Envoys from the six nations attending talks on North Korea's nuclear arms get ready for a group photo in Beijing December 17, 2006. The United States and Japan demanded real progress when talks on scrapping North Korea's nuclear arms resume this week, warning Pyongyang on Sunday that sanctions and isolation were its only alternative. The envoys are (from L): Russia's Sergey Ravoz, North Korea's Kim Kye-gwan, South Korea's Chun Yung-woo, Japan's Kenichiro Sasae, United States' Christopher Hill and China's Wu Dawei. [Reuters]

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