North Korea

North Korea Declares Itself a Nuclear Power, Withdraws From Talks

By PBS News Hour

North Korea declared for the first time Thursday that it possessed nuclear weapons and pulled out of six-party talks aimed at shutting down its program, citing the policies of President Bush as the reason for the failed negotiations.

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