N Korea 'wooed back to nuclear talks'

In a diplomatic breakthrough, the Bush administration said it had wooed North Korea back to negotiations on the Koreans’ nuclear weapons program, though a date had not been set for reopening the long-stalled talks.

In New York, China’s United Nations ambassador said six-nation talks were likely to resume in the next few weeks in Beijing. Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters the talks were the best way to resolve the nuclear stand-off and said he was hopeful progress would be made.