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N. Korea announces planned nuclear test
From:
Daily Breeze
| Date:
October 4, 2006| Author:
Bo-Mi Lim and Christopher Torchia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
| Copyright 2006 Daily Breeze. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information
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SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea triggered global alarm Tuesday
by saying it will conduct a nuclear test, a key step in the
manufacture of atomic bombs that it views as a deterrent against any
U.S. attack. But the North also said it was committed to nuclear
disarmament, suggesting a willingness to negotiate.
The contradictory statement fits a North Korean pattern of
ratcheting up tension on the Korean Peninsula, a Cold War-era
flashpoint, in an attempt to win concessions such as econo...
