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North Korea conducts successful nuke test
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-09 14:01
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Chinese paramilitary policemen keep watch outside the North Korean embassy in Beijing October 9, 2006. North Korea said on Monday it had safely and successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, flying in the face of a warning from the U.N. Security Council and opening its crippled economy to the risk of fresh sanctions. [Reuters]