Divisions on N. Korea sanctions spur diplomatic push | Top News | Reuters.com: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States insisted on Sunday that China had an obligation to help enforce new U.N. sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test, despite Beijing's misgivings over the risk of provoking Pyongyang.
But in a bid to mollify China, essential to the success of a Security Council resolution passed on Saturday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Washington wants to implement it in a way that avoids 'open conflict' with North Korea.
China joined in the Council's 15-0 approval of a U.S.-drafted package of financial and weapons sanctions against North Korea, its old Communist ally and trading partner."