By Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday restored access for U.N. monitors to its atom bomb complex following a deal with Washington to salvage a denuclearization process endangered by disputes over verification, diplomats said. "The (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors can access all facilities at Yongbyon again, including the reprocessing plant," said one diplomat, referring to the site that made plutonium fuel for Pyongyang's atomic bomb program. The diplomats were familiar with IAEA operations but were not allowed to discuss such confidential information publicly. There was no immediate comment from the U.N. nuclear watchdog's headquarters in Vienna. But one official said fresh information on the monitors' status could come later in the day. North Korea had barred the inspectors...
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