Chief Japanese envoy Kenichiro Sasae attends the opening of another round of the six-party talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 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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