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Six-party talks extended

BEIJING: North Korean disarmament talks were extended until Monday, as chief envoys from the six nations involved apparently failed to resolve conflicts over a Chinese proposal that would let Pyongyang keep its civilian atomic power programme after it disarms. The heads of all six delegations met twice on Sunday morning hoping to find a compromise and exchanged opinions on the document, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao. ``The talks are drawing to an end,'' it said, adding that they would continue until Monday. Officials attending the talks were not immediately available for comment. State-run China Central Television's CCTV 9 network reported that the U.S. and North Korea remained at odds, but its reporter said, ``For more information, we will have to be more patient and wait and see.'' ``We will see where we are at the end of the day,'' U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said earlier as he left his hotel. Mr. Hill said he would stay in Beijing another day. Several countries among the six participating in the talks indicated they were dissatisfied with the compromise tabled by China, Mr. Hill said on Saturday after a long day of discussions. — AP

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