Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill listens to a speaker during the opening of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme at Diaoyutai Guest Statehouse in Beijing February 8, 2007. Six-party negotiations on closing Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme resumed on Thursday with hopes raised for agreement on first steps after milestone talks between the U.S. and North Korean envoys in Berlin last month. [Reuters]

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