NKorea rejects proposal to resume talks (AP)

Bush administration to lift North Korea sanctions (AP)
AP - The Bush administration on Thursday will lift some trade sanctions against North Korea and move to take it off the U.S. terrorism blacklist — a remarkable turnaround in policy toward...

Official: NKorea very close to turning in nuclear accounting...
AP - A senior U.S. official says North Korea is very close to turning in a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear program — a major step toward a disarmament deal with the reclusive...

Analysis: Lawmakers say Korea deal must have guarantees (AP)
AP - From the right and the left, President Bush faces criticism over his approach toward North Korea after the White House belatedly disclosed U.S. intelligence findings that the communist...

North Korea bites hand that feeds it (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea has sent jet fighters to test the South's air defenses and threatened to reduce its wealthy neighbor to ashes as it tries to push the new government in Seoul to back off...

North Korea tests short-range missiles (AP)
AP - North Korea underscored its anger over South Korea's tough new stance toward the communist country with the test-firing of short-range missiles.