THREE DOWN, FOUR TO GO:

In Shift, Accord on North Korea Seems to Be Set (JIM YARDLEY and DAVID E. SANGER, 2/13/07, NY Times)

The United States and four other nations reached a tentative agreement to provide North Korea with roughly $400 million in fuel oil and aid, in return for the North's starting to disable its nuclear facilities and allowing nuclear inspectors back into the country, according to American officials who have reviewed the proposed text. [...]

In essence, if the North agrees to the deal, a country that only four months ago conducted its first nuclear test will have traded away its ability to produce new nuclear fuel in return for immediate energy and other aid.