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Secretary Of State Set To Deliver "Very Strong Message" On Nuclear Verification U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, sits with Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meetings, July 23, 2008 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, POOL) (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began talks with Asian officials Wednesday before meeting North Korea's top diplomat in what will be Washington's highest-level contact with the Stalinist state in four years. Rice is hoping to gauge North Korea's commitment to efforts to get the country to abandon its nuclear weapons programs when she meets Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations annual security forum in Singapore. North Korea has been given a four-page... [read full story]
