Rice heads to Asia amid bittersweet nuclear diplomacy (AFP)

by Lachlan Carmichael 25 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saw her revamped nuclear diplomacy stall on Iran but stay the pace on North Korea as she prepared to fly to the Middle East and Asia late Sunday. In Abu Dhabi on Monday, Rice and Gulf Arab allies were to get a first-person account from her number-three envoy about his unprecedented but apparently fruitless participation in talks Saturday with the Iranians in Geneva. With far more to show for her diplomacy on North Korea, Rice is due Wednesday and Thursday to visit Singapore and meet her North Korean counterpart at what could be the informal launch of the last stage of its denuclearization. Iran gave no sign it would comply with international calls to halt uranium enrichment, even though Undersecretary of State William Burns went to... [read full story]                    

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