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Big spender Kim Jong Il of North Korea is cut off from luxury goods exports sent from the United States. Following the country's underground nuclear test in November, the U.S. drew up its list of banned goods, adding to bans on military supplies and weapons shipments. This ban means no more iPods, jewelry or jetskis, fancy cars or cognac for the leader and his favorite families. The ban was enacted even as it announced a date for critical talks on resolving a dispute over other U.S. financial curbs on the communist state. The related moves occurred amid a flurry of diplomatic activity that U.S. and other officials say could lead to an agreement under which the North halts operations at its Pyongyang nuclear complex in return for energy assistance and the release of some $7.5 million in accounts frozen in a Macau bank.
