President Takes Harder Line On N-Threats

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SANTIAGO, Chile -- President Bush said Saturday that he believes Iran is continuing to pursue a nuclear weapon, which he called "a very serious matter," and said he had won pledges from Asian allies to increase pressure on North Korea's leader to restart disarmament talks.

During his re-election campaign, Bush said little about the two nuclear threats. But with aides contending that his victory gave him new international leverage, he took confrontational lines with both countries, insisting they disarm but pledging to pursue that goal diplomatically.

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President Takes Harder Line On N-Threats

At his first international summit since being re-elected, and on his first trip abroad in five months, Bush escalated warnings issued by outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell, sayi...

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