China Begins Inspecting Trucks Entering N. Korea

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DANDONG, China — Customs officials examined trucks at the North Korean border yesterday as China complied with new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear test.But China’s U.N. ambassador indicated its inspectors will not board ships to search for suspicious equipment or material.

America began a new round of diplomacy in Asia to address divisions over how to impose the sanctions, with Secretary of State Rice to arrive in Japan tomorrow before traveling to South Korea and China. America announced that air samples gathered last week contain radioactive materials confirming that North Korea conducted an underground nuclear explosion.

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