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Rice...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eThe US Ambassador to the United Nations says tough UN sanctions are putting pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear programme.\u003cbr/\u003eSusan Rice made the comments on Tuesday in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press.       \u003cbr/\u003eRice said that North Korea is indicating in various ways that it is feeling the pressure of sanctions, which she described as \"the toughest sanctions on the books\", and is perhaps responding to it. \u003cbr/\u003eShe declined to elaborate.\u003cbr/\u003eRice stressed that a visit to Pyongyang earlier this month by US Ambassador Stephen Bosworth was not to open US-North Korean negotiations,\u003cbr/\u003ebut to state very clearly that the Obama administration expects the North to return to six-party talks on its nuclear programme.\u003cbr/\u003eThose negotiations began in late 2003 and include China, Japan, Russia and South Korea.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking on a wide range of topics, Rice also discussed Iran''s options in limiting its nuclear programme to a peaceful one by demonstrating that through inspections and halting the development of any more refining sites.\u003cbr/\u003eOtherwise, Rice said, the US and other countries would have no other option than to pursue, \"the pressure track,\" meaning more sanctions. \u003cbr/\u003eRice would not elaborate on what additional sanctions the United States or others would seek. \u003cbr/\u003eUS President Barack Obama has set a rough deadline of the end of this year for Iran to respond to an offer of dialogue on the nuclear issue. \u003cbr/\u003eWashington and its allies are warning of new, tougher sanctions on Iran if it doesn''t respond.\u003cbr/\u003eBut Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Tuesday dismissed the year-end deadline. \u003cbr/\u003eThe UN-proposed deal is the centrepiece of the West''s diplomatic effort.\u003cbr/\u003eUnder the deal, Tehran would ship most of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium abroad to be processed into fuel rods, which would ease the West''s fears that the material could be used to produce a nuclear weapon.\u003cbr/\u003eIran, which denies it seeks to build a bomb, has balked at the deal''s terms.\u003cbr/\u003eAlso on Tuesday, Rice commented on a UN commission report saying 156 people were killed or disappeared, and at least 109 women or girls were victims of rape and sexual mutilation during September protests in Guinea''s capital, Conakry. \u003cbr/\u003eThe commission said it considered the violence crimes against humanity.\u003cbr/\u003eRice called the report \"comprehensive and well crafted\".\u003cbr/\u003e\"The United States is very interested in working with the international community to implement many of the recommendations in the commissions'' report,\" Rice said,\u003cbr/\u003eShe went on to point out the International Criminal Court may have a case to pursue charges against anyone found guilty of the crimes being that Guinea has consigned to protect human rights within its borders. \u003cbr/\u003eThe report concluded that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Guinea''s junta leader, Captain Moussa \"Dadis\" Camara, the army officer who shot him in a dispute on December 3, and Guinea''s anti-drug chief bear \"individual criminal responsibility\" for the mass killings and rapes of protesters in September. \u003cbr/\u003eOn the morning of September 28 this year, tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took part in a protest through the streets of the capital Conakry, demanding an end to military rule. \u003cbr/\u003eThe junta has insisted that only 57 people were killed and has denied all acts of rape or sexual violence.\u003cbr/\u003eBut according to witnesses and an investigation by Human Rights Watch, within hours of the killings, the military is said to have launched a cover-up. \u003cbr/\u003eAccording to witnesses and Human Rights Watch, some of the bodies were taken to hospital morgues, but were later removed by the military and allegedly buried in the mass graves.\u003cbr/\u003eEarly this month, Camara was shot by his aide-de-camp and evacuated to Morocco for emergency surgery.\u003cbr/\u003eThe state of his health is unclear, and the nation of ten (m) million has been essentially without a government since then.\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of US Ambassador to United Nations, Susan Rice seated during interview\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up of Rice''s hands\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, US Ambassador to United Nations:\u003cbr/\u003e\"North Korea sanctions which are now the toughest sanctions on the books against any country in the world today, and they have been actively and forcibly implemented by member states all over the world, and so North Korea is feeling far greater pressure to halt its nuclear weapons programme than it has in the past and it is indeed giving various indications that it is feeling that pressure and perhaps responding to it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of Rice seated during interview\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, US Ambassador to United Nations:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So when Ambassador Bosworth, the president''s special envoy, travelled to North Korea earlier this month it was not to open a separate bilateral track but to communicate very clearly from the US to North Korea that we expect it to return constructively to the six party talks and that it is in its interest to do so and to approach those talks seriously with the aim of meeting its prior commitments rather than simply another round of talking for talking sake.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of Rice\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, US Ambassador to United Nations:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There remains an opportunity for Iran to make the right choice for itself and for regional peace and security but should it fail to do so as it seems to have done so far, we are certainly prepared, and I believe others are, to give serious consideration, indeed, effort to the pressure track.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up of Rice''s hands\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Susan Rice, US Ambassador to United Nations:\u003cbr/\u003e\"First of all we are deeply, deeply disgusted and troubled by what occurred in Guinea and it is amply reflected in the report which was comprehensive and well crafted. Those civilians who risked their well being to testify and to give their stories to the commission deserve our gratitude and certainly the United States is very interested in working with the international community to implement many of the recommendations in the commissions'' report.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. 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