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    Pompeo to meet North Korean leader

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit North Korea on Sunday and meet leader Kim Jong Un as the administration's hopes rise of a denuclearization deal, the State Department said on Tuesday, according to AFP.

    The rare advance announcement of a meeting with Kim came hours after North Korea raised the stakes in negotiations, saying it would not give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for a peace treaty.

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