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IAEA "understanding" on N.Korea nuclear reactor shutdown

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Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:11am EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog officials reached an "understanding" with North Korea on verification of the shutdown and sealing of the North's Yongbyon reactor, Kyodo news agency said on Friday.

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The head of the U.N. delegation said it was "satisfied" with their tour of a North Korean reactor complex that the secretive state has promised to scrap under an aid-for-disarmament deal, it said.



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