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A North Korean soldier (C) looks at South Korean soldiers at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean peninsula last week. North Korea wants six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to continue, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said Sunday following talks with his North Korean counterpart, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

AFP: N. Korea urges more talks on denuclearization of Korean peninsula: Russian

North Korea wants six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to continue, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said Sunday following talks with his North Korean counterpart.

“The North Korean side several times returned to the point that the six-sided process should continue, that it is not rejecting six-sided negotiations, and that the aim of the full denuclearization of the Korean peninsula remains,” Interfax news agency quoted Alexeyev as saying.

Alexeyev made the comments in Beijing en route to Seoul from Pyongyang, where he held talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Ky-kwan.

“My North Koreans colleagues several times mentioned that Pyongyang would not under any circumstances pass on its nuclear capabilities to another country, or use it against anyone,” Alexeyev said.

Quoting Alexeyev, RIA Novosti news agency said: “They said that only after analysing the UN resolution would they plan the subsequent character of their actions and set the outlines of the steps and measures that will be taken, including in relation to the resumption of the six-sided process in the near future.

Have the United Nations Security Council sanctions worked already?

Doubtful

Perhaps Kim Jong-Il needs to stock up on his Russian Caviar and French Cognac…….. or…….?

Stay tuned……….

The following would be sanctioned under the United Nations Security Council’s resolution:

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Hillary’s brand of the POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION has already started.

Privately, Hillary’s camp was not overly upset by the McCain swipe because it suspected he was doing the bidding of the White House and that he ended up, as one adviser put it, “looking similar to the way he did on those captive tapes from Hanoi, where he recited the names of his crew mates.”

The whisper/stealth campaign against John McCain………

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U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton raises his hand during a Security Council vote Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006 at the United Nations in which the Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed ‘a clear threat to international peace and security.’

Reuters: U.N. imposes stringent arms sanctions on North Korea

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test, which the resolution called a “clear threat to international peace and security.”

The U.S.-drafted resolution allows nations to stop cargo going to and from North Korea to check for weapons of mass destruction or related supplies. It was adopted after the United States, Britain and France made some modifications to dealt with last-minute objections from Russia and China.

“Today we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would-be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction,” U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told the Security Council’s 15 members.

The resolution requires all countries to prevent the sale or transfer of materials related to Pyongyang’s unconventional weapons programs. And it demands nations freeze funds overseas of people or businesses connected with North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

In a concession to China, the resolution specifically excludes the use of force, but allows economic sanctions and a restriction on naval and air transport.

But by allowing cargo inspection, the document still puts an international imprimatur on the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative. This was launched in May 2003 and encourages countries to interdict weapons from North Korea,
Iran and other states of concern.

The U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test.

The text of the resolution is here.

Flap is surprised that the United Nations Security Council passed any resolution today. Now, the question is: is the resolution meaningful?

North Korea immediately opposed the UNSC action.

North Korea’s U.N. ambassador said his country “totally” rejected the Security Council’s resolution.

North Korean ambassador Gil Yon Pak then ‘walked out” of the UNSC chambers. American Ambassador John Bolton was nonplussed.
Allah has the Bolton video here.

Will North Korea respond in this manner?

An Act of War? More nuclear tests?

South Korean ambassador Choi Young-jin, speaks to the U.N. Security Council as North Korean ambassador Gil Yon Pak, top right, leaves after the security council voted unanimously on Saturday Oct. 14, 2006 to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, declaring that its action posed ‘a clear threat to international peace and security.’

Iran is next on the UNSC agenda.

Stay tuned for the North Korea response later in the day……

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Michael Ramirez on China and North Korea

North Korea Watch: China and Russia Oppose United Nations Sanctions on Korea

North Korea Watch: New Poll – South Koreans Want Nuclear Weapons

North Korea Watch: China Reluctant to Support United Nations Sanctions

North Korea Nuclear Watch: North Korea Threatens War Against the United States

Michael Ramirez on Nuclear North Korea

North Korea Nuclear Watch: McCain vs. Clinton

North Korea Nuclear Watch: Kick North Korea Out of the United Nations?

North Korea Nuclear Watch: United States Proposes United Nations Sanctions Against North Korea

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Election Projection 2006 has GOP BARELY HOLDING control of the House.

Hugh Hewitt is cautiously optimistic. Captain Ed is in a stage of acceptance. Dafydd is fighting.

Real Clear Politics shows more dismal projections for the GOP in the latest polls.

John Hinderacker at Powerline says the poll data is GRIM. Robert Novak CONCURS.

William Rusher calls it a DEBACLE.

Three weeks to go and while the Fat Lady has NOT sung, she is warming up.

Today’s question: Does the GOP deserve to hold majority control of the House?

Update:

Glenn Reynolds answers the question with an explanation.

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Day By Day by Chris Muir

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