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North Korea said Friday that Russia “took note” of its decision to boycott international nuclear talks when their top diplomats met, indicating there was no breakthrough in Moscow’s efforts to get Pyongyang back to the negotiating table.
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In this Korean Central News Agency photo released by Korea News Service in Tokyo, vehicles pass by propaganda posters in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 including one on left urging affirmative votes for the ruling party in March 8, 2009.
