North Korea could return to six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons programs within weeks, a US Congressional delegation said today after a trip to the communist state.

North Korea could rejoin six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons programmes within weeks, a US Congressional delegation said today after a trip to the communist state.

A proposal to destroy the notorious prison where Iraqi detainees were abused moved forward as politicians voted to include it in a defence spending bill.

A US congressional delegation flew into Tripoli today aboard a US Navy plane, saying it was the first plane flying an American flag to land in Tripoli since Colonel Moammar Gaddafi took power in 1969.

NORTH KOREA has agreed to allow a US delegation to visit its main nuclear complex next week, the first such inspection since the isolated communist country expelled UN monitors more than a year ago.

THE United States says it is taking conflicting North Korean statements on its nuclear capability very seriously despite the South’s insistence that there was no real proof its neighbour had such weapons.