AFP: NKorea confirms 'powerful' nuclear test

Google News | May. 24, 2009 (Breaking News)

North Korea said it staged a "successful" underground nuclear weapons test which was more powerful than its previous test of an atomic bomb almost three years ago.

The North "successfully conducted one more underground nuclear test on May 25 as part of the measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defence in every way as requested by its scientists and technicians," the Korean Central News Agency said Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, North Korea, South Korea
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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - May 24, 2009 - 9:13 PM PDT
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Edited by: Glenn LaBauve - May 24, 2009 - 9:26 PM PDT

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