05-25-2009, 10:14 PM
<b>THE TEST... </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea claimed it carried out a powerful underground nuclear test Monday - much larger than one conducted in 2006 - in a major provocation in the escalating international standoff over its rogue nuclear and missile programs.
Pyongyang announced the test, and Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed an atomic explosion at 9:54 a.m. (0054 GMT) in northeastern North Korea, estimating the blast's yield at 10 to 20 kilotons - comparable to the bombs that flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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<b>'ON A PAR WITH HIROSHIMA'</b>...
<b>GAVE USA LESS THAN HOUR'S NOTICE</b>...
<b>Obama says North Korea nuclear test a "grave concern</b>"
Could carry out more...
Fires 3 short-range missiles...
Aggressive...
Condemned...
UN Urgent Meet...
Japan says 'unacceptable'...
Clinton missed India's nuclear test, Obama missed North Korea.
Pyongyang announced the test, and Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed an atomic explosion at 9:54 a.m. (0054 GMT) in northeastern North Korea, estimating the blast's yield at 10 to 20 kilotons - comparable to the bombs that flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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<b>'ON A PAR WITH HIROSHIMA'</b>...
<b>GAVE USA LESS THAN HOUR'S NOTICE</b>...
<b>Obama says North Korea nuclear test a "grave concern</b>"
Could carry out more...
Fires 3 short-range missiles...
Aggressive...
Condemned...
UN Urgent Meet...
Japan says 'unacceptable'...
Clinton missed India's nuclear test, Obama missed North Korea.