U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill speaks in front of the U.S. and Chinese flags at a press conference at the U.S. embassy in Beijing Tuesday Oct. 31, 2006. Hill said six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program could resume as early as November or December. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)AP - In a surprise turnabout, North Korea agreed Tuesday to return to six-nation disarmament talks just three weeks after rattling the world by conducting an atomic bomb test. The breakthrough came after pressure from China and a U.S. offer to discuss financial penalties already in place.


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