Monday - October 09, 2006

NoKo Nuke

North Korea Conducts Nuclear Test
_{SEOUL (Reuters) - Mon Oct 9, 2006 12:22am ET}

North Korea said on Monday it had safely and successfully carried out an underground nuclear test in a gesture of defiance as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in South Korea.

“The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent,” North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency said.

“It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA (Korean People’s Army) and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defense capability.”

The report said there was no leak or danger from the test. The U.N. Security Council last Friday urged North Korea not to carry out a test, warning Pyongyang of unspecified consequences if it did.

A U.S. official said North Korea gave China a 20-minute warning of its test and China immediately told the United States, Japan and South Korea.

North Korea announced last week it would test a nuclear device saying its hand was forced by what it called U.S. threats of nuclear war and economic sanctions. But it said it would not be the first to use a nuclear weapon.

Analysts say North Korea probably has enough fissile material to make six to eight nuclear bombs but probably does not have the technology to devise one small enough to mount on a missile.

Iran Refuses To Suspend Atomic Work
_{TEHRAN (Reuters) - Sun Oct 8, 12:27 PM ET}

Iran insisted on Sunday that it would not suspend sensitive atomic work despite signs that world powers were close to agreeing on sanctions against Tehran. “We believe that suspension is totally rejected and is unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said.

Some media reports had suggested Iran may be prepared to freeze atomic fuel manufacturing work for 90 days to allow direct negotiations with the United States and other major world powers to take place.

But Hosseini dismissed the reports. “It (the temporary suspension) has never been part of our policy and it will not be part of it.” Iran says its nuclear program will be used only for peaceful purposes and not, as the United States alleges, to make atomic weapons.

The United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany agreed in London on Friday to discuss possible U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran for failing to heed demands to halt uranium enrichment.

Iran says it wants to master uranium enrichment to make nuclear reactor fuel for electricity generation. But the same process can also be used to make bomb-grade fuel.

“Using the language of threats and force against Iran will have no results,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted by Iran’s Fars News Agency as saying. “Iran is interested in dialogue and talks to resolve its nuclear issue,” the president said.

Western diplomats say Iran has been pushing for more talks as a stalling tactic, in order to avoid taking action.

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