Chances for 6-way agreement brighten as N. Korea vows efforts

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill (C) walks out of a Beijing hotel after his bilateral meeting with North Korean chief negotiator Kim Kye Gwan on Feb. 9. Hill said later that he was ''cautiously optimistic'' that an agreement over initial steps for North Korea's abandonment of nuclear weapons can be reached. (Pool photo)

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