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North Korea last night threatened a nuclear missile attack if trade and financial sanctions are not dropped, but also offered to return to negotiations about disbanding its atomic weapons program.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15257.htm



Pentagon Assesses Responses, Including a Possible Blockade

Any unilateral effort by the United States to cordon off North Korea by sea and air could founder along the country’s lengthy land border with China.

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North Korea 'could fire' nuclear warhead

Threatening to put nuclear warheads on missiles and conduct further nuclear tests, a North Korean official says his country will only return to disarmament talks if the US makes concessions.

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White House Rejects North Korea Talks

The Bush administration rejected anew Tuesday direct talks with North Korea and said it would not be intimidated by a reported threat from Pyongyang that it could fire a nuclear-tipped missile unless the U.S. acts to resolve the standoff.

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Russia, China urge calm on North Korea

China and Russia have said that they strongly opposed threatening North Korea with a military strike in response to Pyongyang’s announcement on Monday that it had conducted its first test of a nuclear bomb.

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North Korea's nuclear policy is not irrational at all

We are heading towards another pre-emptive war and Japanese nuclear weapons unless pressure for disarmament revives.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1891454,00.html



US grants N Korea nuclear funds

In releasing the funding, President George W Bush waived the Framework's requirement that North Korea allow inspectors to ensure it has not hidden away any weapons-grade plutonium from the original reactors.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1908571.stm


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