Washington urges Pyongyang to reconsider IAEA expulsions

The Bush administration voiced bewilderment and disappointment Wednesday over North Korea's growing defiance of a landmark nuclear disarmament deal but refused to give up hope of a diplomatic legacy. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that North Korea had kicked out UN inspectors from the Yongbyon nuclear plant, removed its surveillance equipment there, and planned to reintroduce nuclear material. It was the latest defiant step from North Korea toward the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia -- its partners in the six-party negotiations that produced the aid-for-nuclear disarmament deal last year. France24 Article...