ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The next round of six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions will be held Dec. 8 in China, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.

Rice told reporters aboard Air Force One that the aim of the round would be an agreement on verification of North Korean disarmament steps, but she declined to predict whether it would succeed.

(Reporting by David Alexander, writing by Randall Mikkelsen)

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