New York, Jan. 27 : Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that North Korea can be talked into surrendering its nukes in "half a day."

Carter was quoted by Fox News as saying during an Associated Press interview on Monday that he believed North Korea would be willing to give up its nuclear weapons for U. S. diplomatic recognition, a peace deal with South Korea and America, and if it got new atomic power reactors and free fuel oil.

"It could be worked out, in my opinion, in half a day," Carter said.

Beirut - Visiting former US President Jimmy Carter said Thursday during his meeting with Lebanese parliamentarians and politicians that he would study the possibility of sending a Carter Centre representative to monitor the 2009 elections if Lebanese authorities agreed.

"The inspectors would not intervene in the electoral process, but would try to implement the electoral law," Carter told Lebanese MPs at the parliament house in downtown Beirut.

Beirut  - Former US president Jimmy Carter arrived in Beirut Tuesday on a two-day official visit to discuss the process of the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections and the prospects for peace in the Middle East region, a Lebanese government source said.

The Carter Centre said Friday that Carter would lead a pre- electoral assessment mission in Lebanon. The centre is considering observing parliamentary elections scheduled for the spring of 2009.

Carter is due to address Lebanese students, faculty staff and invited guests at the American University of Beirut on December 12.

Carter also plans to visit Syria and meet with President Bashar al- Assad and other officials.

Denver, Colorado - Former president Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that if Barack Obama were elected president, he could improve the US image overseas "in 10 minutes" with a strong inaugural speech, according to a broadcast interview with Voice of America.

Carter is in the Rocky Mountain state attending the Democratic presidential convention. He put in a cameo appearance along with wife Rosyln before delegates at the Pepsi Center Monday evening, but did not speak.

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