NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. (KCNA/Reuters)

NKorea Off US Blacklist After Nuke Inspection Deal
-- Yahoo News/AP

WASHINGTON - North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. The breakthrough is intended to salvage a faltering disarmament accord before President Bush leaves office in January.

"Every single element of verification that we sought going in is part of this package," State Department Sean McCormack said at a a rare weekend briefing.

North Korea will allow atomic experts to take samples and conduct forensic tests at all of its declared nuclear facilities and undeclared sites on mutual consent. The North will permit experts to verify that it has told the truth about transfers of nuclear technology and an alleged uranium program.

"Verifying North Korea's nuclear proliferation will be a serious challenge. This is most is the most secret and opaque regime in the entire world," said Patricia McNerney, assistant secretary for international security and nonprofileration.

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