(3rd LD) Deadlocked nuclear talks likely to end without deal
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with additional comments by envoys, background) By Lee Chi-dong BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- Envoys from the U.S. and its allies failed Wednesday to coax North Korea into agreeing on sampling and other scientific measures necessary to inspect its nuclear facilities, darkening prospects for any new deal.
This week's six-nation talks are one of the last opportunities for the Bush administration to save a troubled aid-for-denuclearization deal it signed in 2007, despite strong opposition from hard-liners in Washington.
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