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North Korea conducts successful nuke test

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

South Korean soldiers patrol along barbed-wire fences facing North Korea near the demilitarized zone which separates the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul, 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]