U.S., North Korean officials talk in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. and North Korean officials met in New York on Monday for the first time in nearly a month after Washington urged Pyongyang to return to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons program, U.S. officials said. There was a New York channel meeting in New York. Our representatives met with North Korean representatives," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was attending a regional conference.