61.  The television program was aired as officials here awaited word on whether Kim Jong-Il would be confirmed as head of the reclusive Stalinist state.

62.  They also see Kim as firmly but slowly pursuing a policy of befriending the West in a bid to pull his reclusive Stalinist state away from economic collapse.

63.  Yet Myers said Washington would continue to consult UN Security Council members on sanctions against the reclusive communist state.

64.  It was the third straight year the reclusive Stalinist state has appealed for international food assistance.

65.  It was the third straight year the usually reclusive Stalinist state has appealed for international food assistance.

66.  Last week it suspended technical aid to the reclusive Stalinist state.

67.  The accord commits the reclusive Stalinist state to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear programme suspected of being used to develop nuclear weapons.

68.  The admission followed a similar rare concession by a North Korean official in Tokyo last month that the reclusive communist state needed emergency shipments of rice.

69.  The accord commits the reclusive Stalinist state to freezing and eventually dismantling its nuclear programme suspected of being used to develop nuclear weapons.

70.  The agency had said the inspectors would not make the trip unless the reclusive Stalinist state agreed to postpone the fuel rod replacement.