Kenichiro Sasae (C), Japan's top negotiator for the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, speaks to the media at a hotel lobby in Beijing December 18, 2006. Five countries will stage a fresh push to persuade North Korea to forsake nuclear weapons in talks opening on Monday, with key negotiators wary over how Pyongyang will respond after staging its first atomic blast. [Reuters]

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