North Korea talks limp to end with no prize for Bush

BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks pressing North Korea to abandon nuclear arms ambitions limped through a fourth and final day on Thursday, with envoys failing to make the progress that would have been a prize for the departing Bush administration.

Chief U.S. negotiator Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, who had said there had been no sign of agreement, was headed directly to the airport after the talks ended, the U.S. embassy said.