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North Korea conducts successful nuke test

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-09 14:01

Two North Korean soldiers and a ferryman gesture as they cross the Yalu River near a Korean army installation at the north Korean town of Sinuiju, close to the Chinese border city of Dandong, 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. [Reuters]