in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, December 7, 2009. The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for a U.S. envoy's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported. Stephen Bosworth, the first envoy sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the North, is expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a three-day stay where he will likely meet top North Korean officials but not leader Kim Jong-il.

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  1. South Korean conservative activists burn a North Korean flag and a portrait of its leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally in Seoul on November 11, 2009 denouncing a sea clash between South and North Korean navy boats in the Yellow Sea the day before. South Korea's military was on alert for any retaliatory moves after the clash, and Washington warned Pyongyang against escalating tensions.
  2. South Korean conservative activists burn a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (L) during a rally in Seoul on November 11, 2009 denouncing a sea clash between South and North Korean navy boats in the Yellow Sea the day befor. South Korea's military was on alert for any retaliatory moves after the clash, and Washington warned Pyongyang against escalating tensions.
  3. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the newly-built Mt. Myohyang Recreation Ground in North Pyongan province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement.
  4. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the Huichon Silk Mill in Noth Korea's Jagang province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement.
  5. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the Youth Electric Complex at Huichon city in Noth Korea's Jagang province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement.
  6. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il posing with staff of the Youth Electric Complex at Huichon city in Noth Korea's Jagang province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement.
  7. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 25, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il inspecting the Huichon University of Technology in Noth Korea's Jagang province. Senior US and North Korean envoys held rare face-to-face talks in New York on October 24, 2009, boosting hopes of progress in stalled six-party nuclear talks and paving the way toward increased bilateral engagement.
  8. this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 24, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) inspecting a newly-built pig farm at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The US froze October 23, 2009 the assets of a North Korean bank after the Treasury designated it a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, officials said.
  9. this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 24, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) inspecting a newly-built pig farm at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The US froze October 23, 2009 the assets of a North Korean bank after the Treasury designated it a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, officials said.
  10. this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 24, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (centre L) inspecting a newly-built pig farm at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The US froze October 23, 2009 the assets of a North Korean bank after the Treasury designated it a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, officials said.
  11. this undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 24, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) inspecting a newly-built pig farm at an undisclosed location in North Korea. The US froze October 23, 2009 the assets of a North Korean bank after the Treasury designated it a proliferator of weapons of mass destruction, officials said.
  12. This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 21, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting the newly-built apartment houses in Mansudae Street in Pyongyang. The United States will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned on October 21, saying its atomic and missile programmes pose a 'lethal and destabilising' threat.
  13. This undated picture, released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on October 21, 2009 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspecting the newly-built apartment houses in Mansudae Street in Pyongyang. The United States will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned on October 21, saying its atomic and missile programmes pose a 'lethal and destabilising' threat.
  14. South Korean conservative activists shout slogans next to portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally in Seoul denouncing the North's launch of missiles on October 13, 2009. South Korea accused North Korea of flouting a United Nations ban with its latest short-range missile tests on October 12, amid reports the communist state is planning more launches.
  15. South Korean conservative activists shout slogans with placards showing pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally in Seoul denouncing the North's launch of missiles on October 13, 2009. South Korea accused North Korea of flouting a United Nations ban with its latest short-range missile tests on October 12, amid reports the communist state is planning more launches.
  16. South Korean conservative activists shout slogans with placards showing pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a rally in Seoul denouncing the North's launch of missiles on October 13, 2009. South Korea accused North Korea of flouting a United Nations ban with its latest short-range missile tests on October 12, amid reports the communist state is planning more launches.

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  2. Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem December 7, 2009. The Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, is seen in the background. The Israeli government has warned EU members publicly and privately that EU foreign ministers meeting this week must reject a Swedish proposal to harden support for the division of Jerusalem, calling it a "dangerous" threat to peace efforts.
  3. A man leaves the building hosting the Bank of Greece during a march in central Athens December 7, 2009. Greek police fired teargas at hundreds of stone-throwing youths on Monday, in the second day of violent protests to mark the one-year anniversary of the police killing of a teenager.
  4. Marseille's coach Didier Deschamps during a press conference at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Marseille will face Real Madrid in a Champions League Group C soccer match on Tuesday.
  5. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves the Government House after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is for reconciliation with his rivals in the militant Hamas group.
  6. Marseille's coach Didier Deschamps, right, and player Gabriel Heinze, during a press conference at the Velodrome Stadium, in Marseille, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Marseille will face Real Madrid in a UEFA Champions League Group C soccer match on Tuesday.
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