US-North Korea nuclear talks start in Geneva

GENEVA, Oct 24 (AP): US and North Korean diplomats began talks Monday on Pyongyang's nuclear program, the second direct encounter between the two sides in less than three months. Mobbed by reporters as they left their lakeside hotel for a first meeting at the United States' U.N. mission in Geneva, American diplomats declined to reveal their goals for the two-day talks. Stephen Bosworth, the U.S. top envoy was accompanied by Glyn Davies, the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, who is taking over the negotiating brief in future talks.